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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
4
A poetic fragment from The Acay Free Presa Fe dated June 10, 1926. The speaker praises country life and the intimate beauty of nature, describing fields, moonlight, a winding stair, and the warmth of night. The voice honors a lad who knows the sweetness of fields and spring sap. Harod Vinal is credited.
The article explains common inaccuracies in clinical thermometers due to glass, gas pockets, and constriction defects. It cites England’s National Physical Laboratory findings that 28 percent of nine thousand thermometers were unreliable, and notes Canada’s Ottawa lab that tests and certifies thermometers for government and public use.
In 1833 the Prince of Wales supported the College of Muale in London, arranging an inaugural performance with Sir Henry Irving and Robert Macaire for an all-star cast. The event drew the Prince and Princess of Wales and raised over a thousand pounds. Irving, acting as examiner, received formal thanks and a humorous note about the signer, later clarified as Albert Edward.
The piece accuses a Tulsa Tribune editor of peddling exaggerated views of Canada to Oklahoma readers. It portrays Canada as a barbaric, monarchy-ruled wilderness and criticizes the editor for misrepresenting foreign conditions using material copied from other papers.
Reflective poem recalls a mother's kitchen porch as the heart of home with walnut trees, Red June apples, and morning bees. The narrator urges choosing a dream house but preserves memory of simple porch rituals and family warmth across the years.
An informal reminiscence recalls Joe Thompson entering the old post office and directing the postmaster to relay requests to Tom Werden, Abe Stauffer, and Tommy Cameron about a harness, bridle, russet lines, a shoat, and closing the hen house to keep the chickens in.
Early county notes recall white pins elms and basswood replaced by saws. The final grove of white oak between Milton and Drumquin is being felled by Murray Crawford Co. of Campbellville on a 50 acre tract, timber sizes reaching 10 by 22 inches and 22 feet long. Timbers go by rail to Hornby for Welland Canal construction and gate support. The piece laments loss of aged trees once known from Halton farm.
The essay argues realism covers both good and bad without sensationalizing. It says writers may be seen as realistic or sentimental, yet real life includes happy homes as well as crime, and realists depict things as they are, not only the basest or most harrowing aspects.
The community mourns Mrs. Annie Ross Stalker and James Henderson long respected as hospitable, reform-minded settlers. Annie Ross Stalker, born in Bruce County, lived on Ross and Stalker farms and hosted generous gatherings at Knox Church. James Henderson, a Nassagaweya farmer and former Justice of the Peace, a proud Irishman from Antrim, valued for his wisdom and friendly nature. Both families linked to early settlement circles and cherished by neighbors.
Canadian cattle are rapidly gaining popularity in Great Britain after the 1923 embargo lift. In 1926 about 111000 head were shipped, up 31000 from 1925, with 1925 declared value at 11790683 and an average of 300.40 per head. A 1924 bulletin notes shippers could improve profits by selecting high quality cattle, as British buyers prefer, and inferior animals are slaughtered at entry reducing returns.
A woman of experience notes in Harpers Magazine that Hawikhiin servants are unusually obedient and affectionate. She recalls a cook who consistently addressed her as sweetheart or deary, while a male servant would call her by her first name. The story illustrates how native servants resist using Christian names in polite company.
Excerpt from M. Tuke Joneson’s Some Personal Impressions recounts the fall 1911 talks with the Crown Prince and Riderson. It notes Kiderlin’s push for Anglo-German naval understanding, his belief England would outbuild and oppose any other arms race, and Tirpitz’s resistance and the Emperor’s siding with Tirpitz.
A traveler recalls how locals dismiss "mountain scratchers" who rush into dangerous terrain. An ignorant climber buys an ice axe, leads a glacier excursion, and nearly leads to a collapse as guides warn against his reckless ascent. The tale contrasts cautious tourism with bravado.
A compiled page of brief maxims from diverse figures. It presents reflections on character, fate, faith, and virtue with terse observations from historical writers and poets. The fragmentary lines suggest a miscellany in a periodical style.
Miss McPhail M P will attend the Women's International Conference in Dublin Ireland early in July representing Canada. She will visit England and Scotland including her father's birthplace in Igyle shire before returning and may meet Lady Astor and the Duchess of Atholl. She is noted for welcoming Ottawa Oshawa 3000 men and 100 women during a recent excursion and for meeting Premier King who quipped he would rather face 3000 men than 100 women.
William Stibbon, a 160 acre farmer near Brandon Manitoba, needed surgery. Neighbor Samuel Latham rallied the district and sixteen seeding outfits, horses, plows, seed drills, and harrows aided. Women provided meals as seeding finished the next day.
A collection of aphoristic lines warns that borrowing from friends harms trust, seeking rapid promotions inflates ego, religious disputes split communities, secrecy wrecks homes, spoiling a boy with unearned money corrupts character, reforms become fashion, and causing business decline sparks tales of hoarding.
A poultry expert from Ottawa outlines practical steps for profitable goose farming. It covers housing, free range feeding, breeding start times in March, 31 day incubation, care of eggs and goslings, feeding regimes, heat needs, and transitioning to pasture with ample water and shade.
A humorous note on how lawyers draft odd deeds to transfer an orange, using grand terms like all and singular estate and in trusts with rights to bite and eat. The piece suggests the outcome is that another lawyer may still take the orange away.
A historical tale recalls Keller a witty Irish lawyer famed for sharp speech and failing to advance in law. Another lawyer Mayme, clever and focused, becomes judge under Keller’s vexation. In court, Wall disrupts proceedings with a humorous boast about Mayme’s gravity provoking Newtonian wonder.
A Forest and Stream contributor recalls Indian hospitality with cooks known as wizards of food. He describes the Ha mdu and the ubiquitous moorgh, the ritual of a bungalow lunch, and a chaotic scene as chickens are chased for a generous banquet.
A native-born Bolshevik bursts into a tailor shop and denounces the government calling for worker rule as in Russia. He proclaims his own origin from Russia while the tailor and a waiting customer listen in silence before the visitor exits and the tailor speaks with subdued resolve.
An advertisement asserts Adlerika relieves gas and bloating and helps sleep. A user named R. Miller reports better appetite and rest after taking Adlerika. A testimonial from A. F. Brown promotes the product as helpful for chronic constipation and removing old waste matter.
The notice advertises second hand and new farming items including machinery, fencing, steel roofing, and repairs. It urges farmers to prepare for corn potatoes and root crops using Ontario Fertiliser to protect potatoes from blight and bugs with one application. It also notes farm garden and poultry needs and cattle protection.
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