Acton Free Press Dates and Rates
The Acton Free Press lists publication every Thursday from the Mua Paesa building in Acton Ontario with a yearly price of $1.60 in advance. Advertising rates are ten cents per line for first insertions and five cents per line for subsequent insertions, with higher rates for longer contracts and unsigned notices. Editor and publisher is AIL, MOOI.
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Canada Farms Grow Area and Plans for Empire Peace Day
Editorial notes Canada’s field crops increased from 30.6 million to 42.6 million acres between 1910 and 1917, a 39 percent rise, with farm exports growing. It reports King George’s request for a peace celebration on Saturday July 19 and Canada’s alignment with a unified Empire event despite ongoing hostilities.
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Canada
Dominion
Dominion Cenius Bureau
George
United Kingdom
Empire
Europe
Women Case for Home Made Goods in War Effort
The piece argues Parliament’s Prohibition bill remains unresolved after a conference, with the Senate outmaneuvering the Commons. It urges Canadian women to buy home grown products to employ soldiers and stabilize the economy, noting women influence buying of about 90 percent of domestic goods and urging reform through patriotism and self sufficiency.
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Senate
House of Commtong
House of Commons
Commons
Chamber
Canada
Standard cord urged for wood fuel sales in Canada
The Committee on Forests urges the Dominion Government to require wood fuel to be sold by the standard cord of 128 cubic feet or fraction thereof rather than by the load. It argues this prevents consumer injustice and encourages use of home grown wood to replace coal.
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Committee On Forests
the Commission of Conservation
Dominion
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
United States
Canada First for Holiday Travel Says Aboard Reader
A column urges Canadians to explore domestic scenery over international trips. It extols Canada's lakes, rivers, forests, and mountains as equal to or better than foreign destinations. It recalls soldiers who saw Europe and declare Canada offers the best travels at home.
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United States
Canada
Killarney
Falls of
Niagarra
Niagara Falls
Twell
Kilarney
France
Provisions on bye elections and voting rights in Canada
The piece notes the Franchise Bill allows bye elections and grants women the vote. It discusses demobilization ending the War Times Elections Act, lists in British Columbia Ontario and Manitoba, and references stricter sexual offence laws raising age of consent to 18 for girls and 21 for female employees with penalties. It also mentions clover seed markets and comments from the Guelph Herald on prohibition and moral conditions.
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House of Commons
Robert Borden
British Columbia
Ontario
Manitoba
Canada
Our
Dominion
A Neglected Society in a Witty Domestic Exchange
In a humorous dialogue a wife lists a web of clubs and orders she must attend alone while her husband forgets his own membership, highlighting social duties and marital friction as the scene reveals a crowded calendar of organizations. The exchange ends with the punchline that the forgotten member is the wife herself.
Local paper a major community benefit says ex governors
Ex governors Francia and Prainels praise the editor for supporting the town through the paper’s financial and moral influence. They claim the local newspaper, though not brillliantly edited, is the best investment a community can make, providing more than other institutions for the money spent.
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Qovernor Francia
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Qovernor Prainels
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Courtesy Melloquy for Traveling Men in Factory Trade
An ex speaker urges traveling salesmen to study courtesy in dealings with customers. It asks if greetings, politeness, personal presentation, listening, avoiding dispute, respecting objections, and maintaining good will influence orders. The text stresses patience and thanking the customer for time and interest.
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Whistler’s Daydream by the Woods
A lone narrator flees a tearful town after dropping tools and guiding his thoughts to a favorite patch of nature. He finds solace in whistling to birds and imagining cabins, washing away doubt while thanking the Lord for woods and running streams.
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Edenpale
Improbable tale of a clergyman and a rural vicar
An awkward anecdote unfolds about a respectable vicar in a countryside parish who tells a polished tale. A local yeoman finds a half crown, places it in the plate, and asserts it has remained unused by certain neighbors, implying mistrust of money handling in the village.
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Parteh
Testimony Describes Alabama Court Shooting Scene
An African American man testified in an Alabama courthouse about a shooting. He claimed a gun was drawn and fired at George Henry, with defense counsel pressing the witness on Henry’s reactions and the shooter’s escape.
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Alabama
George Henry
Henry
Train Car Etiquette Sparks Awkward Exchange
A distraught woman searches for a seat on a railway car while two men leer and smoke. She accuses men of rudeness, and a passerby offers her a cigarette before a embarrassed apology breaks the tension.
Unskilled Worker Fired For Inadequate Service
A shopkeeper dismisses a worker described as utterly worthless and asks for a character reference. The resulting note is vague and ends with a halfhearted remark that the bearer “has worked for me one week,” ending with dissatisfaction.
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Catiafea
Why Some Want to Repeal Ontario Temperance Act Now
The author argues the Ontario Temperance Act has benefited Ontario over its three years in force and questions why the public would vote against it in the upcoming referendum. The piece asserts the act was introduced by the Prime Minister in 2016, supported by the Leader of the Opposition, with no legislator voting against. It claims repeal supporters are driven by liquor trade profits.
Returning soldiers hail Canada as true home
The piece celebrates soldiers returning from service praising Canada as unmatched. After months abroad in England Scotland Ireland France and Belgium they express pride in the home land and its farms forests lakes rivers mountains prairies resources and friendly people, calling Canada their home.
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Canada
England
Scotland
Emerald Isle
France
Belgum
Yorkshire Spinner Turns Waste to Fabric Fortune
In London a spinner bought a heap of waste rope ends leaves and sticks for a half penny and ten years later funded experimental machinery. He then produced a machine that turns rubbish into fabrics fetching hundreds of thousands of pounds and ships waste to Manningham mills worldwide.
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London
Yorkshire
Manningham Milla
War slogans loop through editorials in 1920s clippings
The fragmentary OCR cites varied newspapers with phrases about peace, victory, and price trends. It references Wilson, independent voices, and mock headlines about prices and European conditions, implying wartime or postwar commentary from multiple outlets.
My Mother's Hands Poem Echoes Labor and Love
A fragmented poem about a mother’s hands laboring with bunting, dough, thread, and care. The speaker recalls the skilled, tireless work that shaped daily life and longs to repay a debt of gratitude for a mother's craft.
Senate Guelph Mercury attacked as hand picked rulers
The piece cites Senator Crosby arguing against extending war time prohibition and contends Canadians should abolish the Senate as a life body. It notes Crosby’s brief Commons career, later Senate appointment, and electoral rejection in Halifax. The tone portrays the Senate as entrenched and unaccountable.
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Senate
Goverament
Guelph Mercury
Crosby
Commons
Canada
House of Commons
Halifax
Forsoath
Fraying Pledges and Pious Rhetoric from a Damaged Text
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a series of moral tests and religious duties. Phrases praise steadfast church attendance prayer nights and generosity while lampooning hypocrisy, ending with garbled lines about watchkeeping church time and neighbors.
Dining confusion at French menu test in restaurant
A stylishly dressed woman entered a restaurant and was handed a French menu with a note asking her to mark the dishes she wished to order. She could not read French, made a few dashes, and received a beef steak and chips without protest.
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Pho Watter
Ordor
Canada Seeks Postwar Progress After War Triumph
The piece contrasts reactions to Germany’s treaty signing across nations from ecstatic overseas relief to calm Canadian optimism. It argues Canada must unite to meet needs for food and clothing, expand overseas trade, and overcome industrial unrest as it markets a “Made in Canada” promise.
Reliable Traits of Trusted People and Consistency
The passage contrasts reliability with conditional trust, stating that true dependability applies universally and enduringly. It emphasizes that in all conditions, from darkness to daylight, certain individuals remain trustworthy, while those trusted only under certain terms prove untrustworthy.
Notice to Creditors in Marion County Probate Case
Notice to creditors of Marion Nunsol Cree deceased who died around June 3 1929 requests claims before July 20 1910 to be sent to the Executors represented by their Solicitor in Acton. After that date the executors will distribute assets and will not honor late claims. Dated Acton June 26 49. Matt Uigwoes Annie Cus ity Harmer, Solicitors.
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Marion
Walt
Aald
Acton
Local Acton Ontario Listings and Notices
A mixed page lists medical and professional notices from Acton Ontario including physicians J A McNiven and J M Dell and dentist details. veterinary surgeon John Lawson. auctioneer services licensed across Halton Wellington Peel. listings mention office and residence addresses on Mill Street Frederick Street and Young Street. notices invite listings of sales with date to be arranged and contact details provided.
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John Lawson
Acton
Ont
Ontario Veterinary Callege
Omco
Arthura
Mill Street
Fergus
Gordon
Tullshorg
Enle
Young Street
Cail
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