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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1933
Page
7
A poem reflects on ordinary days passing amid holidays and marching time. It contrasts grand events with simple, comforting days that settle the heart, stir the fire, sweep the hearth, and keep life steady in a small town.
Dominion Day activities include three baseball matches and a lacrosse game with a reunion at Leslie’s School. Local appointments include Joseph Holmes as clerk of works for the new Post Office and Murray McDonald as Clerk of the Fourth Division Court. Debentures for the school addition sold at 95, with sale July 1. Noise complaints about GTR trains prompt civic action. Merchants to close Tuesday afternoons in July and August. Acton events include Sons of Scotland Grand Chieftain Alex Gordon in Toronto and Caledonia games. police prizes lead. Also reports on a bridge project, a new residence frame on Church Street, a marriage Moore and Holmes, and the death of Elizabeth Swackhamer Murray.
A testimonial promotes Dr. J. D. Bellogg's Asthma remedy as a fast acting portable treatment. The speaker urges early use to prevent exhaustion and claims the product provides blessed help and comfort in homes affected by asthma.
In a brief exchange a nurse urges a child to pretend to eat pudding. The child resists and suggests pretending that he has eaten it instead, highlighting a playful yet evasive moment in a nursery setting.
Two undergraduates discuss a telegraph gag in which one asks if the other has telegraphed for funds. He replies yes and quotes the governor’s blunt reply that the money is in his pocket.
A physician discusses physiology in an informal talk when a student asks about how much sulphur is in a body. The girl in a blue blazer quips about matching, prompting the ant to comment on variation and its humor.
A Sunday school lesson outline for June 25 in a six month course on Mark's Gospel. It emphasizes Jesus as God manifested in the flesh and outlines central teachings from lessons I through XII focusing on the Gospel’s universality, discipleship, the Word, the resurrection, forgiveness, Calvary, and Christ’s kingship.
An advertising promo claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil rapidly absorbs into skin to penetrate tissues and relieve lame back. It asserts immediate effect and convincing results with the product described as an excellent article.
A compilation of quotes from Bowden Shaw Bodenhein Garden Fosdick Desborough Hoover Cassel Stimson Stamp Verdier Baldwin Meyer urging responsibility, leadership, moral cooperation, and practical economics for a prosperous world.
In Texas near Paris, Albert Schnocke, a hermit since youth, lives in a shack beside a black satin coffin engraved At Rest. Born in 1842 in Paris, he served in the Civil War, then built a hut and lived off hill herbs. He rarely speaks, never marries, and his coffin doubles as a dining table.
The article notes poultry need concentrated portions of green feeds due to high water content. Excess fresh green matter can reduce overall nutrient intake and production. It cites a mature laying hen consuming about four ounces of solid feed daily and compares dried leaves to fresh plants in nutrient content.
A discussion on oversensitiveness as a weakness and its harms. It notes some youths suffer from real or imagined handicaps, while advising thick skin and not dwelling on flaws. The piece emphasizes that fear and self-consciousness hinder many who could overcome obstacles.
A court scene where the prisoner says he has nothing to offer as his lawyer has exhausted his last dollar, prompting the judge to proceed with sentencing. The exchange highlights financial strain in legal defense.
A fragment shows a wife eager to display her new fur coat and a husband delaying to trim the fringe on his coat cuff. The exchange hints at domestic bustle and a planned outing.
An aspiring youth offers to take any entry level role in an undertaking, declaring willingness to begin at the bottom. The boss challenges him to prove he can find such a start and make his way up.
A light exchange shows a husband affirming his love to his wife who worries about her wardrobe. He reassures her affection remains strong despite her old clothes.
A golf professional is hired and chats with a woman about learning. She reveals a friend waits to learn while she claims she learned yesterday. The piece also notes that barley fed to horses must not be finely ground to avoid a sticky meal.
Incomplete timetable fragment shows daily schedules with eastbound and westbound service and stops including Georgetown. Times listed include 9.35 pm eastbound and 9.44 pm stop at Georgetown. morning times 8.55 am and 2.23 pm. westbound and Sunday exclusions noted.
A ticket examiner refuses first class travel to a woman claiming to be a director’s wife. He insists she cannot ride first class with a third class ticket saying she would not be the director’s only wife.
A dialect dialogue captures Gambo asking what one would do with five dollars in their pocket and Pompey replying he would feel as if wearing someone else’s clothes. The snippet reveals regional speech and humor between two named speakers.
A humorous exchange features a modern Davenport and an Antique Divan where the chair jokes about its ascent, saying it wormed its way up. The light dialogue highlights playful personification in a quirky antique shop scene.
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