18 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
1
In a small town Dillman Macklin notices the dam break risk during a river flood while marching soldiers rehearse nearby. He warns Captain Harmon and helps evacuate the camp, earning praise from the unit and his school community for bravery and selflessness.
A fragmentary ad lists car care items and prices including cedar polish, Johnson products, radiator cement, air tire tubes, Ford wrenches, cup grease, auto paint, dry batteries, spark plugs, porcelain, auto dusting, auto rugs and motor oil. Prices vary from fractions of a dollar to several dollars per item.
A call to surpass past generations urging higher faith, broader charity, loftier aspirations, and greater achievements. The speaker emphasizes learning from fathers’ example while not settling for their limits and challenges listeners to meet their own possibilities.
In a restrained scene a mother comforts her son after a disruption, speaking softly to reassure him as he returns to his seat. The exchange shows tenderness and family ties within a tense public setting.
The excerpt recalls Gerard's recounting of German society with state tied schooling and strict discipline. It notes no Saturday holidays, supervised play, and reverence to military figures. It describes a caste system where social rank follows occupation and connections, from a merchant to a powerful industrialist, with women’s roles fixed behind officers’ wives.
Farmers busy wheat harvest and dry weather cuts rag berry crop. New bank foundation completed. Notices of residents moving and school exam names Clara Cabbun Thomas Henderson Hattie Oram. Acton resident Mrs J A Secord moves to Orillia with her son. Ottawa Post Office urges writers to print sender address on letters. Dr J F Uren rests. Dr M Macdonald to lead practice during absence. Born record in Acton July 10 a daughter to Mr and Mrs T I Secord.
An observer notes the sunset glow causing the gun to appear elongated and oval as light passes through dust and heat. Optical illusion magnifies diameter, with atmospheric refraction increasing depth of air. Astronomers describe the sun’s structure and the presence of elements like iron copper hydrogen in the spectrum.
The famed Tolstoy and Turgeny, once close friends, quarrelled during a visit at a friend’s home. Misunderstandings over charity work and a demand to clothe the poor led to sharp exchanges. They later reconciled, and Turgeny praised Tolstoy as Russia’s greatest writer on his deathbed.
Article argues for using potato flour in bread and cake as a wartime substitute. It cites Canada’s potato abundance, calls for expanding production, and notes U S and Canada could aid Europe’s wheat shortage. Advocates trial of potato flour to boost food supply and morale.
Fragmented text lists unit sizes and command roles from an army structure. It notes an army corps of 60,000, infantry divisions of 10,000, brigades around 7,000, regiments and battalions at about 1,000, and smaller units down to a corporal's squad. It also assigns roles from major general to corporal.
A ten year old writes to their mother about growing tall and smart, wishing to learn to cook, sweep, and sew, and to be loved as much as mom. The child aspires to imitate the mother’s kindness and abilities, asking how to become like her.
Practical guidance on selecting the best plants for seed, spacing crops, and drying and storing seeds. It covers lettuce stalks, spinach thinning, drying pods for beans and peas, husking ears, saving tomatoes, and expected yields per plant for beans, corn, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, peas, peppers, radish, spinach, squash, and tomatoes.
An Italian Boy Scout, four fourteen hundred, rescues a doomed mission near Alsace. Denied by Prussian officers, he refuses to betray France, choosing loyalty over life. He and his dog die under interrogation, leaving a widow and two medals from the French military for his bravery.
Fragmented OCR text lauds the worker's toil and merit. It contrasts the man of action with burdens borne by the laborer, praising those who plow, toil, and endure fatigue as the rightful reward for merit. The piece exalts industry and virtue amid hardship and societal admiration.
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