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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 03, 1923
Page
2
An adoring mother recalls her son Clement overcoming a limp to win a two mile track race. She credits his success to her prayers and belief, noting the medal mattered more to her than the college gold. The story closes with a reflection on mothers awakening their children's potential.
A humorous tale from a reader on a Southern plantation recounts Jim the cook’s helper attempting to ride a two year old mule. The boy’s mouth waters at the idea, he nuzzles the fence, and after a muddy mishap he claims the mule “died up” and didn’t throw him. The scene ends with Jim explaining the mule merely stood and refused the ride.
A humorous anecdote from Maine describes a deaf old man in the woods near Wistasset who mishears a stranger asking the road to Wiscaasgtt. The man’s bumbling reply becomes an origin for the saying the woods are full of them, as he misidentifies a squirrel and a pecking bird as the source of the phrase.
The tale recalls an herb tonic made by a Maine squire from thoroughwort and other plants. Dr Call advertised it, a partnership formed, and local harvests filled the supply. A county inquiry revealed a second, alcohol based product sold by confederates, alarming temperance neighbors.
An old squire confronts Dr Calli over a failed partnership and a legal split. Addison and partners travel to Manchester and Pennsylvania to review the case and the tonic called Old Doctors Tonic. A Skye terrier learns to mimic speech in a National Geographic piece about Alexander Graham Bell.
Heavy crops pressed the county as Elias Warren sought extra help from Ned Bly who refused to work for less than fair pay. The exchange shows farm labor tensions and Ned’s insistence on value for labor despite scarcity of workers.
A fragmented OCR fragment hints at the use of Long Distance advertising to raise sales. It mentions a May period and questions about how such advertising could help banks or businesses grow, but the text is incomplete and unclear about specifics.
A shaky OCR excerpt describes a person in a country setting near a garden who notices a bird and then calls indoors to announce the sighting. The text shows garbled words and incomplete phrases, with a frantic tone and a reference to chickens nearby.
A fragmented dialogue shows Mim asking to buy a drum, Father refusing to be disturbed by the name, and Tommy insisting he only plays the drum when everyone is asleep. The quirky exchange hints at household dynamics and hidden musical plans.
A cartoon caption shows a cheerful instructor explaining geometric principles to a boy. The scene depicts two parallel lines on a blackboard and a student attempting to visualize lines looping around a room to meet. The exchange highlights how perception alters the concept of parallelism.
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