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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
7
Poem about a child and an elderly woman who sells elder down for a dolly. The narrator visits daily, sewing and gossiping, forming a close friendship with the town’s Old Woman.
Twenty years ago in Acton J Liphardt moved jewellery stock to Rockwood Acton Junior Baseball Club played Rockwood and lost badly Adon battery featured Charlie McLeod and Harold Kennedy Duke of Devonshire LO. D. E prizes for Our Empire essays won by Isobel McNiven and Wille Stewart Rev RF Large BA BD appointed minister of Acton Methodist Church A Company 164th Battalion sent to France Melvin Soper and Robert Ebewart now in Highlanders MM Maley and W Dobble transferred to Machine Gun Depot Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario buys Ontario Power Company for 27 million dollars enabling Niagara power production Births marriages deaths noted
A businessman warns that dropping newspaper ads led to failure and closure. He urges keeping organized ideas for effective ads and notes successful campaigns when ads reflect people’s needs. A tale shows a local paper finding a lost watch through ads and a merchant selling ice cream freezers out of season.
The narrator shares farm life joys and chores focusing on broody hens and chick care. She describes cleaning nests, dislodging hens, sanitizing boxes, and watching eggs hatch while balancing work and farm pleasures. Also notes garden progress with beets radishes lettuce and cosmos.
A chaotic diary fragment recounts a week of odd events and teen misadventures. It includes school themes, rumors of a ball game, a governor at a picnic, a broken engagement, and local characters like Jake and Mase Hall & Son Tenn es. The tone is humorous and reflective of student life.
A dissatisfied customer quips that the cow yields milk, while the milkman responds with a jab about credit. The exchange plays on a rural economy theme as a light communal witticism.
A husband laments the plunging worth of T nald shares last week while his wife tries to ease his distress noting he has many of them to cushion the loss. The exchange captures a domestic moment of financial anxiety and reassurance.
Marjorie Nelon delivered the 1.0.C.E. prize address at a school concert in Ue Town Hall. The piece celebrated the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with detailed notes on the coronation rites as described by the reader with jubilation and pride.
The Imperial Crown is readied for the ride back to Buckingham Palace, signaling the end of the Coronation. Citizens wish a long and happy reign for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth amid sequence of royal events.
Lord Horder, dean of medicine in England, warns against the strain of modern civilization. He cites fear of living costs, international insecurity, fast pace, unsafe streets, monotony in work, noisy amusements, and lax morals as factors. He advocates slum clearance, fields, museums, libraries, music, and quiet for workers, trusting individual resilience.
A passenger asks a steward if tapping a propeller mounted on an overhead electric fun would alter the ship's speed, provoking discussion about propulsion and performance aboard.
A promotional pitch explains that advertisements offer regular earnings and benefits to readers who engage with them, promising profit through ongoing attention and use. The text emphasizes routine reading and taking advantage of advertised services for financial gain.
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