24 May 1923
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
1
J. E. Wright laments urban drift and extols the farm way of life. The speaker praises ploughing, crops, animals, family labor, and the comforts of rural work, urging a return to the land to sustain families and community.
Short reader tips cover sharpening with sandpaper, testing potatoes, starting fires safely, grinding lard, hanging pictures straight, quick potato cooking, keeping fruit from freezing, and using pickle juice to flavor ham. Names and places span Merrill Oregon to Boston Massachusetts.
A reflection on the home’s rooms arguing the living room should be the heart of family life. Women describe aiming for sunny kitchens sewing rooms and the living room as the central, happiest space. The piece argues balance among kitchen sewing and living areas sustains health and happiness.
The article traces early lighting forms from wood fires in caves around 500 B C to torches in stone holders, rush lamps in Rome, candles in Constantinople, oil lamps with wicks, glass chimneys, and finally the rise of petroleum lamps and the incandescent electric lamp. It notes milestones such as Greek and Phoenician use and key transitions up to modern electric light.
In Titusville the concert hall fills as Mary Lou Errol prepares to sing the Jewel Song with Miss Ellery absent. Mary Lou grapples with stage nerves, faces a rearranged program, and receives guidance from Mr. Chapman and Miles Errol while dreaming of a career beyond her teaching in a small village.
Tommy debates a bean size with his mother and sister. His playful questions lead to humorous mispronunciations as the family imagines a bean large enough to measure. The exchange ends with the child defining a bean as a “rutting bean.”
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