Acton News Briefs and Link to Wartime Hero Tale
The snippet blends local Acton notices with a dramatic true-story of Arthur Venville, an English-born youth who served as an apprentice on the Yorktown in the Philippines. It recounts his brave actions at Baler Bay, taking fire to save Spanish prisoners before being fatally shot, and notes the monument unveiled for him at Sellwood, Oregon.
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Sellwood
Portland
Oregon
Arthur Venville
Philippine Islands
Venville
England
America
Yorktown
Laoo
Uhr
Gimore
Dillmore
Camily Uy
Mr Gilmore
Acton Monument Works
Jeremiah and Jonadab as temperance examples in scripture
A historical essay ties Jeremiah chapter 35 to temperance, recounting Jonadab the son of Rechab and his tribe abstaining from wine. It highlights the lesson that obedience to a trusted leader and to divine commands strengthens character and society, urging total abstinence and Prohibition as public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Femour
Jerusalem
Jepholakim
Judah
Joshiah Jiremiah
Kentles
Naphtali
Pale
Palestine
Jeremiah
St Janple
Juornniah
Jehu
Jonadab
Jonodob
Janadab
Heaven
Earth
God
Get
Seward
Ruth
Kingdom of Heaven
The Eye of a Snail on Its Hidden Body Parts
A fragmentary zoological passage describes the snail eye and sensory organs as diminutive and obscure yet revealing a complex interior structure. It explains the creature's operable mouthparts, a shelled body, and the process by which air enters and exits, noting the snail's unique tongue and tooth-like features guiding feeding and respiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uomwil
Uae
Royal York Hotel adopts vast radio and public address network
The Royal York in Toronto will feature a state of the art radio and public address system through the North American Electric Company installation. Twelve bedrooms will have wall radio outlets for headphones and five distribution sources. The Vice-Royal Suite includes a designed loudspeaker and control gear to broadcast to all rooms. The system links through about ten miles of cable to deliver musical entertainment throughout the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal York
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Village Inn
Mapa
Northarn Electric Company
Montreal
Wirwines
The apex of the year and the long journey through seasons
A reflective piece tracing the ascent from winter toward the longest day and summer’s onset. It muses on how months symbolize human life stages, youth in June, and the coming of age through autumnal decline, then notes natural changes in forests and weather phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alropes
Ins Ume
Hank Rescued at the Wharf in a Seining Tale
Mrs. Perkins learns Hank fell from Hilly's wharf while James Perkins recounts a rough rescue. Hank clung to life as Billy and Hank were saved, money changed hands in quarters, and the group reflected on generosity amid danger. The text shifts to a skeptical note on religious debate and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Perkins
Milly
Hank
Billy
Mr. Perkins
Credge
Billys
Mrs. Perkana
Hiram
Marys Little Lamb Origin Tale and Local Memories
A nostalgic local account traces the origins of Mary and the Lamb to Etterling and a Mtule girl, Maury E Sawyer Wood. It covers a school incident with the lamb, a Harvard-bound visitor John Boulglone, and a final note on the tale’s enduring charm for children and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Terthak
Musa
Beca
Stering
Courteou
Edward P. Dart Seth
Lamb
Redstone Hill
Alus
Polly Nimball
John Boulglone
Harvard
Atness
Golumbus ‘Tyler
Autor
Schedule snippet with varied day labels and times
A fragmented schedule lists daily and weekly service days with odd spellings and recurring time stamps such as 0.00 a.m. 1.30 p.m. and 5.34 p.m. The text mentions Sunday restrictions and a note about Toronto but contains many garbled terms and inconsistent formatting.
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Acton
Dhaw
Khid
Nean
Perat
Cape Colony
South Africa
M Buchanan
Calldren
Landen
Long Wa
The
Free Press
John Ritchie
Secord
Jeremiah Bell
Church Street
A. Bilneck
Peter Campbell
McMaster University
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Golt
G. W. Barker
T. James Moore
Guelph
Milton
Halton
Parc Presa
Rossy Farquhar
Tux Acton Vace Press
Gingory Farm
Menu Winta
Editoria
Aera Ey Neat
Es Net
Vouk
Meadest
Halton Cream & Bidies Co
Milton and
Chas, Thompson
Cava B
Nchoola
Halla
Kitchona
Pathrooma
Thaand
Ja Ot Ely
Kellogg’s
Forest OF Dean Oaks
Tirintal
Mayland
Nelson
Dean
Thadtank
Presk Aeut Hoover
Pepona
Arveral Ube
Tao Mora
Thomas
Dean Power
Eclretric Ol
Go Landun
Staton
Hindy
Juna Mion
Wood
Charles Stewart
Cry
Castoria
Fletcher
Dvcenk Hunday
Munday
National
Wealbourd
Tanily
Dahy
iMpoe
Paw
Clair Avenue
Bos
Weathautin
Acton Dilly Eee
Nerd Holr G
Kabibound
Kelly & Aiken
Ofleos
Orangevilla
Qwen Ssand
Gwslah
Frederick L. Wright
Imperial Life Assurance Co of
Canada
Nicol
Savage & Company
Promi
Lower Wyndham St
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