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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
2
A grandfather reflects on keeping optimism amid hardship and urges steady work. Henry Walter and a neighborly couple discuss life lessons, hayfield tasks, and the shift to a family partnership to start anew with support from relatives.
An Oregon or New England farm tale follows Jonas Coleman offering his grandsons Henry and Walter a year long partnership to work the marsh hay. As a looming tide and thick fog threaten, the boys push through darkness to finish the harvest under grandfathers guidance, demonstrating grit and a potential business arrangement.
A Guardian editorial argues against beer and wine as temperance drinks. It links brewers and wine merchants to drunkenness, cites historical wine excesses, and warns that small amounts of alcohol in beer and wine still impair ability and health. It condemns temperance opponents as misinformed or motivated.
An elderly resident on a rural Welsh district roof watches floodwaters rise as neighbors trade quips about ducks, willows, and washed crops. The tale, printed as a local anecdote, mirrors a flood year with crops ruined and homes affected.
Sunday School lesson reviews true repentance as turning from sin to God. It cites Jonah Nineveh and Acts 2, stressing confession, faith, baptism, and ongoing obedience as evidence. The material links repentance to forgiveness, God’s goodness, and fruit in daily life.
The passage argues advertising is the primary tool in business. It contrasts the informed advertiser who presents offerings with the uninformed who stay hidden. It urges readers to study newspaper ads to know what to buy, when, and for what cost.
The essay argues against perpetual deliberation and for decisive action on major life questions. It notes that delaying choices harms progress and that people must form beliefs, learn from mistakes, and move forward rather than remain indecisive.
A bizarre riddle puzzles about who a man is given tangled family links across generations with a father marrying a daughter making him his own grandfather. The text shifts to an advertisement praising Dr. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as miraculous and universally dependable for sudden attacks.
The article praises Jim as kind and dependable, drawn by coworkers as a beacon of goodwill. It notes how his actions inspire others to be nobler, even among strangers, and frames him as living proof of optimistic service. It also includes a brief, unrelated medical note about Liver Pills and Parmslea's remedy.
A compact remark on how language translates ideals into practical action. It argues that lofty dreams can be real when expressed in usable language and applied to concrete outcomes. The piece emphasizes the power of words to shape action and realization.
The text argues that money cannot purchase a good night's sleep or appetite, and cannot buy friendship peace or a tranquil conscience. It asserts that the best things in life are accessible without money, even to the poorest.
A fragment reflects on duty during wartime, quoting a subaltern who salutes a base commander and delivers a message about freedom. The colonel asks who the officer is, and the answer reveals the speaker is his 71-year-old retired father who urged hard work and burden-bearing over ease.
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