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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
6
A fragmentary poem narrative describes a winding road and hills with hemlock and sundown light. The speaker, Ruth Brockway, reflects on humble routes, a clean scene, and a personal journey amid nature's imagery.
A collage of church notices, community events, obituaries, farming notes, and short essays. Items include beekeeping advice on full sheets of foundation, choir competition results from Ottawa Temple and Peterboro, Manitoba and Ontario references, and a Canadian choir showing at New York. Also public notices of marriages and deaths from Lakeside Hospital Chicago and Acton area.
The article recaps the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar in the ninth year of Zedekiah, detailing the siege, breaches, and destruction of the temple and palace. It notes leadership, deportations, and the kingdom's end, framing it as a pivotal moment in Judaic history with emphasis on punishment for rebellion.
Housekeepers are advised on spring cooking with tested recipes and tips. The article outlines breakfast ideas like bran waffles and light desserts such as apricot whip and strawberry cream gelatin desserts, plus a honey mousse and cap lid drink, emphasizing pantry ingredients and method steps.
A narrator recalls a Midwest youth with huge hands and feet who sought education and a preaching career. He asks the speaker how much the young man is willing to pay in effort and sacrifice to achieve his dream, and the answer comes through years of perseverance and a lasting lesson.
A wobbly metal bar on a wooden base appears to float between two guide-posts, shown in Modern Mechanics. The bar is heated and supported by invisible contact, with tough steel and magnetized parts cited, though no superstition is claimed.
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