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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1946
Page
7
A hazy, stream of consciousness scene unfolds with muscular imagery and scattered names as Frances Frost and Washington Post surface. The piece mentions a talkative grey-backed ora and surreal forest imagery, ending with a cryptic glimpse of youth and memory.
Local notes from Acton 1926 report church sermons by Rev GW King of Walkerton and a former pastor M A McLachlan. Acton Council sets 44 mills tax rate for 1926 despite buying a new motor fire truck. Halton Rifles hold first annual dinner at Halton Golf and Country Club Georgetown. Birth notices list Spires and Chisholm families with small town details.
Racking works at Beardmore and Co progress on a seven story rolling house and drying kiln while artesian wells at a sole leather tannery reach 912 feet with no flow yet. A fatal accident in Cobb’s Pit claims Charlie Cameron, son of Thos Cameron, as earth collapses under him crushing him against a wagon wheel.
The lesson warns against worshiping wealth and status over God's spiritual rule. It cites Isaiah and Matthew to emphasize resting in God, renewed life in Christ, and the primacy of love for God and neighbor. The scribe’s question highlights clear moral discernment as key to entering the kingdom.
The president of Grocery Manufacturers of America cites U S retail grocery sales rising from 10 billion in 1979 to 20 billion last year. Increases span fruit juices to biscuits with major gains in baby foods and baked goods amid shortages and high demand.
Mr Woo Clayton, manager of the Hank of Montreal, announces attractive personal loans with interest at one half of one percent per month. Loans range from $50 to $1,000 or more, repayable in twelve monthly installments. Applicants are assured straightforward terms with no favors asked.
A North American Life representative offers help and advice for young entrepreneurs starting a business, getting married, or taking over a home. The message promotes practical savings and protection plans to support growth during Life's Bigger Moments.
A retired editor Mr. A Logan 84 recalls his career at the Walton Echo and the Pembroke Standard Observer. He laments government paternalism and praises independent toil recalling bygone Ontario pioneers. He contrasts self-made success with modern social welfare dynamics and criticizes today’s business ethics.
London reports at a National Farmer's Union conference urged Heilain to accelerate seed oil output for industrial and edible uses. Labour MP Cutbert McAllater backed rapid scale experiments on British farms, predicting sizable oilseed crops within a few years.
Severe drought grips southwestern Queensland with sheep grazing lands affected. Some regions report three years without heavy rain in the area near Brisbane and broader Queensland.
A thief in Chaplin Saskatchewan argues a fair exchange is not robbery after stealing Tom Ryudy’s 1936 model automobile from in front of his home. The incident highlights a misguided justification for the theft.
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