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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1925
Page
2
The poem depicts evening in Acton with four o clocks blooming near the old white gate. It paints the scent of willows and garden spices as the day ends. Cows return along the lane as workers arrive home, and the four o clocks offer welcome and rest. The speaker, Kendly, reflects on love and home amid mystical dreams and worldly wonders.
Alf Turner, known for loud harmless jokes, loses a wheel while dragging a cart full of grain. He tricks himself by rolling the detached wheel down a hill, discovering his oxen waiting nearby. He spends hours rereading his misdeed, vows to quit pranks, and laughs at his own consequence.
The European Red Mite, also called the plum spider mite, endangers plum orchards in Ontario and also attacks cherries, apples, and peaches with infestations reported in British Columbia and the Maritimes. Circular No. 9 from the Dominion Department of Agriculture details appearance, history, damage, and control.
A deaf mute at a London police court astonished observers by speaking and hearing through reading lips. Lancashire mill workers, especially in cotton mills, show highly developed lip reading as factory noise makes ordinary conversation impractical.
Marian returns home to a snug life with her parents the Ellises and contemplates a Newport vacation. After managing chores and study in a busy household she shifts from worry about expensive trips to a two week St. Lawrence River plan, choosing family time over travel.
A young woman and her uncle discuss a charity play staged to aid war orphans. Despite effort and many tickets sold, receipts total only about seventy seven dollars, far short of costs for lighting, seating, costumes, and printing. The exchange reveals concern over fundraising efficiency and the ethics of a donor’s private investment.
A Newark subscriber used a telephone operator to time boiling eggs and learned the joke when the supervisor rang and the caller replied with thanks. Another caller, charged a dime for two minutes, claimed she paid by mistake after fumbling for change with gloved hands.
A reflective narrative follows Janet and a church committee as they tour grounds for a picnic in a city, assisted by Mr. Fletcher. They encounter an immigrant farmer's wife and her dog, who are aided by Fletcher and the car, revealing humility over wealth and a lesson in judging by surroundings.
The text urges selling broilers promptly when market exists and lists top customers from private homes to hotels and dealers. It discusses best weight 1 to 2 pounds, dressing before shipment, occasional live transport, and a Dominion Farm feeding mix of corn meal flour middlings tankage and buttermilk yielding profits. C Elford notes brood care and fattening methods.
A London Daily News column recounts a farmer greeting a laborer on New Year's Day with a grim tally of losses. The laborer says he lost his wife, his canary, and his dog, noting the dog was a good one and the year was bad.
The readable lines present a reflection on effort and integrity criticizing watching the clock and passing blame. It contrasts hard luck stories with earned rewards and questions the role of fraud and controversy in promotion.
A gentleman questions whether a music teacher occupies the next apartment. The landlady explains the teacher has eleven children and their constant noise drowns out any piano playing, making the arrangement far from pleasant for residents.
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