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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1931
Page
7
A fragment poem laments widespread unemployment and despair. The speaker notes no juice or salt left in the earth and a broken, unreal universe as “Wren a fellow is out of a job.” It portrays men left out and forgotten, crawling and dead without work or purpose.
Twenty years past brief items report Mr John Gibbons selling meat business to A N Coxon. Arch McTavish buys Pyre property at Mill and Wight. Potatoes scarce with prices steady. Early potato crop short. Sugar price rises due to beet crop failures in Canada and Europe. Two marriages listed and a birth in Fort William. Worms warning from a product ad.
Richard J Hopkins promotes a temperance pledge pledging allegiance to law and abstinence from liquor. He launched a campaign at Lowman Methodist Church in Topeka Kansas where eight hundred attendees signed the pledge. Hopkins, longtime Kansas prohibition supporter, urged school workers to adopt pledge signing with strong talks on law and nation.
A humorous exchange shows a man wearing a cord around his finger to remember delivering a wife’s letter, only to admit she forgot to give him the note. The joke hinges on misplaced memory and domestic shorthand.
Diary entry recounts a series of rural happenings and misadventures week by week. Notes about a preacher and community jokes mix with odd events such as a dog’s death and a butcher’s hand injury.
In Canada the Dominion Experimental Farm system aims to reduce crop losses from plant diseases through timely advice and preventive action. The article credits widespread plant pathology and breeding efforts for lasting economic savings and urges continued support to develop disease resistant crops.
An ad touts a compact concentrate named Dr Yhomaas electric QI as a versatile cheap product. Marketed as the poor man’s friend it is described as portable and ready for varied uses with strong emphasis on affordability and wide availability. It claims no dealer stocks it without it.
The lesson discusses Philip guided by the Spirit to approach the Ethiopian eunuch reading Isaiah. It highlights personal outreach as essential to leading one soul to Christ, the need to understand Scripture, and the eunuch's immediate acceptance of the gospel after Philip explains Jesus as the Messiah.
A Dominion Experimental Station report at Lennoxville Quebec shows eleven years of data on eggs needed to cover feeding costs for laying birds. The study notes high and low years, winter egg prices, and concludes profits require more than feed costs to offset buildings and depreciation.
An old advertisement touts Dr J D Kellen's Asthma Remedy as a powerful relief for asthma sufferers. It claims long standing relief and urges readers to obtain the preparation without delay through their local druggist.
A quizzical scene shows Mrs Kangaroo alarmed by Mr Kangaroo asking about a missing child. The dialogue plays on pockets and a hurried search, suggesting a lighthearted or satirical cartoon moment rather than a real event.
The text records Ife finding Jesus and setting out to establish a church in Ethiopia. It notes his joyous revival and intent to seek further instruction, highlighting his spiritual transformation and mission despite the absence of written gospels at that time.
Readable fragments show eastbound daily times with several daily departures and exceptions for Sundays Saturdays and holidays. The notes indicate times are for Daylight Saving Time with variants for nonworking days and holidays.
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