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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
14
Nonsense verse echoes summer joys with mentions of clover, buttercups, roses, and fragrant fields. The speaker invokes a lyrical mood as white clouds drift, urging readers to savor the season and its simple delights.
Acton notes dry weather shortening strawberry crops and a predicted electric road to Toronto. Local items include soldiers returning from Camp Niagara, jail population at Milton district, librarian appointments, bowling tournament, school board nominations, and real estate transfers. Also local society meetings, county finances, and railway freight growth discussed along with marriage notices and obituaries.
Rose lovers are invited to visit the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph during the summer months to inspect the trial plots and enjoy the fragrant bloom. The college has contributed significantly to the American Rose Annual of 1931, testing many rose varieties and welcoming feedback from growers in the United States and Canada.
Sunday School lesson examines Romans 14 13 16 urging believers not to judge one another but to help and build up weaker brothers. It stresses freedom tempered by love, warns against offending others, and calls for actions that promote peace, joy, and righteousness in the church.
A moral exhortation on alcohol as mankind’s enemy. The speaker warns that alcohol grows from a single drink into a consuming habit, citing a soldier ruined by drinking and urging self control, prayer, and steadfast adherence to principle to resist temptation. The piece emphasizes personal responsibility and divine grace as the remedy.
A handwritten birthday note from Thomas Carlyle to his mother reflects on gratitude, duty, and family influence. He praises her strength and guidance, recalls shared days, and asks for divine blessing on her and the family, acknowledging the enduring debt of thanks.
A Traunstein mountaineer near Upper Austria has tested a divining rod to locate buried avalanche victims and objects. He reports the rod reveals metallic items such as rings, knives, and ski equipment buried deep in snow, offering potential aid for finding bodies and gear after avalanches in the Austrian Alps each winter.
The advertisement promotes Miller's Worm Powder as a medicine for children suffering from worms. It claims immediate relief by expelling worms from the stomach and system while toning digestive organs and restoring health, supposedly ensuring immunity from further worm disorders.
Fragmentary sermon text argues that Christ did not seek his own pleasure but served others. It urges believers to imitate Jesus by denying self, prioritizing God, and putting others before personal concerns, with emphasis on humility and duty.
Fragmented timetable lists daily departures with many Sundays and holidays exclusions. Mentions Toronto freight and pedal express service with pickups and deliveries via Keelo Hireed and AL Clary Avenue.
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