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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
1
Pinkerton and an English engineer ambush a German farmhouse where a child sits with her father in uniform. A tense escape follows as Pinkerton shoots, wrestles a guard, and frees the child while the engineer heads to safety, the scene ending with a dramatic exit from the house.
Many diseases are contracted from sweeping dust. Order a tin today from your grocer. Ensure you get Dust bane, for imitations are not so good.
A frightened child pleads to return home as a farmhouse collapses after an explosive event. The scene follows Corporal Anstruther and a focus on saloon taxes, linking wartime funding to prohibition revenues and urging readers to question the saloon’s tax burden on taxpayers and orphans.
A garbled scene shows a burly man disputing a speaker who boasts of audience attention. The back of the hall erupts with a sharp retort about hearing every word from the vantage point.
A garbled passage discusses how inactivity harms health, claiming that idle piano life leads to disorder more quickly than active use. It critiques Hatless thinking as meaningless and suggests daily effort maintains well being, though the handwriting is unclear and some terms are misspelled.
A revival of items from decades past lists Mr Y Heathens starting a baby oven at a recently purchased Church Horset house. Mentions Ball Telephone Co, Messia works, residents Acton Torato, and Albert Moore's move from Palitariton to Velrvin. Several church notices, travel updates, and graduations appear, including Dr Alfred P. Vunhaad’s Ontario degree and J K Goddaw’s return journey.
A fragmentary essay discusses self cultivation through reading versus daily labor. It cites Ruskin and Thackeray, Carlyle, Dickens and others, weighing leisure reading against work and entertainment. The piece muses on poetry, novels, and the value of serious literature for personal growth.
In a personal scene at the office, John Daan declines wine after a promotion offer from Mr. Foster. Westar’s firm acknowledges his integrity and urges continued diligence. The tale reflects a mentor’s praise and the value of steadfast conduct in the workplace.
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