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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
9
An editorial reflects on farmers facing the yearly risk of weather and pests. It praises farmers for courage and optimism, noting seed time and harvest as constants while noting anxious hours between planting and harvest and dependence on sun and moisture. The piece appears in Farmers Sun and emphasizes resilience.
President Harding argued that prohibition leads to quicker debt repayment, higher take home pay, better clothed and fed families, and more savings. He questioned how any conscientious man could vote to revive licensed saloons given the evidence.
In a drawn out six week budget debate H R Dewart sought a motion of censure against the Government. The House backed the Drury Government by 42 to 29 after prolonged interruptions and heckling. The session extended at least a month longer than needed for business.
Public notices call for Mother’s Day observance next Sunday the 14th across North America. Everyone is urged to wear a carnation to honor their mother with red for living and white for deceased. The flower symbolizes love, faithfulness, fragrance, and charity. If mother is alive, show affection with kind words, a gift, visit, or letter. if not, bless another mother in memory.
Ontario Officials propose capitalizing motor vehicle license revenue to fund a $25 million bond issue for 1800 miles of highway construction over three years. The plan, backed by Minister of Public Highways and supported by the Ontario Motor League, faces opposition over road longevity and maintenance costs.
The Belleville Intelligencer urges a ban on revolvers in Canada arguing their sale should be stopped except for police use. It calls on Parliament members or senators to propose prohibiting manufacture importation and sale of revolvers in Canada as a humane measure.
A collage of editorial notes discusses prohibition and its effects in Canada. It cites rising wet propaganda, proposed penalties for law violations, and medical opinions on liquor. It notes Hydro-Electric progress in Acton, tariff impacts, and political resignations, plus press ownership changes in Ontario and Saskatchewan liquor-use patterns.
Alfredo Trombetti, a poor Italian teacher from Canova, won a coveted king's prize for linguistic study, later becoming a lecturer at the University of Bologna. He mastered dozens of languages including Orphantal and Indian dialects, with twenty eight by recent accounts, and served as an interpreter for the government during the war.
The Canadian National Railway offers routes between Eastern and Western Canada with options via Port Arthur to William and a northern return through Cochran e and North Bay. Through Toronto a through train to Winnipeg operates Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays Sundays with sleeping and dining car service, and a weekly Toronto to Wirthines via Sudbury and Port Arthur on select days.
A narrator claims plants sense mental attitude and respond accordingly. Examples include intelligent reactions to care, with some people unable to grow certain towers or crops while neighbors with positive attitudes have better results. The text argues that mental state influences crop outcomes.
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