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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jun 17, 1937

Page

3

The Patient in Room Six in Persia

Donald McGovern, a young interne, finds a Mohammedan patient wounded in a Tehran alley. He tends him at the mission hospital, earning trust by gentle care and the “Jesus way.” The patient reveals his father is Ali Akbar, a powerful figure opposed to the mission yet moved by the nurse’s care and the hospital’s healing.

Kard Bokhara Turkestan Persia Teheran Donald Donald McGovern Mohammedan Johnson Hardesty Akbar Jesus Poole Ali Akbar Jesus Nurse Johnson Mission Hospital Jesus House Mohanmedan Ronald McGovern Rénald Hann Jésus House of Healing Donald lfeGovern Wdonald

Canada Rubber Industry Expands as Manufacturer of Goods

Canada ranks among leading rubber goods makers though it produces no raw rubber. Annual usage reaches eighty million pounds of rubber and gutta percha with most output in automobile tires footwear belting and hose. Domestic demand dominates with about three quarters for home use and tires shipping to over a hundred countries.

Canada Dominion

Potato foliage care for healthy yields in gardens

The guide explains that potato plants must have healthy foliage since the foliage manufactures the potato food. It recommends spraying Bordeaux mixture or copper lime dust every 10 to 14 days once plants are four inches tall, avoiding hot sun, and notes brown blight patches on leaves as warning signs that spread if not treated, reducing underground root development and potato yield.

Antique Vase Age Claims Stir Customer Curiosity

An antique dealer asserts a vase is 3,000 years old while presenting a modern imitation. A customer asks to handle the pieces and the dealer allows it but warns not to mix them up.

Seasoned Teacher and Papli Recall Napoleonic Siege

A classroom exchange has Papli recounting Napoleon's army actions. The pupil notes a canvas of assault and citadel seizure. The teacher cautions against embellishment and demands restraint in the retelling.

Teacher Papli

The Safe Kellogg All-Bran for Constipation Relief

Kelloggs All-Bran offers a bulk indigestible fiber approach to relief from constipation. It absorbs water to form a soft mass that stimulates the intestines, includes vitamins and iron, and is marketed as a healthful food rather than medicine. Directions suggest two tablespoonfuls daily with milk or cream, or three times daily in severe cases. Guaranteed by Kellogg in London.

Kellogg London

Hate is Negative and Destroys Personal Growth

The text argues hate harms career and relationships. It cautions that hating your job leads to job loss and hating others spreads mistrust. It stresses forgetting hate fosters constructive thinking and useful development.

King

Let Go the Anchor Shatters The Drifting Ship Metaphor

The curate portrays a sinner’s fall with a ship breaking on rocks. A sailor in the audience cries out in vivid metaphor urging to “let go the anchor” as the mariner seems doomed. The moment blends sermon and sea imagery to stress urgency.

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