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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
7
A fragmentary meditation on the power of the tongue across civilizations. The text cites Greek, Turkish, Persian, Chinese, Hebrew, and Chinese proverbs to warn that speech can harm or surpass strength, urging restraint and wisdom in spoken words.
Twenty years ago acts include 24 hour telephone service planned for Acton. moves of Robert Brownlee to Acton with family from Toronto. scout news from Baden Powell review in Toronto. Esquesing Council grants 3000 dollars for returning soldiers. Halton United Farmers nominate Ford and others for provincial election. local births deaths and arrivals noted in Acton community.
Indian Affairs Branch reports success of community gardens and farms on Canadian reserves boosting diet and health. Increased vegetable output and self management show projects expanding from 3,000 to 20,000 bushels across agencies as chiefs and Councillors oversee and share crops.
A puzzle lists five sentences with vessel names concealed within phrases. Solutions are Frigate, Cutter, Ship, Barque, Brig, corresponding to each clue respectively.
A long narrative traces ownership and occupancy of the Church Street east property and nearby sites across more than fifty years. It recalls tenants like Miss Helen Nicklin and families such as Cameron, Conway, Thurston, and Gordon, with figures including Ed Matthews, Wm Mainprize, Tom Bird, and Tom Gibbons, detailing transfers, titles, removals, and the evolution of residences in Acton, Ontario.
The girl tells the suitor she cannot marry him because she seeks a partner who is strong and silent and worthy of respect. He retorts by suggesting she should visit Trafalgar Square to inspect Nelson as a model of such a man.
The article recalls royal events with King and Queen visiting Ontario and Winnipeg. It notes receptions at Hart House and Woodbine Park, the Dionne Quintuplets tour, crowd scenes in Midhurst, and a grand Western welcome with massed choirs. It mentions Royal train practices, letters from the public, and the unprecedented city cheers in Winnipeg.
The Fort Erie Times-Review notes a Canadian price gap with 180 matches for five cents versus 2,000 for nine cents in Buffalo. Crossing the border yields 222 matches per cent while locally they cost 36 per cent, blamed on excessive excise tax.
An unclear OCR fragment shows distorted dialogue with partial phrases and punctuation. The readable bits include "One word out of you" and references to near "That's 11" with uncertain context and names. No coherent event or identifiable parties are extractable from the text.
A pair of Ontario neighbors illustrate a clear contrast in farming outcomes. One man, with 350 acres, struggles to cover costs and maintain minimal staff, while the other, owning 50 acres, keeps a full crew year round and steadily expands improvements. The second man’s engagement with farming literature and meetings underscores the role of personal drive and activity in business success.
An advertisement touts The Free Press as a trusted venue where ads perform well because high advertising standards reduce deceptive or misleading content. It stresses that all ads in the paper work together to produce sound, sane results and invites readers to study the benefits when buying space.
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