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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
5
A schoolroom fable voice presents a child’s recitation about kindness. A mother cow and a sheep speak of giving to the Little Boy, urging gentleness and generosity as the lesson. The repeated refrain stresses kindness to all living beings and a simple exchange for care.
From the Free Press March 16 1905 items note King Edward rink closed snow thinning wheat prices above two dollars prospects for year. Acton Cornet Band plans spring turnout new uniform instruments and strong organization. Weather reflections include robin song and historic lake mirroring. Contractor MacKenzie seeks operation and improvements at Bow House for Mejars. Clerk Gel Co age 45.
Hana Bruder and another trombone player skip the concert inviting substitutes who cannot play. One substitute puffed cheeks and moved the slide while the band waited, but no sound came as both players sent nonperformers to cover their parts. The overture collapsed in silence.
A farmer’s son recounts a slow morning as a tired Dutch worker, hired overnight, sleeps in after nine. The father creaks to the cellar to feed the furnace, the noise startles the man who greets dawn with a sleepy “Goot morning.”
A wandering stranger asks about a gray horse and a woman clinging to a trap as a mad bull is reported nearby. Farmer Greenacre explains his wife's long experience driving the horse and the danger in the scene. The stranger inquires about potato prices in the area.
The article describes Britain’s plan to build air and naval bases to guard four key gates to India. It lists Gibraltar Suez Aden and Singapore as the western and eastern gateways, with control of these routes seen as essential to imperial reach.
In a fragmentary exchange Dr. Blank tells his gardener Patric that a shower will do much good. Pat questions the idea but the doctor insists that even an hour of rain now will yield faster results than longer periods at other times.
A Sunday school lesson on John 20 1 18 explains Mary Magdalene finding the tomb empty before dawn and Jesus appearing unseen. It details her faith confusion and the moment Jesus speaks her name turning tears to worship with the risen Christ.
Reader puzzle from the Free Press lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and hints. The long cryptic roster includes references to letters words and various definitions from contiguity to clever phrasing.
Railway time table fragment lists numbers and times for eastbound and westbound services. Mentions freight delivery and pickup at any address in Toronto. Includes daily and Sunday schedules with various No. series and express freight references.
In southern New Hampshire an old Mason tavern house, run by siblings, is famed for Hannah Mason who toiled spinning flax on a hand loom. After her death travelers hear wheel whirs and garret noises, while a resident rat often rests on the spinning wheel and others join in for a playful spin.
Mrs Murphy and Mr Murphy gaze at flaming circus posters while arguing about an ostrich with a long neck and two legs. They tour the street in disbelief as Jana asserts strange questions about the creature and its feathers.
A man named Mr Johnston negotiates buying a turkey at a market. A vendor offers a note of hand plan but clarifies the note must be paid in cash in the stall. The exchange highlights simple credit terms and the vendor’s strict requirement for immediate payment.
Opinion piece argues rising expenses come from modern facilities and social pressures. It warns individuals to live within means, avoid conspicuous display, and teach children thrift, urging reason over emulation to avoid poverty or theft as options.
A Birmingham clock-maker proves success comes from selling what is wanted not what is wished. He outshines a rival by shipping higher quality clocks to Africa, using louder ticks to win over skeptical buyers, illustrating a market lesson in consumer appeal and timing.
A London doctor misreads symptoms, then writes a costly prescription. A patient jokes about paying half a crown, later the doctor deducts a nerve item to make it sixpence. Also, Miller's Worm Powders are touted as a reliable remedy for worms in children.
An advertisement claims most children harbor worms and many are born with them. It promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an excellent remedy to spare children from suffering.
A fragment describes how honest conduct varies by locality in a Virginian community. Aunt Peggy voices disbelief at theft and asserts she would not steal, except perhaps for someone else’s unwanted possessions.
The excerpt recalls Ridér Haggar ds Winter Pilgrimage a youth dragged to study Rhine scenery by stern parent. A boy flees to Robinson Crusoe in cabin then is hauled back for the lesson, with a shouted remark about study and travel.
An anecdote recounts a freshman asked by a professor if he proved a proposition in Euclid. The student replies that “proved is a strong word” and claims he has rendered it highly probable instead.
In Francia I's reign a clever monk Regneir Maiius gains promotion after a sharp retort to King Francis during a tennis match. The king, amused yet offended, elevates Maiius to abbot of Benulley after the exchange. The tale contrasts wit and merit with royal favor. Also contains an advertisement for Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy claiming relief from nightly attacks and anxiety.
The article notes Michigan Colorado and Washington voted for prohibition in 19th or early 20th century style referenda then rejected beer or wine amendments years later. It argues popular sentiment shifts illustrate how far prohibition proposals travel with the public.
A Washington dinner tale features Nathaniel Willis and Mrs Gates. Mrs Gates notes the lively talk between Willis and Mr Campbell, then sends a card urging restraint. Willis replies with a witty verse about not trampling young feelings and avoiding pain from a rival, jokingly invoking Holloway's Cure.
A rough exchange aboard a steamboat centers on a notorious thief who says he would like to hear a sermon, and the reverend replies that the man could have heard him last Sunday if he had been where he should have been in the county jail.
A tense exchange unfolds on the street as a mother warns her son with a stern, made up threat about spanking him on the spot. The boy asks where she would sit to carry out the punishment, signaling a dramatic domestic moment in public.
A cherished heirloom of Dr John Brown of Edinburgh a Greek Testament linked to his great grandfather the Rev James Brown is recounted. The Rev John walked twenty four miles to St Andrews to buy the book and secured it after a shopkeeper’s challenge, with a professor guiding the boy. The piece also touts Dr Thomas Hefectric Oil as a remedy for headaches.
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