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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
6
The poem argues the impossibility of progress and new inventions in old voices. It envisions electric transport and communication overcoming steam power, and mocks the idea that a wheel could be controlled by tradition. The piece reflects late 19th to early 20th century anxieties about modernization.
In the Free Prose issue of June 6 1699 Acton and Georgetown played lacrosse at the station with Acton winning 8 to 11. A crowd gathered to watch and send off soldiers for the annual camp at Niacum. Married Teahan Lamb report from St Josephs Church notes John Teahan of Guelph to Augusta Lamb of Acton.
A fragment urging unity and mutual aid as essential for growth and health. It emphasizes the harms of isolation for business and life, and argues for supportive neighborly conduct though the text contains garbled phrases about relief from asthma and the Kellogg's Anghing.
A garbled passage touts pills claimed to cleanse the stomach and restore health. It asserts they are the best remedy and promises trials to prove their efficacy, though the text is largely incoherent and difficult to interpret.
A rural Ontario project presents a boy and a girl creed compiled from conversations with thousands of boys and girls. The boys pledge farm labor, thrift, education, and square dealing, while girls express happiness, household skills, study, and equal rights, emphasizing farm life and community well being.
Snippets cover a mother’s grief over grey hairs from naughty sons, a grandpa’s antics, a watch theft inquiry, a French factory tour wag, engine boiling quips, a lone train and a censor busting message. The items mix humor with war weary life and letters.
Dr HT Ahute of Dominion Quhemia argues in the Agricultural Gazette that superphosphate fertilizes corn by hastening maturity and improving ripening in northern regions. He suggests 160 pounds per acre broadcast or drilled before planting and warns to leave a control plot untreated to measure effects.
The local band in Boomaburg dissolved after ten dollars were found in their treasury and toys were divided, ending because prosperity overwhelmed them. Dr Thomas Electric Oils are praised as a careful medicinal preparation with public favor and a potential trial to prove its healing powers.
A young man in a large hardware firm earns attention by calling customers by name, saying I make it my business to remember. The tale shows memory as the simple key to advancement, distinguishing the diligent from the underperforming worker.
Charles Heston Pior son argues that opinions of others depend on perspective. He warns against judging from bias and urges meeting face to face to view others squarely. He suggests avoiding overanalysis of others’ angles and aiming for direct eye contact.
The article asserts that Miller's Worm Powder acts mildly on children without injury yet deadly to worms. It has been used successfully for a long time and recognized as a leading preparation. It claims to have relieved thousands of weak children.
An attorney in the Great Western Railway engineering offices observes wasteful delays among young workers. He experiments with a traveling bag of conveniences to speed start times, prompting the chief engineer to inquire. The idea gains traction as Harris drives progress from a telegrahic instruction.
A fragmentary dialogue explores who holds answers about future work and when it will end. One speaker jokes that only John might know while others admit they do not have clarity.
A reflective note urges living by learned truths and warns against letting theory outpace practice. It stresses that wisdom only gains value when ideas are embodied, and a person must transfer insight from head to life to realize worth.
A 15 May 30 191g communique from the Dept. of Social Service condemns alcohol in medical treatment. It argues intoxication impairs health, increases infection risk, and weakens recovery, noting whiskey and brandy removed from the U.S. Dispensary and that several states ban usage even as medicine. The letter urges public education to preserve hard won health gains.
The readable passages describe flowers cherished by ordinary people and children alike, alongside glimpses of a cottage life and references to a ruin or Ruakin. The snippet hints at themes of peace, community, and simple joy within a crowded town.
Philadelphia homemaker describes fatigue backache and nervousness. After taking Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three months she reports improved health and appetite. Ad emphasizes widespread benefits for mothers and common ailments.
Fragmentary timetable shows multiple street names and service times with daily and Sunday limits. Freight and express options offered by AGNEW Agent Acton list pickup and delivery details for Toronto addresses.
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