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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 14, 1925
Page
7
A poem from the Acton Free Press encourages residents to attend church next Sunday. It urges neighborly care and unity to boost the town, avoid quarrels, and support positive community efforts rather than harsh judgment.
Twenty years ago in Acton a May issue reports plans to plant trees in the park and welcomes county teachers for a Monday meeting. Esquesing’s Sunday School Convention convenes at Union tomorrow. Gamblers in a hotel attract attention as money and drink appear. The Junior League hosts a literary and magical program at the Methodists. Austin Swackhamer plowed the Famond place before seeding with sixteen teams. Street Commissioner Warren tears up dangerous sidewalks to speed permanent paving. No. 6 Company drills nightly ahead of Niagara camp on June 8. The hockey club forms with officers led by W. S. Chisholm. Daisy Nicklin and Clara Moore among organizers. A local option campaign may open soon. Acton residents to join. A pipe organ visit drew locals to Milton’s Methodist Church. Born Coleman in Acton on May 11, a son to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Coleman.
The piece argues that meticulous planning of expenses shows where one stands and helps curb waste. It notes gender differences in financial education, urging both boys and girls to learn budgeting, with girls often missing out and facing later hardship.
In Liverpool a calm writer and Pearson's Weekly contributor recounts a strange encounter about a wife at home. A neighbor visiting with a fire engine arrivals sparks confusion. the husband learns it was a misunderstanding and laughs off the incident.
The lesson explains Saul of Tarsus, persecutor of Christians, is confronted by a divine light on the road to Damascus, humbled, and converted. Ananias, a willing disciple, helps Saul receive the Holy Spirit, is baptized, and begins preaching Christ as Lord. The piece emphasizes the term Lord Jesus and early church practice.
An old man from a remote region visits a village and sees a motor car for the first time. A motor lorry speeds past, leaving him astonished and muttering that horses must have caused the vehicle to go fast when they broke away.
An army of anglers heads toward Quebec for the annual fishing season with hopes of landing trophy brook trout. The Laurentians region surrounding Mont Laurier offers ample waters and several hotels and clubs along the Canadian Pacific Railway route for visiting sportsmen.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists multiple numbered items and times such as No 20 No 31 No 83 No 35 No 8d No 25 with times 7.43 am 11.43 a.m and 1.43 pm 3.43 p.m 6.43 showing puzzling period codes and decimal values. The text offers no clear event or context beyond these scattered figures.
A notable housekeeper says aging shifts her view from a spotless ideal to a wholesome approach. She notes modern tools do not replace simple routines and argues true housekeeping is an art practiced at home, not a relentless taskmaster.
A man argues for staying home but a wife's work spans minutes to night, maintaining a cheerful home. The piece argues women transform the home after a hard day, seeking a change by going out. The idea remains that a woman's home is her place of business.
A sardonic piece on inter personal talk centers on the phrase How are you and its over shared personal health disclosures. It notes many women treat the line literally sharing lengthy medical anecdotes and opera ting histories that bore listeners and derail conversations. The weather is praised as a safer topic yet some people still overshare about ailments.
The advertisement urges farmers and stockraisers to keep Dr Thomas electric Oil on hand as a family remedy and as a cattle medicine. It claims superior effectiveness for horses and cattle compared with sweet oil and other remedies.
A short discussion notes the simple Lucknow tomb of Henry Lawrence from the 1857 mutiny. Clarence Poe praises its quiet dignity over grand imperial monuments, contrasting with the Himalayas and the Benaras river view, and calls it a heroic epitaph for duty.
A fragment recalls Alfred Lord Tennyson in Scotland where a guest recognizes him and the innkeeper asks about the author. The piece shifts to a medical ad touting Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy for worms with swift relief for children and quick evacuation.
The text claims Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil originated in Canada though not the birthplace. It states the famous compound spread its good name to Central and South America the West Indies Australia and New Zealand. It asserts widespread use and high demand across many countries.
Field Marshal Earl Haig, former commander of British armies in France and Belgium, will attend a British Empire Service League convention in Ottawa toward the end of June. Delegates from across the empire will gather. Haig will be hosted by Governor General Baron Byng at Rideau Hall. Afterward he plans to visit several Canadian places.
The Saturday Journal recalls Rev. Father O Leary rushing to catch the Dublin Express and meeting his bishop on the way. The bishop jokes about a seven minute head start, then they watch the train depart as O Leary retorts health without good works.
A fragmentary notice describes an exterminator offering to clear the stomach and intestines of an infant to restore health, attributed to an entity labeled Mother Graves. The text is unclear and references sleet and a great number.
A fragmentary account notes concern over reckless driving observed in the street this morning. A bystander mentions a heavily bandaged hand and questions whether the rider was on a motorcycle or a nonmotorized vehicle.
During the early Seven Years War Frederick the Great examined art in Dresden's royal Picture Gallery. Gallery director Reidel guided him through the rooms, praising the works. At a Correggio painting the king asked to acquire it, and when Reidel hesitated the king jokingly proposed he would like to have the picture "conled."
A grateful user reports that Dr J D Kellogg’s remedy provides relief after thirteen years of searching for help. The article claims the remedy can prevent years of suffering when used at the first sign of trouble and notes it is simple to use and widely available.
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