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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
4
Editorial notes gambling growth and bonding actions by banks to cancel bonds for employees who use racetrack services. Also argues for earlier municipal election date to avoid holiday turmoil and urges Acton Council to implement the new regulation promptly.
The Collingwood Bulletin marks forty one years of publication under the Williams family with David Williams at the editorial helm for thirty six years. The paper is a leading weekly and contributor to local education and public library growth. Dr John Noble urges Canada to focus on native born workers skilled in manual arts to build a healthy, industrious generation blending manual arts with academics and play.
Prime Minister King of Canada visited Washington to discuss negotiating a treaty to perpetuate the historic Bush-Bagot agreement of over a century. He stressed the desire for a peaceful frontier without fortifications while noting no current threat to the arrangement. Officials in Washington welcomed the talks and pledged to proceed cautiously to protect calm bilateral relations.
Final figures indicate Canada totals 8,788,000 with a 21 percent rise since 1951. Rural residents number 4,439,505 while urban dwellers reach 4,348,078, underscoring agriculture as a core national industry.
J. L. Whattam of Oshawa told the Reformer that Canada could quadruple its farm output if treated as California’s soil is, noting Canada’s artificial atmosphere and irrigation friendly agriculture. He said his California trip convinced him Canada is God’s country and cited California’s farming success.
In a year of fine crops the writer reflects on the scriptural call to look to the hills for help. The sight of ripening grain and abundant livestock suggests Providence’s care and rewards for those who work with nature’s laws.
Teach Mual¢ in the Schools Music is an accomplishment desirable for every home. It is a healthful art. No family can afford to be without music of some kind. A modern method has been introduced to provide elementary training in music in the Public Schools. Acton has not yet adopted this plan but many parents would appreciate instruction in magic to the curriculum. The teaching could be taken up by existing teachers with music certificates. The matter is important for the Board of School Trustees to consider.
Editorials discuss how German misery might have been lessened if Belgium France and Serbia had not been invaded. The Hague Conference is blamed for condemning Russia by refusing war debt payments. Western farmers smile while Eastern merchants profit from grain, and Agures data claim 1021 was the healthiest year on record despite debates over education prohibition immigration or weather.
A long excerpt offers guidance on patient feeding and nervousness. It includes instructions on meal presentation and avoiding distress, plus tips for public speaking, composure, and confidence, with scattered anecdotes and aside comments.
The letter writer in Manitoba outlines a scheme by Campbell to divide two adjoining sections into twenty sixty four acre holdings. Each holds a house, stock, and tools with a central school and store. Financing would come from a large loan and individual contributions, with cooperative building under supervision.
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