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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
4
A damaged OCR shows a tribal style plea to cooperate to boost the game. The fragment urges teamwork and advert aims, noting cooperation as key to success and community support for the event. It mentions reporting and playing the game with a light jab at playful misfortune.
The Canadian Horticultural Council opens a Dominion wide provincial competition to beautify rural school grounds with hardy shrubs. Nine silver cups will be awarded, one per province, to the school achieving the greatest grounds beautification. Entries require a photo of the building and grounds and an entry form to the provincial chair or L F Burrows in Ottawa. Details available from the Council secretary or provincial committees in British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island.
During a Columbia River excursion, La Crosse slept on the bank as a rattlesnake coiled over his chest. Two men diverted attention while another used a seven foot stick to move the snake away, killing it after the retreat. La Crosse survived unharmed.
A man walking along a country road encounters a peasant driving a donkey loaded with turf. The man jokes about cruelty to the donkey while the peasant protests he would face cruelty charges for loading the turf, even joking about cruelty to a wife and children.
A 30 day all expense tour from Toronto to the North Pacific Coast departs July 9 via Canadian National Railways. The route includes Winnipeg, Edmonton, Jasper National Park, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Portland, Yellowstone, Salt Lake City, Eaton National Park, Chicago and return to Toronto. Contacts: A H Bryson Silverthorn School Toronto and Martin Kerr Earl Kitchener School Hamilton. Open to public applicants via these principals.
The article recounts Dr. Macdonald, now practicing in Toronto, marrying Mabel Chapman after moving from Acton. It notes their happy early years, his charitable work, and visitors who praise his medical service. It also recalls Laura Plank, Hector, and a family tale shared by Mrs. Macdonald.
The Free Press puzzle lists numerous abbreviations and foreign terms as clues, followed by a quoted Acton Police Court scene where a man defends his fidelity while his wife seeks maintenance. The piece ends with magistrate Kemp advising the complainant to leave the premises if possible.
Dr. John M. Macdonald, long known in Acton for his relentless study of microbes and pioneering surgeries, earned the nickname Surgeon Johnny in his youth. He practiced in Acton for over twenty years, introducing X ray technology to local surgery and building a large, patient-focused clinic.
A newspaper recounts a hunter who loosed a shot with nails loaded in place of shot to nail a pigeon to an oak. After falling he tumbled into a hare and covey of partridges, killing nine birds, then returned home with his quarry and the pigeon still affixed.
A male voter offers the candidate money to sell her vote. The woman candidate rebukes him firmly saying she will not trade her ballot. She rejects the bribe and stands by her integrity despite temptations.
Fragmentary OCR note describes skin ailments in babies and urges careful bathing with a product called Baby's Own Soup as a remedy, referencing parental guidance and care routines.
An elderly Ontario resident, famed for tireless work ethic, governs daily life for his descendants. His grandson John, his assistant in a small grocery, endures the noon hour lesson on duty, dinner, and chores as winter nears. The tale paints a quiet snapshot of kin, labor, and routine.
An Educational News dialogue shows a six year old boy changing from rough to polite without explicit instruction. The lesson lies in a kind teacher’s quiet presence as the boy explains Miss Smith “just walks around, and we feel polite.”
Sir Henry Hawkins later known as Baron Brampton faced a tense incident as he alighted at a station. A rough man claimed he would “do for” the judge with a knife if not for past enmity and offered to “do a good turn” in a chilling confession.
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