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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
7
A child describes his mother and explains God as loving and kind. The mother reassures him that God forgives, forgives all, and watches over us like a shepherd as the boy prays sincerely and compares God to his mother’s gentle presence.
Twenty years back in Acton the Free Press notes John McLean sold a Tan MY home and will move to Agnas Street next fall. Ontario motor violations reach 10 086 convictions with 71 476.75 in fines. Acton pays 4 243.15 for the county meal this year. Ten soldiers honored at a Citizens Reception. Rose McEvoy tops Halton County entrance exams. Pte E R Smith son of J R Smith returns from Whitby then to St Andrews Hospital. Prince of Wales to open Toronto Exhibition. Died Hassard at Mono Road July 28 1919, father of E J Hassard Acton.
An Ontario article by Wills Mac lachlan for Health urges teaching the Schafer method of artificial respiration in schools and to utility workers. It argues rapid, trained rescue can revive victims after electrical shock gas poisoning or drowning and stresses transport to bed after breathing resumes.
The essay recounts Acton’s former commons from Mill to Church and Wilbur to the Grang Trunk yard, once the town park hosting cricket and baseball and Queen’s Birthday celebrations. It traces change from playground to street through Ransom Adams’s cordwood, Rose Cottage, and the Little residence, notes Typhoid death of Robert Little in 1885, and ends with the site’s revival as Acton Athletic Association grounds now a vibrant recreation park.
Mrs Smith vents about trust as her husband flirts, a friend consoles claiming he will revert to type. She retorts he is reverting to Lypolats, a misspelled twist amplifying the joke. The exchange showcases small town humor on marital quirks.
The Indian Affairs Branch reports more than sixteen tons of medicinal and surgical supplies sent to 18 000 Indians across Yukon to Labrador. Hospitals exist at La La Crosse Moose Factory and Fort Albany, while remote bands rely on missionaries RCMP traders and nurses. Shipments travel by rail air and canoe with loads under eighty pounds each, over portages and muskeg, to reach distant communities.
A parsonry tale contrasts constant prayer with brief talkers, then warns sellers to maintain continuous advertising contact. Buyers respond to steady outreach, while sporadic bursts cost more and yield less, as silence signals seller indifference and buyers go where invited.
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