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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
4
In a July 25 1928 issue the Acton Free Press features a humorous verse about a vegetable garden and harvest. A playful mother narrates meals from greens such as chard and okra plantings with a light home front scene.
A historical stance argues that ignorance fuels regret for past glories while modern times lessen cruelty and oppression. It notes churches awakening to social duties, mutual aid spreading globally, and public sentiment restraining wealth misuse. An ad touts Dr. Thomas Electric Oil as an athlete lubricant and muscle refresher.
The speaker urges all citizens to place the war above personal comfort and leisure. Every occupation, from farmer to housewife, must prioritize wartime effort. Government and individuals alike must dedicate time, energy, and money to victory, making the war paramount in all plans.
A fragmented wartime clipping urges barefoot outings to support the fatherland and cites a German newspaper urging all ages to walk barefoot in public spaces. It also promotes Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a long proven cure with soothing vapor penetrating bronchial passages.
In a rustic voice a home owner contemplates garden life and opening the house to the outdoors. A stray wartime style ad promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a cure for intestinal parasites amid a tense domestic exchange about expense and hardship.
Fragmented OCR shows an Irish girl applying for a cook position with Mrs Green, a misquoted exchange about Bo and Irish lore. It notes worm infestations in children and promotes Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy. Rabbit hair replaces wool in Australia’s felt hat industry with thirty factories in operation. Mollyway’s Corn Core advertised as painless corn relief.
A historical study evaluates eight ear injury preventive devices used in detonations. The Tommy ear protector and Mallet/Armstrong designs led among mechanical solutions, while wax cones and various impregnated cottons showed varied protection. All tested devices, including dry cotton and glycerin soaked options, yielded positive injuries in animals, with some ruptured tympanic membranes in each group.
Field tests by the Commission of Conservation compare ploughed versus cultivated land on farms in Dundas County to curb wild mustard spread. Observations note lower mustard on cultivated plots with similar grain yields. farmers are advised to trial methods on a small scale next spring to compare results before large adoption.
The siege in Europe drives a major effort by soldiers to grow food. About 60 000 acres between lines in France 7 000 in Salonica and roughly 709 000 across Mesopotamia Egypt Palestine and Cyprus. In Egypt Palestine and Baslonica British forces will grow most of their vegetables and forage. Camps in England also cultivate fields at Aldershot rising from 28 acres to 3 290 acres in 18 months.
A tradesman in an unnamed town set a box outside his shop labeled For the Ulin. Weeks later the box vanished. A passerby asked about the box for the blind, and the man pointed to a shattered shop window and the hanging canvas band, noting the blind thing above as a clue in a terse London Answer style anecdote.
A War Department appeal in Charleston urged food saving to aid the war effort. The piece blends a tale from Newberry about a child’s eating habits with a Louisville vignette and a Parmieles’s Vexetable Pills advertisement claiming to ease indigestion and restore stomach function.
A fragment discusses wealth in waterways, noting precious metals in aquatic life and minerals beyond earth. It references government harvests from annual “fry” imports and the US practice of raising and harvesting freshwater and coastal organisms, yielding significant market value.
A printed health advertisement urges mothers not to neglect aches and pains warning neglect leads to chronic illness. It claims Scott's Emulsion strengthens blood tissues nerves and overall strength for tired weary or low spirited conditions.
An organized group in London uses horn honks and large Take Cover signs atop cars to warn the public of air raids. When danger ends an All Clear signal is shown. A Boy Scout bugler aboard informs of departure. Drivers wear uniforms including metal helmets for shrapnel protection against anti aircraft guns.
A juvenile Sunday school class in Brooklyn sparks laughter as a young student answers a question about fate after death with a comically wrong but earnest reply. The exchange captures the churchroom moment and local humor from the Brooklyn Citizen.
A dated advice column promotes Nature's Remedy Tabiets as a cure for constipation. It claims the product cleanses the body, improves digestion, increases appetite, strengthens the bowels, and reduces daily purging. The ad touts the tablets as superior to laxatives and purgatives, noting a 25c price and urging trial.
The Woodstock jury after a three day trial found the driver not negligent in a runaway injury case involving Mrs Florence Held fiedault who sought £000 Ram sen for injuries after a collision when Stevens failed to yield at a signal and a buggy occupant was thrown. The verdict sets a precedent affecting motorists and horse drawn vehicles alike.
An article notes British and Allied deployment of motorcycles rising from 1914 onward, with estimates of 40,000 British machines in 1916 and 11,000 French, 10,000 Italian, and 18,000 Central Powers at Marne. It cites Popular Science Monthly and counts over 760,000 motorcycles used in belligerent armed forces since July 1914, excluding pre U S entry.
A distraught wife, claiming her husband threatened suicide for days, begs police to drag the canal after reporting him missing. She identifies him as deaf, prompting the inspector to seek a careful search. The scene ends with her relieved confirmation of the disability.
The note describes a method to sew up a rune on a sewing machine to reduce visible mending. The approach keeps repairs less conspicuous and more durable over time. It emphasizes careful stitching to minimize appearance and enhance permanency.
Clear guidance on beginner metal sawing from a vintage manual. Build a simple bench jig with a V cut, use a fretsaw similar to wood frames, keep the blade in motion, avoid turning when stationary to prevent binding, work steadily, wax bindings as needed, and aim for smooth, controlled cuts with two breaks per second.
Tit-Bita recounts a comical incident involving Lord Astabury, former Lord Chancellor, visiting a lunatic asylum in his official capacity. He declares his title at the door and is guided inside to be told there are three more of them in here.
A prominent citizen says he knows most people in town and jokes that any wrong number can still lead to a conversation. Mr. Cayenne responds with light humor about finding someone to talk to, in a Washington Star brief.
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