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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
5
A 1926 Acton Free Press item presents a brief poem fragment about endings and renewal. It contrasts joy and sorrow with lines on love, laughter, and the future return of happiness beyond ruin. The piece offers a reflective, lyrical aside rather than a news event.
Twenty years ago Riv and Father Feney had two telephones installed at St. Joseph’s parsonage. Town Hall committee seeks tenders for the show eye escape at the town hall. A Tuesday health meeting discussed bills totaling about 60 dollars for attendance and supper. James McIntosh, a tannery foreman, injured a machine bolt, several cuts but no bones broken. Rev D. Dicky leaves Disciple’s Church after two and a half years. sermons planned for next Sunday. Acton Fire Brigade carnival at King Howard Rink. prizes awarded. hockey match 6-4 to No. 1 team. Knox Church anniversary services held. Toronto vocalists Gertrude Lowry and Mina Mazzo Booth performed. Births listed: Franklin-Benton, Martin, Lawn. marriage Agnew-Storey. Walker.
In a family scene at Dovedale Jimmie faces Uncle Henshaw described as rich and influential and contemplates whether the giant relative could influence his future. Jimmie’s mother and father clash over expectations while the boy recalls a prank and worries about living up to potential nominations and grownup behavior.
The Sunday School lesson for Sunday February highlights religious instruction and reflection. It outlines themes for the worship service, including scripture references and devotional guidance for readers and families attending Sunday programs.
A devotional piece on John 15 1 8 26 focusing on the vine and branches imagery. It explains Christ as the vine and the Father as the husbandman guiding pruning cleansing and growth. It emphasizes real union with Christ yields fruit and ongoing cleansing through the word. It includes meditations on prayer joy and love as fruits of abiding and lists daily readings for the week centred on intercession and reflection.
Extraordinary construction at the Lake Louise Chateau Lake Louise Alberta shows a new wing replacing last summer’s fire. The project uses 280 horsepower steam boilers to heat air and prevent cement from freezing. Materials arrive by narrow gauge tram over a four percent grade eight and a half miles to the site. The extension will host seven hundred guests and offers a panoramic view through large plate glass windows.
Gzorina the famed Russian brown bear at the Bronx Zoo adopts a Teddy bear after a child drops it by her cage. The Cream Puff Twins were born two weeks earlier but the cubs perished early. the mother’s grief shifts to the toy, which she grabs and keeps, retreating to the den with the bear in her paw.
Readable epitaph examples from Pembrokeshire Westerham Wolverhampton and Kent illustrate graveyard humor and rhyme ethics. The piece notes mischief with grammar as well as playful lines about death and afterlife. It also mentions Miller's Worm Polydays as remedies for stomach issues and appetite loss in children.
Fragmented quotes on goodness humility and virtue with lines from Maurice Maeterlinck Arthur Symons J R Lowell and Gulizot. Includes a worm exterminator ad fragment and reflections on aristocracy power and courage.
A humorous dialogue contrasts women’s imagination with men’s logic. Amelia is shown as clever, proposing that if only one potato remained it could be saved, while Augustus argues the loss of a critical ally would be irreparable yet a potato becomes essential to many.
In a public exchange, a tailor pressed Mr Jones to arrange regular bin collection. Mr Jones agreed to a weekly Thursday morning pickup, prompting a practical solution to the recurring issue.
Fragmentary text shows a dark haired man named Cohen misidentifying his name as Abraham Cohen. The exchange includes a judge asking if he is Jewish and references a 20 pound sum, with garbled dialogue suggesting confusion and a courtroom scene.
A fragment recounts old hedge schools in Ireland where peasants learned in a cabin hidden by a hedge. An elderly woman recalls scarce books, shared reading, and a three mile mountain path, while describing crafts, games, and trials under a feared master.
An old Spanish craftsman built a fully bamboo organ in the Los Pinas church five miles from Manila. The instrument, buried in sand for days before use, remains in good condition and is played weekly by a Belgian priest. A tiny replica accompanied the main organ and gifts to the Queen of Spain followed.
A vintage note touts Dr Thomas electri cal remedy for cuts burns and inflammation. It promises quick pain relief and rapid recovery with a bottle kept in every house and stable. It claims usefulness for both human and veterinary medicine.
A letter in the January Farm Now issue from Joseph Morahhil of Yellow Grass Saskatchewan argues Western Canada offers better farming conditions than older countries. He notes labour, manure and fertilizer use, intensive cultivation in Europe, and the evolving diversified farm economy as proof of improving prospects and opportunities for thrifty men.
A playful reflection claims the letter e is unlucky because it appears in debt danger hell and worse yet in failures yet it is essential appearing in peace existence ease life heaven honesty love and even in the word center of honesty makes love complete without it life would vanish
Railway time tables show westbound services available from early morning and eastbound trains scheduled through the day. Morning departures include 6 00 am and 10 00 am while afternoon and evening services run from about 1 05 pm to 6 27 pm.
Fragmentary note records freight delivered by a special express pickup service in Toronto. Details are unclear but indicate delivery and pickup actions in the city.
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