Attic Memories and Community Notes Chronicle a Patchwork Day
Fragmentary readings depict family songs about camping and rain, local duties including grave decoration at Walyview Cemetery, a Halton Farm Institute excursion with six hundred attendees, and bowlers from Acton winning a friendly match in Gusiph. Interwoven are personal vignettes of Nancy and Frances amid social chatter and minor local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actup Lodge
Walyview
Loden
Baptist Church
Aixty Alrong
Mir. Burrell
Halton Farm
Ontario Agriculural College
Fiuelph
Acton
J. McKinnon
W. J. Gould
Joseph Holmes
Gusiph
The Weapel of the Hingdom and a Rural Tale
A mixed text blends a religious lesson plan covering central truths from Matthew references with a rambling tale about Bam and the dog Samson. It includes sermons on humility forgiveness and servant leadership alongside a long anecdote of harsh winter nights and a clever dog outsmarting a gruff owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Essan
Hin
Wesson
Jesus
Leason
Jerusalem
Christ
Bon
Devid
God
Wild horse and dog feud ends in silent plea for freedom
An elderly rancher recounts a tale from northern Colorado where a restless horse grows fierce and a dog named Medley clashes for years with a colt named Dash. The bond between horse and dog strains the farm, ending in a mournful parting as the horse neighed and the owner mutters about fetching oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam Jeffries
Virginia
Sam
Samson
Ramacn
Bam
Sero
Bama
Goft
Ald Gam
Colorado
Dash
Colt
Pup
Medley
Dedley
Prohibition Enforcement Costs From Chicago Report
United States Attorney Johnson releases a yearly report showing Chicago branch funds for prohibition enforcement cover district attorney operations. The tally lists penitentiary sentences at 634 months and fines totaling 287 146.82 with 6225 063.27 collected. bootleggers and moonshiners bear enforcement costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mads
United States
Johnson
Chicago
Prohibition Enforcement Department
Pines
Smurglr
Doubt on Horse Theft Case Quoted Courtroom Exchange
Fragmentary OCR shows jurors acquitting a defendant in a horse theft case amid heated dialogue. The transcript hints at lingering questions about a lawyer's influence and the defendant's insistence on honesty.
Africa by automobile voyage inspires city report
A long feature recounts W Hingham Bingham's overland African journey from Lagos to Addis Ababa by car, noting the challenges of crossing the continent, encounters with pygmied tribes and wildlife, and the transformation of roads and travel conditions. Includes reflections on wards, shelters, and social work in Wellington County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Risiele
Acton
Gualph Mercury
Wellington County
Municipalilier Asndilla
Qualph Gallegiato- Vocational Institute
Ue Wallington County Council
Theodors D. Wagner
Toronto
W. J. Jennings
Africa
Imnator
Abyualia
Flingham
Canada
Cattaren
Dudes Labertor
Ever
Central Africa
Bingham
Abyzinia
Addis Ababa
Mir. Bingham
Severglades
Orate
Ontario
Rivera Ts. Hon
Mall Z
Shadowed Estates and Crofting Echoes From Mangland
A wide village chronicle of postwar taxation in Mangland shows estates breaking up under the Crofters Act as heirs sell to wealthier buyers while many lands become farms. Lord Bhaw of Dumfarmline recalls defending crofter prisoners after a raid deemed mobbing. a court finds the prisoners not guilty amid public uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mangland
Gontland
Bhaw
Dumfarmline
Tennyaon
England
Ioas
Las “Phere
Pridoner
Bomineli
Gald
Bhawsson
Avian Aristocrats in Canada Pedigreed Laying Contests
Canada hosts the Experimental Farms Laying Contests under the Dominion Department of Agriculture. Of 50 million poultry, a small fraction qualify for pedigree registration through egg production and lineage criteria. In 1929, 4,370 birds registered and 14,027 hens bred by 248 poultrymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ganade
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Acton Aree Press
Tippy
Willie
Fairies
Malcona
Mar. W. D. Anderson
Maxwell
Nancy Clear
Nancy
Frances
Ances
Grayle
Hawk
Brit
Alwaye
Emily Wallace
Abe Kman
Smily Wallace
Upton'’s
Hilockiy
Georgia Brass
Frances Maxwell
Nancy Drew
Ike Séamie
Borague
Mise Morgen
Slater
Pawér
THE
SUNE
Leeson
Jeeus
Restless Beppellow
Robsours
Bilabake
Mademoiselle
Patna
Douglas
Malathe
Tha Court House
Childrens Aid Bociete
Aid Society of Poe
Ana Haltad
Miron
Canad
U Aditrea Canadien Keswick
Guelph
Gwelph Fupila
Laren Iert
Turner
Watt
Menolus
Avian Aristocrates
Volides
Enti
SPORT
Ontrio’s Highlands
Kellogg's
Firestone
Tyre and Rubber Company
Hamilton
Norton Motors
Acton Grocers
Ed & White—I. ‘W. Jones
Hill's Nelson & Co
Mirw. Oakley
W. Nesbitt
Dominion Bakeries Limited
Bundey
Hiam
Canadian National Electric Railways
Weelbound
Dally
Exrein
Val
Dad
Teenie Terminal
Meeks Birest
Avanse
Apecial Sxpremee
Eny ad"Teronte
Wealbeas
Ducal Asian Dally
Gaburdays
Card & CO. Cleaners Ped Dyers
Guelph, Ontario
Jack Stewart
W. M. Cooper
Mann
Stanas
Savage & Co
Watchys
China
Wyndham B. Guelph, Ontario
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