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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 01, 1925
Page
5
The poem recalls harvest scenes with green fields, scythes moving across meadows, wagons bearing crops to mountain tops, and climactic joy in the hay. Mounts named Clear Rusty Eagle Wigh, and mountaineers roaming amid fragrant summer air. The verse celebrates rural labor and leisure.
Twenty years ago in the Fres Press dated July 6 1905 reports the raspberry crop ripening farmers busy and a new brick residence on Main Street nearly finished. A baseball tournament on Dominion Day saw rain and competitive games with Acton Young Men winning 6 2 over Young Stars while Victoria of Guelph beat Eureka 10 8 and then lost to Acton 3 2. A Manufacturers Committee urged Niagara and Welland Power Co directors in Toronto to consider an electric truck line from Brampton via Acton to Guelph, now under study.
A biographical sketch praises Fanny Crosby born blind yet radiant and cheerful. It recalls her hymn writing, resilience, optimistic creed Let every one strive to make the world a little happier and her enduring influence on religious literature.
A humorous Chesterton anecdote recounts his absent mindedness aided by his wife. He once went to a railway station a wrong Free Trade Hall destination, asking the clerk for a Glasgow stop and discovering the error only after the painters and renovations were noted.
The text describes plant growth processes including relocation of growth points and root behavior. It mentions Loronthus and Chasin Tadges as example species with directional development and branching patterns observed in trees.
The lesson outlines Barnabas and Saul’s call by the Holy Spirit and ordination by the church at Antioch for a foreign mission. It notes the early Gentile church as a beacon, the need for Spirit-led, disciplined action, and the confrontation with Elymas as a test of faithful preaching and divine judgment.
The July Rod and Gun in Canada presents a seasonable mix with M. Martin McVey’s Windigo account of a canoe trip on the Hainy River district. Regular departments by Bonnycastle Dale Vinson Williams Martin Hunter and Gunn Amelia Ammunition by C. B. Landis maintain high standards. Outdoor Talk offers camper tips and the Kennel Department is thorough. Published monthly by W. G. Taylor Limited Woodstock Ont.
A bronze memorial honoring Canada’s World War women was presented to the Government of Canada by a New York delegation from the George Woodsington Sufgrave Institution. Sculpted by Gutzen Borglum, the four foot high bronze rests on a marble pedestal showing female figures bearing the earth.
A sermon imagines who will be recognized next Sabbath as worshippers fill the church. The organist, choir, and congregants are named in vivid terms, while the speaker asks if God will be present in each heart beyond the pews and social bustle.
A historical advertisement touts Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as relieving asthma attacks and restoring both physical vigor and mental happiness by removing the cloud of illness. It claims it dissipates the curse and returns the sufferer to normal bodily trim and well being.
A humorous Texan tale features a colonel and a wheedling agent. The agent offers a cyclopedia for the colonel’s boys, boasting it would benefit them, while the colonel quips his boys ride mules and need no cyclopedia. The exchange showcases local color and wit.
A beloved college professor famed for kindness but famous for absentmindedness attends a family moment. His niece extols her first born, prompting the professor to utter a puzzled line about walking, leading to a humorous exchange and the image of a five month walk.
The article links the number thirteen to religious superstition and traces its presence in Richard Wagner’s life and works, noting key dates and operas. It also mentions Miller’s Worm Powders as a medicine claim, asserting they purge worms and restore digestion and strength.
Prominent physicians in the United States join King's physicians in arguing against the present frenetic pace of life. Dr Mayo and Dr Peck contend a hurried lifestyle causes many modern ills and raises death rates. They question where the simple life can be found and warn it will take a generation of teachers to shift minds toward contentment and moderation.
A young woman revisits a telegraph office claiming to need another acknowledgment posted with extra emphasis. She underlines a phrase in the note and adds two heavy bills, saying it will please Arthur. The clerk agrees there is no extra charge.
A fragmentary column critiques Prohibition and government beer policy, arguing against laxened rules. It highlights a Ferguson government shift from 2.5 to 4.4 percent alcohol and fee cuts for savers, warning against trusting optimistic plans without practical testing.
One of the chief recommendations of Dr. Thomas that can be used internally with as much success as outwardly. Sufferers from ditarrh will find relief when used according to directions and many have sent in testimonials praising the treatment.
In St Kitts during its prosperity, money was rarely used. Wages and purchases were paid in sugar or tobacco, with a four thousand pound annual salary exchanged for goods, servants paid in sugar, and slaves bought and sold by sugar value. A governor’s wife even faced a price of seventeen hundred pounds of sugar for a Smyrna carpet.
In the 8AD case Mr Hawkins questions the sign off as J John B B Bronson. Bronson replies it is his name and explains the minister who christened him stuttered.
Summer brings warnings about wildfire risk and the cost of forest damage. Firefighting advances and aircraft help reduce losses, but humans must stay vigilant. Careless dumping, campfires, and risky behavior threaten lives and property, from lighter stubs to negligent boating and loading incidents.
The item claims decades of market presence in Canada and beyond noting its high favor and excellence. It asserts the product would still be cheap even if price doubled and emphasizes widespread fame and beneficial use.
A sequence of scattered times appears to be incomplete notes or a timetable snippet. The listed times include early morning hours and late evening intervals, but no clear events or identifiers accompany the entries.
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