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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1925
Page
5
Acton Notes From July 20 1905 Issue
The Free Proas reports wheat harvest to begin this week and provides local items from Acton. Highlights include a Rockwood social incident, Rev J C Wilson preaching at Rockwood, Rev James Argo in Knox Church, and a baseball game between Acton and Oakville with no scoring in five innings. Acton Fire Brigade receives uniforms, Henderson Co grocery department opens, Knox Sunday School Berlin excursion with 327 tickets sold, Acton Connect Band attendance, exam results show all pass and praise for Miss Jeagsie McKinnon. Birth announced in Acton for Grace child born July 11 1905 to Mr and Mrs E W Grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
Rockwood
J. T. Hall
Sundaay
James Argo
Duart
Knox Church
Orange
Oakville
Acton - Fire
Rt. B. Scott
Buay - Store
Henderson_ Co
Berlin
Knox Sunday School
Acton Connect
Acton
Jeagsie McKinnon
Wind bands and their growing scope in music history
The text discusses wind bands in regiments and civil life, noting typical sizes from sixteen to twenty five, and comparing concert bands with brass bands. It highlights massed brass appeal, industrial bands in England and America, and composers who wrote for bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Mozart
Beethoven
Cherubini
Berling
Mendelssohn
Irish sheriff and widow share witty courtship moment
An Irish sheriff arriving to serve a writ seeks to attach the widow. She jokingly rebukes him as he blushes and misreads her signals. The sheriff insists the matter must go to court, while she quips about courting and timing, keeping the exchange playful yet pointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Elegant front stair:hover balk upgrade sparks renter clash
A pleasant faced matron tours a stylish dwelling in a desirable neighborhood. She objects to a front stair upgrade seen as too polished for children and questions whether it suits a family with girls. The agent defends the feature as ornamental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oiant
Jthe
D.twinkle
Campaign urged litter cleanup by Women’s Institutes
At the National Federation of Women’s Institutes in Great Britain annual meeting a resolution urged Women’s Institutes to promote public service by aiding a countryside litter campaign. It called on local authorities to provide facilities and to push schools to educate children on waste disposal.
Lystras Healing Miracle and Pauline Perseverance
A Sunday lesson from Lystras Acts 14 retells a crippled man’s healing by Paul through faith. It contrasts belief, worship of messengers, and the danger of idolatry with Paul and Barnabas’s refusal of divine honors. The sermon urges steadfast Christian endurance amid persecution and tribulation.
Chateau Lake Louise Opens As New Nine Story Hotel
The Chateau Lake Louise, a nine story hotel occupying a full city block, was taken over by the Canadian Pacific Railway two weeks before June opening. Built at two million dollars on Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies, it houses 400 rooms with bath plus a staff of 425, with dining rooms ready for a near full opening banquet. A special train of eighty cars carried 160 tons of food for launch, including 11,000 pounds of turkey and 18 lambs, to feed guests during the first days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Pacific
Strathmore
Alberta
Chateau Lake Louise
Orator on the Soapbox At the Market Place
A man delivers a grandiose, wandering speech from a curbside soapbox in the marketplace. He touts cures and wonders while a crowd listens, many uninterested, as he recounts a personal transformation from illness to vigor. An audience member interrupts gently asking for specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars ‘Vellous
Railway Time Tables aT ACTON Unpleasing Rhyme and Timings
A fragmented page combines parody questions about railway time tables with a timetable list for Acton. It includes several train numbers No. 2 No. 30 No. 34 No. 36 No. 38 No. 24, with Sunday and weekday departures, and notes freight service and Toronto pickup options.
The Absent Minded German Professor
The absent minded German professor sits in his chamber at night with head in hands pondering what to do. After an hour of cold indecision he exclaims he has it and remembers he meant to go to bed.
Gems and quotes on life and morals from notable thinkers
A collage of aphorisms and dedications from Zoroaster Ruskin Goethe and others. Bittersweet musings cover love opinion tolerance labor self mastery and compassion. The text reflects a Victorian moral tone and emphasis on virtue and inner strength.
Infant christened with curious name Original Story
A country clergyman learns the infant will bear the name Original Story during baptism. A farm laborer later introduces himself as Reginald Story, noting the unusual naming, and the minister recalls the odd moment from the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waa
Thia
Reginald
Story
Ashe
Zoo visitors and keeper discuss boars diet
A visitor asks if boars are carnivorous at a zoo. The keeper replies they were carnivorous on arrival but have since been tamed with carbolic cleanser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keaper
Maori fish poachers and a ranger encounter
The excerpt notes Maoris described as great fish poachers taunting a game ranger who claims to be the district’s biggest man. A separate feature extols Dr Ch empresas Rebeetria Oli as a powerful healing tonic praised for pain relief and health benefits, advertised at a small price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Rod Ana Rine
Paola
Tam
Hoy
Marriage by memorandum in old town tale
An elderly couple asks a Massachusetts justice of the peace known as Square Simmonds to wed them on the spot at a county fair. He searches for his marriage memorandum but cannot find it, and proclaims the couple married after a brief exchange, citing a note left in his other trousers pocket. The tale ends with a product plug for Miller’s Worm Powders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Simmonds
Theay
Spare the Roads Crowded with Speed Foes and Public Health Ads
A editorial plea supports highway spending for nation welfare but condemns reckless speeding as destroying roads. It cites engineers on safe passing, damage rising with speed, and argues for speed control measures. Also promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for croup and colds as a household staple.
Do Unto Others The Merchants of Trenton
An advertisement urges prompt payment to local merchants and professionals. It frames timely bills as a civic duty and fair dealing, noting no interest and credit based on past records. It encourages paying what you can and confirming you are playing the game square to boost the town’s good name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
No Need for Anxiety Amid Cold Carriage Whisky Tale
An old Secotarian travelling from the old land toward Birmingham carries a bottle of whisky to ward off the cold on a bitter journey. A Scottish D D boards the carriage and lectures on drinking, noting he is seventy and has never touched whiskey. The exchange ends with a witty assurance that the man need not worry about starting now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Lady Warwick and the Unionist Doorstep Encounter
Lady Warwick, known for sympathizing with the Labor cause, canvassed for Labor candidates. At a house in Main Street she knocked. a matron answered, defending her household. Warwick asked to see Mr Blank’s party, the matron retorted she belonged to the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Lauber Party
Labor
Devere
Arma
Wkimbo
Blank
Tailors Face Weighty Demand for Bigger Suits
An old-time cartoonish scene shows French tailors proposing a 10 percent surcharge for waists over forty inches while an English ad touts two-week suit orders at ten cents. A pair of very large men enter the shop, one six and a half feet tall at 250 pounds and the other seven feet tall at 280 pounds, seeking multiple six suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Coom
Noige of Motorcycles Warns Drivers in Town
Local notice warns motorcycle operators about Section 14 of the Highway Traffic Act prohibiting loud mufflers and unnecessary noise. Violators face fines up to 365 dollars, plus possible permit suspension up to forty days, with emphasis on church services disturbed by loud, open-muffler riding.
Asthma Remedy Promises Quick Relief by Natural Steam
A garbled ad-like note touts Dr J and D Kel Jours remedy as a natural treatment for asthma. It claims the product acts like magic by a smoke or vapor that travels to airways, clears passages, and lets fresh air enter, with broad dealer availability across the land.
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