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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
4
Editorial argues that good roads raise loads and speed while lowering costs, boosting farmer profits. It cites Acton to Crewsons Corners as proof of road work increasing farm value and calls for nationwide road improvements to benefit Canada’s farming population and beyond.
Government statistics show Opium and Narcotic Drug Act offenses by province. Ontario 321 and Quebec 352 in dry provinces total 711. Manitoba 36, Saskatchewan 170, Alberta 160. In wet provinces total 1153 with Ontario and British Columbia among top offenders.
The County of Halton mourns the loss of Samuel Dice born 1837 in Nelson township. He served forty years advancing temperance and total prohibition, was a fair police magistrate, mayor of Milton for five years, active in the Anglican Church, and a respected leader remembered with reverence.
After 33 days of debate and input from constituencies the House approved the new tariff by 185 to 53. Woodsworth amendment for deeper changes failed 204 to 1. Four Liberals voted against government. Mitchell resigned from the House for the same reason. Gouin abstained. Indicates Ontario and Quebec defections offset by Prairie West gains. Government gains a large safe majority and time to assess tariff impacts.
Sir Thomas White, inactive as Finance Minister in Home Bank affairs, delivers a two hour speech at the Royal Commission in Ottawa. He compares himself to Daniel in the lions den, citing a procession of counsel including McLaughlin, Leo, Browning, Lafleur, Symington, and Drayton as a "trinity of negligence" in the debate.
Parliament at Ottawa is urged to study a plan to guarantee bank deposits against losses from mismanagement. Advocates see it as protection beyond government inspection, likening it to guaranteeing bank notes, but critics warn it imposes new government responsibility and could encourage imprudent banking. The Home Bank crisis fuels the debate, challenging the public to weigh solvency against moral hazard.
A provincial appeal urges Ontarians to accept personal responsibility to curb liquor sales. It condemns apathy in Local Option votes and warns that prohibition's fate rests with self-centred voters. The piece cites missed ballots and casual excuses as harm to temperance efforts.
An editorial collection cites Thomas J. Hickey praising Prohibition as a business booster for baseball, Lloyd George’s strong Commons speech, N W Rowell's League of Nations task, a Brant county farmers’ round table proposal, and a Montreal Presbytery warning that government control does not curb liquor evils while bootlegging and drunkenness rise in Quebec. The items reflect interwar temperance, international diplomacy, and reform debates.
In Beaver Brook country a young minister Ramsey pursues a stubborn mare during a spring chase from a parish home. Mrs Hodiah, hearing the ruckus, uses a dinner horn as she locks the shed and signals help, culminating in the minister tumbling amid shelves and broken glass while the chase ends with aid arriving from Hodiah and the boys.
A tense morning at the Hodfah farm ends with a reconciled group over a threatening intruder as Minister Kamaoy cools tempers. Rufus Hodfah returns to church with his wife, sparking a renewed relationship and a warm dinner at the farmhouse.
A Brooklyn business finally collected a twenty dollar unpaid bill after receiving a typewritten demand from a lawyer offering collection services with no charge if successful. The awkward letter prompted payment, resolving a three year dispute with the lawyer’s firm.
An American woman boarding a Dieppe bound train at Paris last summer tried to sneak her small white dog past a railway guard. After a tense exchange about regulations, she secretly stuffed the dog into the guard’s cup, causing laughter as the trick was revealed and the dog was finally accepted on board.
The text describes healthy habits for young Canadians including washing faces and hands before meals brushing teeth after meals and taking a hot bath weekly. It promotes regular physical activity, proper clothing in all seasons and careful eating times. It warns against smoking and emphasizes fruit, milk, tea and coffee as acceptable while avoiding tobacco during growth.
A bashful young suitor visits his sweetheart with a box of four confections. He notes a hint of dew on them and promises to pay the next day. The exchange reveals a lighthearted, flirtatious moment in a domestic scene.
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