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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
8
The edition from Acton Ontario lists subscription price at 92.60 per year and notes advertising rates. It outlines payment timing, address labeling, and contact details for the publishing office MLP Bootus editor and publisher with office phone numbers.
An editorial mix discusses the prohibition resolution by Sir Thomas White, Ontario daylight saving debates, protection for Acton merchants against transient traders, and Canada’s near term domestic loan tied to a wartime appropriation. It lauds Victory Gardens and Mothers Day, then covers the Versailles peace treaty terms, Germany’s reparations, territorial losses, and the historic significance of the settlement.
The article surveys postarmistice trade outlooks with Canada aiming to appoint a permanent ambassador to Washington and expand markets in European foodstuffs. It notes Canada’s booming bacon and poultry prospects, a British decision on cheese exports, and praise for Canadian soldiers in France. It also covers thrift stamp campaigns, Liberal party moves, the Kaiser’s fate, and foreign credits reliance. It concludes with growth of American immigration and investments, cautioning Canadian control over ore and refining amid American influence.
A fragment discusses punctuality as a habit rather than luck, noting delays can occur but a consistently timely person forms routines to overcome obstacles that hinder others. It emphasizes the value of forming punctual habits.
The text urges embracing uncertainty and recognizing the possibility of failure. It cautions that waiting for absolute certainty or perfect odds may waste time and reduce chances of progress. Emphasizes action despite incomplete knowledge.
A summer scene recalls children allowed on a farm where after a milk tasting the farmer jokingly asks if they want the farmer naked. The anecdote closes with a wish for a cow followed by a separate note on a major telescope and new observatories under construction worldwide.
The Free Press inaugurates a campaign with Acton merchants to promote buying local goods over mail order catalogs. It argues local businesses sustain the community, provide prosperity, and keep cash circulating locally, urging citizens to support home enterprises for growth and stability.
A mix of professional notices for Acton Ontario including veterinary services, legal and conveyancing offerings, money loans, dentistry, marriage licences, bookbinding, auctioneering, and local sales. Listings name John Lawson veterinary, Harold Nash farmer, A H Wanerborough, Dr M Dell, H P Moore, Francis Nunan, R J Kerr, and W J Gerton with contact details and office locations in Acton and surrounding counties.
Books and magazines bound in handsome and substantial covers with names lettered in gold on Bibles Hump Books and other volumes. All work promptly executed.
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