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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
4
The Acton Ontario weekly paper lists advertising rates and publication schedule. It notes Thursday morning issues and per line charges for display advertisements with specifics on feet and inches and mentions Moore as publisher with office contact details.
Editorial praises Canada’s fishery wealth and eastern coast prospects aided by a new map of Atlantic fishing banks. It notes the country’s favorable geography and immense future gains for the industry amid the Atlantic harvest fields.
A new bill likely to pass the Legislature would require adult children to maintain dependent parents. If parents cannot support themselves due to age or infirmity and children fail to provide, they may be summoned before a magistrate or police justice and ordered to pay up to 20 dollars weekly for maintenance.
The Fane Press notes a new booklet titled What British Editors Say About Canada issued by the Canadian Department for Immigration and Colonization. It presents comments from Imperial Press Association members who visited Canada last summer. Copies can be sent to friends in the Old Country by sending names and addresses to the Ottawa Director of Publicity. no charge for the booklet or postage.
A Canadian discussion questions Ontario’s duty to enforce its prohibition act strictly. It critiques Professor Leacock of McGill for remarks seen as encouraging law violation and urges vigilance against anarchy, urging action to curb intoxicants and push back against export.
Interest in Red Cross membership is rapidly growing with indications that nearly every community in the province will host a membership enrollment campaign during the week starting May 22. Local branches are organizing enrollment while the pamphlet The Crusade for Good Health has generated strong interest and many requests for more copies.
Joseph B. Lake, once foreman at the Fiat Press, is hailed as the energetic newspaper man who put Powagsen News on the map of the Parry Sound district. Fourteen years ago he left the Fiat Press to work north, and his career has shown steady progress. The News is praised as a worthy district representative with strong prestige and supportive readership.
Ontario Association of Full Fairs met in Toronto and passed a resolution to appoint a special constable to prevent gambling and Takirs at fairs. Superintendent Wilson warned that if Takirs operate, the fair board will be held responsible and lose government grants.
The Burlington Board of Education has excluded the local press from meetings. The Gazette editor argues that parliamentary rules grant press attendance at municipal meetings and committee sessions, a stance mirrored by other councils but rarely popular locally.
Sir Henry Drayton urged keeping Canadian dollars at home to reduce unemployment. He cited US purchases, high for imported suits, and costly Canadian goods like bacon, urging Canadians to buy domestically. The talk mentioned economic principles, labor views, and government waste concerns in a broad critique of trade and policy.
Sylvia and Millicent plan a Mother’s Day gift for their weary mother, weaving a dress with pink buds and discussing the dream of a shared future. The scene shifts to a sermon on American resilience, urging workers to build and invest in their own homes, contrasted with war era concerns about material hardship and societal recovery.
Fragmentary text urges steadfast loyalty and focus on a goal despite distractions or pity. It emphasizes fixing pon and purposa and holding fast regardless of what happens as a call to action.
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