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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1926
Page
3
A humorous verse by John Imrie extols the energetic lawyer who loves his client and a brief. It mocks windblown rhetoric and seeks to ward off legal excess while praising justice. The piece personifies the lawyer as resourceful, combative, and essential in times of need.
Ontario Agricultural College researchers announce cooperative field trials for 1926 covering oats barley hulless barley spring wheat buckwheat field peas spring rye soybeans corn mangels sugar mangels Swedish turnips fall turnips field corn and fodder crops. Applicants must choose a first and second option. material is limited and allocated by receipt order with no charge and produce owned by the experimenter.
Judge Greene of San Francisco presides as an Irish attorney, Th. Salt, challenges a ruling and asks about Browney Frauds. The judge corrects the pronunciation Greene and defers judgment on the point under dispute.
A cryptic fragment recalls Lord Sandwich’s thrift in meals with meat and bread, noting a preference against card games and a brisk way of serving by servants. The passage hints at a practical menu choice and social habit of the lord in historical circles.
In Queen's Bush Jonathan Driscoll and his sons guard a sugar-bush from the Bab bits, tracking moccasin and hoof prints after sap spouts are broken. Dirk and Lon set a trap, fire on intruders, and are later revealed to face moose and a thwarted caper with the Bab bits’ aid.
Acton community items include a 2 prize fund for Southfield-road Senior School Flower Show, a proposed extra Christmas holiday for Acton School nurses, and a recital by organist Mr Pearce Hosken. Local court fines feature James Cash for obstruction and others for drunk and disorderly behavior as well as speed violations.
Premier Ferguson and Hon Mr Nickle defend 4.4 beer as a boon to temperance while critics claim failed promises. The piece questions if goals like enforcing the O.T.A. and boosting revenue were fulfilled, noting opposition to plebiscites and quoting editorials on beer’s mixed reception and future prospects.
The Bishop of London explains his teetotalism as a choice to aid others in temptation. He has kept abstinent for about twenty five years, noting many colleagues faced drink but pointing to Christ who laid aside rights as a model for helping others.
A humorous London exchange portrays a mother prompting her daughter to recite and then reacting as the child misstates lines. The scene captures family banter with playful interruptions and a proud parent’s praise.
The master of ceremonies announced Misa Batea will sing Oh that I quick wings like a dove and then would fly away and be at rest, accompanied by the minister, at a church entertainment event.
Advert says thousands of underweight men and women can gain flesh with McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets. Claims a woman added 16 pounds in five weeks and that livers of cod are rich in vitamins. product sugar coated, easy to take, with a money-back guarantee of 6 pounds in 30 days and 60 cents for 60 tablets. Drugstores across North and South America stock it.
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