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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
5
A nostalgic verse venerates the ordinary father, describing a man returning from daily toil. It emphasizes sacrifice, courage, and devotion to his children, portraying fatherhood as a noble, enduring duty within a common life. The poem elevates the role of a dad among millions.
A collage of small town notices from Acton and surrounding areas notes soldiers preparing for camp, church lighting, a Queen’s Birthday celebration, and local deaths. Marriages and hitches are listed, plus a lengthy agricultural column on plant spraying for pest and disease control with detailed spray recipes and application advice.
An editorial discusses global interest in reforming education, arguing the schoolroom shapes the future. It warns against extreme fads privileging practicality or specialization over the development of personality and cautions about sweeping changes.
A Sunday School lesson outlines key faith themes from Hebrews 11 and Romans. It emphasizes faith enabling sight of unseen realities, surrender to Christ, righteousness, and victory over the world, with guidelines for next week’s study and related devotional topics.
The banquet on Queen's Birthday night featured Hing Hong as the crowd sang Soldiers' Songs. The Chorus praises smiles that bring happiness, banish sadness, and light life with love, amid cheery melodies and wooing doves in leafy trees.
A fragment from a Sussex marching song extols the men of Sussex farmers who plough sow reap and mow and endure long marches from dawn till night. The verses celebrate pride in Sussex by the Sea and enduring service.
A wartime era lyric emphasizes Britain's resolve to defend the flag and homeland. It proclaims that the flag stands for justice and peace, vows to never let it fall, and highlights devotion of Britain's sons, ships, and king. The excerpt closes with a farewell verse about a soldier's goodbye and reunion.
The excerpt calls for singing along of Sussex by the Sea as marchers tire yet keep voices raised to lift spirits. It expresses alternating moods and a hopeful refrain urging resilience through song during a march.
An item reproduces Dr. Frank Crane guidance for sales talks with headings and numbered rules. It urges pleasant demeanor, honesty, listening, reliability, memory for names, humility, and human approach to persuade customers. The piece mixes wedding verse and business advice from a historic negotiation context.
Reader inquiries abroad ask about teetotal origins. A French observer misreads teatotal as two words while an Englishman explains the term comes from T written in the old temperance pledge to show total abstinence from all intoxicants, unlike milder vows.
An advertorial testimonial from Fremont Ohio praising Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for menopausal symptoms. It claims heat flashes nervousness backacheheadache irritability and blues improve after use. The ad invites letters to the Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
Fragmentary timetable snippet lists train numbers 29 2 33 189 37 with times and prices. Entries show departures or arrivals at 6.62 pm 8.12 pm and 2.495 pm, alongside other numeric codes and abbreviations.
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