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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
2
A reflective poem asserts people resist change despite appeals. It jokes that urging action on money, work, learning, and habits often fails. The cadence repeats lines about leading to water and college, ending with the idea thirst determines action.
In Algiers old men sit in coffee houses and parks, never work, supported by their families. The city’s pace leaves fathers in ease while mothers direct the home and daughters gossip with neighbors as the urban rhythm continues.
A light feature notes aging figures from different nations and eras. It cites an Irish immigrant at ninety eight starting life anew in the United States, a Weymouth grandmother preparing to swim the Channel, and Thomas Hardy at eighty four addressing a society, with older examples from British history including Old Parr and a 110 year old pensioner.
A thinly clad young man walking a winter street shares his peanuts with hungry pigeons attracting a wary flock. An old bird accepts a titbit and returns as the boy continues feeding them. A middle aged man offers a job for one who can coax birds like that.
A fragment argues that a long list of simple English words form about half of everyday conversation. It notes common words such as press about all to come day dear and hear and emphasizes their fundamental role in language use.
On a doomed drive from Sycamore to Winchester for a cousin's wedding, Roger Barlow and friends pick up Ruth Carson after a telephone call. A thunderstorm, a broken car, and a raging canon flood test a brave rescue led by Ruth as she restores ignition and guides Ruth to safety amid a torrent.
A Windsor Town Hall, finished by Sir Christopher Wren after another designer died, sits atop the corn exchange. Pillars added to please officials turned out to be cosmetic as a hidden inch of space above each pillar provided no real support. The cement crust has fallen away, exposing the ruse.
A historical reflection notes benzene as a crucial discovery enabling antiseptics and dyes while also powering the creation of deadly explosives. It credits Sir William Parkin with perfecting aniline purple and lauds chemists for expanding color industries despite global competition.
In West End near Southampton Mrs. Stirling recounts a comic church tale from Life a Little Day. An exhausted instrumental choir fell asleep during a sermon and their hymn was followed by Sir Roger de Coverley played by forgetful musicians provoking the squire to banish them and fund an organ in retaliation.
A civic message urges citizens to inspect and repair fences sheds and outbuildings and plant shrubs trees and flowers to brighten homes. Small efforts and modest spending can make Acton more attractive and inviting with horticultural society memberships offering supplies for improvements.
Along the Irish coast lighthouse signals boom every three minutes in fog. A veteran keeper sleeps through the monotony until a fault in one charge stops the roar and his wife shouts Maggie What the deuce was that during a winter night.
The first General Council of the United Church of Canada will meet June 10 in Toronto, completing the union of Presbyterian Methodist and Congregational churches. It will legislate on doctrine worship and governance with presbyteries and sessions maintaining oversight, and will appoint a conference settlement committee to place ministers.
A quote notes that people rarely improve when they have no model other than themselves to imitate. It emphasizes the role of external examples in personal development.
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