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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
2
In a juvenile monologue, Bree Presa and Johnnie ask their mother for cake shoes and a broom to sweep home plate. They discuss inviting Bill Green and Billy to play, keeping their marbles and knife, and asking for pie after a game. The speaker signs off as James W. Foley.
The leading Monitor editorial lauds Canada’s vast resources while stressing the people’s integrity and openness as the nation’s true wealth. It praises Anglo American ties, growth since Confederation, and argues Canada’s “chiefest product” may be its character rather than gold or wheat.
A guide on swarm management by C. B. Goderham from Dominion Aptariat. It covers queen presence, timing of wing clipping, moving hives, placing old queens in cages, transferring supers, and destroying extra queen cells to prevent after swarming.
The Binney family moves toward Lineville and faces Thorndyke’s pranks as pigeons and chickens torment their garden and fence. After a tense clash over a dead rooster, the family buries the birds and plans a pigeon pie surprise for the church crowd, only to face more feathered disruptions from Craven and neighbors.
A damaged OCR fragment presents old time language with quoted phrases about inability to deny actions and a long exasperating ring at a bed, mentioning Mr Binney and Silas Criven in a distressed scene. The legible content is limited and context is unclear.
J H McConnell of the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa explains periodic use of blue ointment mixed with lard to kill lice and nits on fowls. He notes mites thrive in unsanitary poultry houses and describes sprays of carbolic and coal oil, roost painting with oil, and open-air drying to prevent infestations.
Winter pageants can boost local history interest indoors with simple scenes from town or county events. Keep it simple and practical, avoid elaborate effects, and use amateur energy for serious, unifying aims to brighten winter.
Dr. L. P. Jacks argues leisure means idleness and predicts future society will demand more rather than less labor. He asserts higher civilization increases the need for industry courage loyalty and foresight and that the goal is to raise labor to a level of excellence rather than reduce it.
A preacher compares the church to a sturdy vessel steering through a sea of trouble. He argues the church rests on a rock not sand, offering steadfastness amid worldly waves.
A promotional notice from W. W. Carter and A. T. Brown praises Adterika a simple buckthorn bark based preparation. It claims ten minute relief from gas and bloating and aids chronic constipation with surprising stomach relief and elimination of waste.
A former down and out man recalls his slide from drink and homelessness to rebuilding his life. He describes hitting rock bottom and halting a treadmill of vice before cleaning up, finding work, and starting a small business with his family.
A Canadian man asks where Calle Rincon 18 in Montevideo Plaza Independencia. Policemen, strict on etiquette, ignore him until a Spanish youth explains the hat rule. The youth notes the officer refused because the man did not remove his hat.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, billed as the largest circus ever, will perform in Hamilton on June 26 and dedicate a mammoth new arena after enlarging to two rings and a bigger hippodrome. The tour features 800 performers, 350 trained horses, and a vast menagerie, with elephants and tiger acts in multiple formations. The article also promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for persistent sores.
In a clipped exchange Mrs. Crombie muses on age and friendship within the Fender family and hints at events with Alicia Fenderston. A narrator laments interruptions of a serial tale as four parts unfold and contemplates final questions about the Eugen girl and past misunderstandings.
A promotional note urges readers to try Dr J D Keloge's Asthma Remedy after repeated failures with other treatments. It claims the remedy is uniformly successful and offers a chance to obtain a package for relief from asthma attacks and prolonged distress.
The article argues that true self-reliance comes not from vanity or bravado but from competence and disciplined training. It warns that arrogance fades in crises, favors the prepared, and suggests raising children to be thorough through practice and study. A boxing example illustrates practical self-reliance.
In a Moonlight Schools tale Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart shares an illiterate soldier who asks to address envelopes for his mother in France. He explains the dozen envelopes are to last a year with a monthly dollar sent, keeping her certain he is alive.
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