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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
3
Fragment of a verse about a Scottish couple, celebrating enduring love despite life’s quarrels. The piece notes both weariness and affection, ending with a final claim of perpetual devotion in death. The text references Burns and a couple who remained united through time.
The article recalls old school customs at Eton and other English schools now abolished as outdated traditions. It describes rituals, such as river access and a Henry VI era payment rule, and how masters turned a blind eye to minor transgressions while punishing serious breaches. It ends with a tale of a pupil offered goose for a half sheep, showing the irony of reforms.
A reader shares a compendium of old English weather proverbs linked to Dry Jenner the smallpox conqueror. The verses describe winds, clouds, rain, and animal behaviors, ending with a prediction that the jaunt will be postponed to tomorrow.
In Milwaukee a man charged with stealing wood was found guilty and sentenced to thirty days in the house of correction. His attorney improvised a plan instructing him to deliver a note and five cents to the officer at the door to gain entry, a promise the man kept.
A descriptive poem by Waine Ward recalls a past auction where items lingered in a faded room. The speaker envisions a sale at three o'clock with heirlooms like a carved walnut shelf a peachstone basket and a worn rocking chair evoking a dear old parlor.
In Acton a charm string craze from fifty years ago sparked girls to collect buttons from dresses and soldier tunics for luck and prizes. Betty leads a race to complete her string, finds three prized buttons, and wins a prize as friends reveal where theirs came from. The memory ends with reflections on how the fad shaped generations.
A fragmented column notes four qualities of good driving: control, cheapest operation, safety, and speed when necessary. It argues many drivers have two or three, but few have all four, and implies repair shops, hospitals, and police courts rarely possess them.
A fragmentary humor column shows a Customs inspector dialogue a farm ad about a steady young man to tend a garden and mill a cow, and various quips about eggs beef pork and odd garden produce. The text preserves quirky street talk and a mix of captions and anecdotes without full context.
A humorous Civil War era reminiscence centers on Mr H Halite a mercantile leader scholar and gallant officer who rose to general and cherished his mother. After drinking he contemplates his mother’s distress and devises a plan to reach his room by beckoning a candle to avoid waking her.
A ragged broadside uses mixed metaphors to attack opponents and praise Miss Jennie Harlow visiting neighbors. It denounces pension activists as vampires and invokes the death of Mary Pudley as a grim motif, reflecting era polemics.
A discontented worker cannot be useful or successful. An ambitious spirit is fine but must align with humble service at the counter. The clerk who works with light and main, regardless of rank, earns respect, and the heart invested in work yields treasure in knowledge, honor, and money. Never be small.
A damaged, verbose reminiscence recalls Chief Washakie of the Shoshone in Wyoming. The article praises his unwavering honor while recounting his role aiding General Fremont, protecting whites, and guiding battles in the early frontier. It notes a Grant gift of a pony and bridle, his tears, and his loyalty to his word after hundreds of battles.
A statement by E S Hopling of the Canadian Department of Agriculture notes Canada’s wheat yield per acre far higher than other exporting countries. Over 23 years Canada averaged 178 bushels per acre, with the United States 14.1 and Australia 10.4. The advantage comes from soil climate adaptation and improved farming methods.
A well trained Parisian monkey, praised for courtesy, bowed on greeting and produced a passport from its cap. It brushed a dusty dress, polished shoes, ate eggs with a spoon, used a knife and fork, and watched conversations attentively. The creature died young of pneumonia.
A fragment shows a young man debating his path with his practical uncle as he reflects on years of effort and advice about concentrating his eggs in one basket vs many. The uncle supports funding but questions the strategy.
A Hungarian laborer leaves famine and poverty for America to build a new life for his wife and son. The four year old boy is found alone on atrain in Hungary headed for New York, sheltered by emigrant passengers who share food and care. A guardian buys his ticket, and in Genoa and aboard ship many strangers feed, rock, and mend him. In New York a workman finally reunites him with his father, moved by compassion and faith.
A fragmentary verse urges steadfast virtue amid scandal and misfortune. It echoes a call to silence blindness and quietness, to focus activity amid waiting, and to practice charity when others err or are exposed to trouble.
Ann confronted a man near a lamp post in a homeward bound scene. He explained he dropped his key while searching, and the two men briefly talked before parting. The exchange touched on where the key was dropped and why the man lingered.
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