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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
4
Poem fragment from the Acton Free Press dated Thursday May 1925 recalls a son grown into a strong man while a mother’s lullaby lingers in memory. The author waits and addresses his mother with enduring affection as time changes the body but not the heart.
A letter from Se V. Reeger of Blscott Alberta recounts a 3000 mile 43 day Ford journey with wife and 11 children in 1921 to Edmonton. They built a homestead by raiding natural resources, farming 20 acres by 1923 and expanding to cattle hogs and crops. The family thrived with self sufficiency and plans to build homes on their land.
On a hotel veranda a professor chats with a visiting businessman who proudly presents his transcript. They discuss a tariff editorial and the moment reveals the businessman’s eager simplicity while the professor contemplates the gift.
A New York reporter visiting a Maine coast town observes Salvation Army testimonies from a reformed drunkard and a hardened worker, then reflects on the dramatic changes religion can bring. He recalls a message from two millennia ago urging the weary to come to Christ, noting widespread affirmation of the claim.
A couple shows off a new go cart for their child on a busy street. Passersby stare and snicker until the mother notices a shop placard fixed to the front reading Our Own Make Beat in Town. The moment shifts from pride to shock as the family reevaluates their purchase.
A nostalgic narrative recalls childhood days by the brook with red switches and a Sunday School memory. It also recounts local life, including Charley Welgur the tinsmith, prank snakes, a store fire, liquor tales, and a correspondents’ portrait of 50 years ago life in a small village.
Readable items from Acton include local notes on council finances and street works, church events, the Fire Brigade awards, a measles outbreak among Acton children, traffic incidents, and social life. The report mentions ambulance plans, town council debates on electric lighting, and civic affairs in East Acton and Old Oak areas.
Puzzle lists numerous clues with numeric identifiers and abbreviations for terms. It mixes horizontal and vertical hints, including prisoner chief, foods limits, future science, colors, and nautical props, with several archaic or shorthand forms.
Actress Priscilla Dean assumes an engineer role on the Trans-Canada Limited journey from Montreal to Vancouver scheduled to begin May 17. She toured the yard, operated a locomotive, acted as station master for an hour, and toured cars on the sleeper trains reflecting strong interest in rail travel and the world ticket promotion.
The piece recounts Signor Crispi twice serving as Italy's prime minister and, while refugees in Paris in 1858, his poverty forced his wife to delay attending an opera due to candle shortages. That night Orsini attempted Louis Napoleon's life, leading to arrests of Italians and altering Crispi's fate and career trajectory.
Mrs Enderly wife of Judge Enderly in a small Missouri town swallowed a button she held while preparing to sew. The judge showed little concern at first but later asked why she cried, and she chided him for indifference noting the button type she had swallowed.
In a humorous exchange from the Family Herald of Montreal Willie asks if his ears belong to his neck or his face. The reply stalls as Willie laments Mary is washing his face and his cars, highlighting a farcical mix up during a morning ablution.
An ad style description extols a white soap named for purity. It asserts its soothing fragrant lather cleanses and refreshes and claims no purer soap is available in Canada.
A young matron questions a German grocer about Jard price. He quotes twenty five cents a pound but she notes the next corner offers twenty cents. The grocer explains they have none and offers nineteen cents when unavailable.
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