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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
4
Thos Gray and M McGill LRC of Glasgow, licensed medical professionals, with addresses in Ontario. Office details note Frederic Street, Acton.
Listing of refrigerator models with specifications and prices. No. 2 Hulvanized at 51250, No. 4 Siew 3iyx204444 with enamel options, No. 64 Siew 284x19x4ds white enamel at 22.50, G Size 261 whites 1 at 28.00, No. 7i Jol xIoW x4 white enamel at 3200, To. 7 Binge xtixts white enamel at 35.00, No. 11 Mize d1thx24x57 white enamel at 40.00. Limited
A long prose piece blends a childhood vow to become a farmer carpenter mason shoemaker printer and blacksmith with a later scene in a shop where women choose shoes for a brave boy and others reflect on thrift duty and self sacrifice. The piece ends with a reflection on punctuality and being behind time.
Therese pleads for new shoes to replace worn ones while her brother Henri recovers. An old shoemaker quietly repairs a pair, transforming them into nearly new, as Therese weighs pride, duty, and poverty against hope and love.
A compact reflection urges forming positive habits to avoid unhappiness. It argues that critical, fault finding folk spread misery by focusing on flaws and encourages guarding against cultivating a heart of unhappiness.
The transcript shows a witness and lawyer in a disjointed dialogue about a shooting. The witness claims memory is foggy and says his eyes were not quick enough to follow a bullet. The exchange suggests confusion over who was present and what occurred during the event.
Apple trees are blooming and fruit blossoms show heavy buds as peas, strawberries, currants, and gooseberries appear ready. The Guelph District Meeting of the Methodist Church met in Acton to review the year. Mrs. T. H. Rolston survived a lightning strike at Wm. Gray’s farm near Crewson Corners, suffering burns and shock but recovering. A council session discussed permanent paving and electric light with a delegation planned to investigate towns aided by Incandescent descent Wests. Died Maddock at Guelph.
In a June afternoon Mia Winslow receives a lavish cherry basket from neighbor Mira Clinton. Olive Canton's suspicions grow as the exchange hints at a pattern of reciprocal gifts and unspoken expectations.
Madge Clarks elderly father insists she wed for heirs and wealth. Lawyer Robert Morris proposes a mock marriage. Morris volunteers as groom and a clergyman officiates after Madge asks him to marry. The plan restores the family fortune and eases the fathers health while Madge marries Morris.
Seemingly from a journal by Camille Mlammorlog a German author notes earth noises heard at great heights. The Guardian cites higher sounds at 1600 feet a bell tone at 7600 feet and animal calls at 3000 feet. A railway whistle echoes to 4200 feet and near 10800 feet a locomotive sound.
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