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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
1
The fragmentary text references Hunshine as a guiding light in a small world with phrases about waking to blue sky and a heaven peeking through. It mentions patience through the night and a will’s gentle growl, with imagery of faith behind a figure and a band’s folding movement.
The Acton area reports a week of park and course upgrades, a government library grant for 1901, preparations for Coronation Day with horsemen and public school events, and a local baseball game result. Also noted are church evangelistic services, policy examinations for a local official, and multiple birth and death notices.
Readings center on Josiah of Judah the boy king who began reform at sixteen. The lesson discusses covenant faith, removing idol worship, and the people’s renewal under God's Word with questions guiding study and next week readings.
Isla Expatlency Lord Dyng Governor General unveils bronze memorial for CFIL wartime service amid crowds. On same day 36 bronze tablets are unveiled along the C. 1 railway in Weyley area and Winnlow, Vancouver and Manitoba lieutenant governors attend. The memorial lists 1115 killed or died of wounds and 2,105 wounded, with 7,673 re employed by the company after returning home. Decorations include Victoria Crosses and several orders for CFIL employees.
Henry Ward Mecher, a school chef, is pressed to show the solution to an example he has not completed. The tale illustrates that effort alone does not determine value, as teachers and the world often overlook the length of time spent.
A feature argues children raised in modern well equipped farm homes gain broader views and stronger morals than those in harsher traditional settings. It urges farm families to provide water electricity and comfort to foster healthy development and civic responsibility.
Warren hears his mother explain punctuation and why it matters. Mamma writes a sentence and shows how removing marks changes meaning, then Warren resolves to learn punctuation properly.
A strange scene unfolds in a London Morning Post classroom as a master discovers students staring at a grave riddle on the blackboard. A mystified master confronts a studious boy who claims Shelley wrote the cryptic line deep in chalk.
A garbled OCR style schedule fragment lists various Sunday and weekday times for the Toronto Suburban Electric Railway. It reads as scattered times and notes about Sundays and Mondays with inconsistent minutes and placeholders, lacking clear destinations or services.
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