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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1926
Page
3
The poem contrasts a Little House urging staying with a Little Road urging departure. A narrator contemplates leaving home to learn life’s lessons while the House grieves the choice, recognizing the pull of home and the inevitability of travel. The piece reflects themes of home, growth, and the cost of journeys.
In a crowded street car Alexia judges a flashy overdressed woman until a pale laboring mother boards with seven children and a weary husband. The man helps, the boy assists, and the two women exchange smiles, softening Alexia’s opinion as the scene shows quiet, practical kindness amid hardship.
The Paria municipal council amid national crisis alters Rue de Berlin to Rue de Liege reflecting Franco-Prussian War memory. The National Assembly shifts names from Royal and Imperial to National and even renames the Royal Bengal tiger in Paria Zoo to National Bengal Tiger per decree.
A nostalgic note on weekly papers filling local life with stories of marriages, school romances, mothers and preachers. The column praises the weekly for covering community joys and follies, contrasting it with larger dailies that miss home’s intimate rhythm.
Mr Hogan returns to Boston with injuries after a chaotic crowd at the Place Congress. He explains he and his uncle were blocked by pushing in the crowd and a fall left him with a damaged eye and a slinged arm. Mrs Hogan questions the scene as he recounts the events.
A Scots piece recounts rustic stories about gullible yet honest country folk. A mason builds a wall leaving no door, praising his son’s line about becoming an architect. In another tale two boys attempt theft but end up with potato plums and panic over a mock poison scare.
An elderly former slave describes himself as “most or hundred” and remains devoted to his former mistress Adlss Carrie. He believes he still belongs to her despite marrying and raising her children, insisting she still looks as she did in youth and recalling vivid dances and memories.
Esquesing Council met in March with a light agenda. Readings included reassessment notes from Dr. Beatty and Wm Hayes, highway matters near Norval, and a Sawyer-Maysey Co. road machinery report. Officials approved payments for cemetery ditching, hospital expenses, street lighting, and a dog bounty, and expressed condolences to Councillor Cleave. The session adjourned to April 19 for the auditor’s report.
A London stage conjurer, famed for quick hands, uses a confederate youth in Nashville. The boy sits front row and, during a finale, must produce a marked dollar from his left pocket. The trick ends with the youth blundering that he has only a few cents left after a night of small change and ice cream.
The article explains how a bit originally denoted 12 1/2 cents evolved from the Spanish real and colonial coinage. It notes that in North America a quarter was once spoken of as two bits, and that terms like the penny bit derive from the British and colonial penny, a value just over two Canadian cents.
A fashion note describes a chic crepe garment in Elizabethan style with a tucked shoulder front and inverted tucks. The bark is plaited and stitched with a self material trimming band from collar to plait top. Turn-down cuffs finish finger-tip sleeves. Medium size uses 34 yards of 36 inch material.
Mrs. Sedgwick recalls Hawthorne as generally taciturn yet merry when listening to a girl recite poetry at Brook Farm. A dorm prank of pillow throwing leads him to defend with a broom, then silent laughter as the room erupts in amusement.
An advertisement touts Rheums as a cure for rheumatic pains and swollen joints. It claims rapid kidney, liver, stomach, and blood action and promises guaranteed refunds if not satisfied. It cites B J Hassard and other druggists offering Rheuma at a small price.
Auctioneer Royndley advertises a public sale on March 23 at James McCallum's Erin Township farm. The listing includes horses cows cattle poultry implements harness household furniture wood seed potatoes tools and a 1922 Ford car with terms cash or 11 months credit on approved notes.
A traveler criticizes a local farmer near North Arkansas as the planter defends his method on shares. The exchange features jest about crop color and yield with a bold claim that the half crop is the result of planting on shares. The brief cartoonish scene echoes rural barter humor from the Kansas City Star.
A promotional notice touts a Kerr Bryson 28 days Alaska tour via Canadian National Railways. It markets the trip as a mix of Jasper National Park Triangle Tour Pacific Coast Alaska and Great Lakes return, with access through Toronto and Hamilton agents and a low cost.
The Chicago Tribune notes Willie’s fierce attachment to his mother and recalls a humorous bedtime moment. He asks his father for water, draws pride from the summons, then explains he did not call his mother to avoid pins or needles from a recent dressmaker’s visit.
Mrs. James Young and family have moved into the recently purchased home formerly owned by the late Mrs. George Bennie Me. John McLean underwent an operation a week ago and is progressing as well as can be expected.
A quaint old man seeks a ticket for Pos Foot Junction and fears a delayed ride for his nephew. The clerk notices the bulletin board shows trains on time except one, then discovers the notice reads All trains on time September 1.
Don Pedro the former Emperor of Braglh was hosted at the White House. A confused senator urged he be last to leave while the First Lady told guests to follow, not precede, the royal party. At 3 a.m. a tired woman faked illness to break the stalemate.
A school visit by the Board ends in a public examination of children. The teacher asks who wrote Hamlet and no one answers until a boy on the back seat blurts out that he did not know. The board chairman dismissively affirms the student’s lack of knowledge.
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