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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
2
A brief quotation from Ida Reed-Smith urging careful driving and steady purpose on life’s journey. The narrator reflects on travel, road discipline, and the value of measured pace. It frames driving as a metaphor for life with an apologetic yet hopeful tone.
Ellen Treadway, planning a routine trip, helps a downed aviator by driving a car up a steep icy mountain grade to deliver 10 gallons of gasoline, proving her courage and service to the navy. A grateful lieutenant later praises her actions in a letter, while Ellen reflects on a life of adventure and purpose.
A 1919 Dear Sir letter recounts observations on beer and brutality. An army colonel cites a German neighbor’s drunken behavior, arguing beer might drive brutal acts. A reader reports that personal experiments with beer produced brutal urges, then ceased after abstinence.
A mother bears loss yet tends younger ones and forbears tears while guiding her children. A man crushed by poverty endures hunger, but remains steadfast. A boy tells his widowed mother not to cry as he vows to support her, signaling quiet everyday bravery. The piece urges courage in ordinary acts.
The passage reflects on noble moments of self sacrifice and greatness in ordinary people. It urges that individuals can reach higher when needed, remembering that what we have achieved we can recapture, and the heights we have reached can be held through self discipline and courage.
The article explains transplanting trees from four to ten inches in diameter using a ball of earth four to four feet in diameter. Dig a trench 16 to 24 inches deep around the tree, place the ball in the trench, and cover with rich compost. Watering after transplant aids establishment. evergreen plants need special care. April and May are best for evergreens, never transplant in fall.
A Catholic timber operation near Tronanide on the Gatineau River in Quebec maintains a 3600 tree maple grove for tapping. The 15 year old plant uses rapid evaporation with an upgraded two corrugated bottom evaporator, yielding about 140 gallons of syrup per hour and roughly 600 gallons yearly from 3500 trees, at a price of $2.00 per gallon, for a roughly $1000 season.
Poultry manures contain about 20 pounds of nitrogen 16 pounds of phosphoric acid and 9 pounds of potash per ton. Nitrogen content is high making it valuable for fertilizing vegetables and turf. When combined with acid phosphate at 100 pounds per ton it aids corn growth. Use roughly twice the nitrogen and phosphoric content of ordinary barnyard manure and apply about half as many tens per acre. Do not mix manure with lime or calcium rich material as that causes nitrogen loss.
Proper application is key to best results from topdressing winter wheat in spring. Use a wheat drill fertilizer attachment if possible and drill with rows, not across, after ground dries. If no fertilizer drill, apply by hand or other method and follow with harrowing to cover and smooth. If wheat is heaved, roll gently before harrowing.
A reader reflects on humble rooms and clean carpets, noting happiness stems from kindness and health rather than wealth or rank. The passage stresses God’s guiding health and humane living as the foundation of a virtuous life.
Two brothers in our town live side by side and borrow tools. One accidently loans a hammer to Mabel and expects it be returned without pursuit. Their uncle notes similar borrowings with wheelbarrows, highlighting a dispute over returning items promptly.
Wisconsin unveils a program converting a five thousand dollar fund into fifty five dollar yearly scholarships for native born youths, with added grants to dignified soldiers. The plan aims to extend free education at the state university and grow future aid for ambitious boys serving the country.
Fragmentary text notes early records from 1728 by Brounsonet during Captain Cook's voyage. It mentions a 1963 US commission describing 002 species of fish in the Hawaiian region including mackerel, bonito, and albacore. It asserts gaps in historical knowledge of Tiawall Ja and related kaimno flaly resorts.
Leakage from defective electrical appliances is especially dangerous in damp rooms such as kitchens bathrooms and laundry areas due to exposed plumbing. It is advised to have lights controlled by wall switches near the entrance and away from grounded fixtures. Do not handle electric appliances when hands are wet or dripping.
A farm youth, Bayard Taylor, leaves home with little capital and learns that perseverance. He persuades publishers for advances, funds travel to Europe by stewing and stowing as he works his way. His letters later establish his reputation and he advises hardships as a path to education and success.
The text critiques cigarette ads and fashion in periodicals, noting stern male targets and boyish figures, while reflecting on Aunt Jemima images. It muses on seven year fashion cycles and recalls childhood memories of Aunt Jemima and family meals, arguing ads rely on applied psychology to succeed.
A seventeenth century account credits Larmontier with introducing potatoes in France. He showcased the plant near Paris and distributed pamphlets to persuade cultivation and sale. Resistance faded after a prohibition tactic led peasants to raid fields and steal tubers for eating, boosting adoption.
The passage warns that delaying helpfulness or enjoyment to an indefinite future ruins happiness and usefulness for both those who hoard resources and those who seek mere pleasure.
The passage urges relentless ambition and self reliance, insisting success is possible with effort and that excuses are for cowards. It references Parmelec's Vegetable pills as a remedy for indigestion and related disorders, claiming they relieve suffering through long study and a claimed corrector for digestive issues.
An edited, distorted lyric piece muses on land, bread, and industry with garbled phrases. It touches on labor, affection for home, and warnings about self restraint, ending with scattered reflections on temptation and human frailty.
An archaic health ad touts strengthening the whole digestive system over laxatives. It promotes Nature’s Remedy guaranteed Tablets as the easier, cheaper route to relief, claiming benefits for stomach, liver, bowels and kidneys and urging a 70 box to try them. It cites E J Habsard-Acton Ontario as the seller.
The Bond Hardware Co Ltd of Guelph lists prices for kitchen items including skaters, pails, spoons, plates, goblets and utensils. Items priced per dozen or each, with ranges for some categories and ornamental handles noted.
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