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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 05, 1925
Page
5
Poetic excerpt celebrates Thanksgiving through imagery of harvest produce and seasonal riches. The piece attributes sentiments of health hope and home to the holiday and closes with a reflective line about growing thankfulness from Nancy Byrd Turner.
A playful verse catalogues Thanksgiving elements with letters from A to Q. The narrator names foods and joys such as apples marmalade vines nuts and raisins while weaving in seasonal gratitude and family imagery. The piece reads like a light social column note from a writer signing as c. a Jordan.
J J Holland sold the Albion Hotel to Samuel Lasby for 6300 with possession to begin next week. A private telephone system linking the Reeve office, municipal residence, and power house has been installed and proves convenient. Main Street bridge railings were renewed. The Book Committee travels to Toronto to select additions for the Free Library. New officers were elected for the railway link group led by Hon. President Beardmore and President Storey with several vice presidents and an executive committee including McIntosh and Lehman.
The Ontario Honey Producers Co operative reports progress from expansion in British and European markets led by general manager A G Halstead. Ontario honey gains grades and distinctive packaging, wins London Dairy Show first place, and marketing is expanding despite Canadians underconsuming honey. The cooperative closes its third seasonal pool and holds its annual meeting in Toronto on November 5.
The piece argues that education centers on character built from habits. Parents should cultivate virtues early, including love of God, truthfulness, honesty, diligence, politeness, responsibility, and respect for authority to shape good citizens and considerate classmates.
A sober Figaro tale describes a Paris post office episode where a mistress made her maid stick out her tongue to test a gum covered stamp. The crowd reportedly found the gag hugely ticklish as the servant complied repeatedly in front of onlookers.
The lesson analyzes Pauls farewell to the Ephesian elders at Miletus Acts 20 25 38 emphasizing I am pure from the blood of all men and the whole counsel of God. It highlights take heed to yourselves and your flock warnings about grievous wolves and the importance of Scripture to build and give an inheritance to the sanctified. It notes Paul's unselfish example supporting the weak and giving rather than receiving and ends with the tender farewell scene and next weeks readings.
A humorous dialogue shows a customer asking if eggs are fresh and a grocer quipping that if they were any fresher they would be impertinent. The exchange hints at playful banter around egg quality and consumer expectations.
Canadian Pacific chairman E W Beatty led directors on a Western inspection trip from Windsor Station Montreal to Winnipeg Saskatoon Edmonton Calgary and the coast visiting Banff Lake Louise and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. He reported improved conditions optimism in immigration grain movement and strong tourist activity with two new CP steamers well patronized.
Advance indications say records will fall at the 26th anniversary International Live Stock Show Exposition in Chicago from November 28 to December 5. The event draws over ten thousand entries across cattle horses sheep and swine with judges from England and Scotland and educational displays from USDA and state colleges. Attendees include twelve hundred Champion Club members at the Fourth National Boys and Girls Club Congress.
A collection of quotes on generosity, imagination, value of blessings, home manners, prayer, and secrecy. Notable voices include Fuller, Disraeli, Hannah Hore, Archbishop Temple, Bunyan, and Lavater, reflecting on virtue and conduct in daily life.
A didactic piece condemns the vacillating and defeatist mindset, listing traits of those who avoid risk and blame circumstances for failure. It contrasts this with practical advice and endorses Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a versatile remedy for sailors soldiers fishermen and other outdoor workers.
A mother advises busy families to prepare digestible hot meals at night using milk based vegetable soup. Cook carrots, potatoes, and a little onion until soft, blend, then heat in a milk double boiler and serve with toast or crackers for a nourishing, child friendly option.
A guest notes the event lacks liveliness while the host remains unbothered. A witty, unidentified man greets the host and departs after avoiding social stumbles, leaving the host to remark the man provided his sole amusement. Dust triggers asthma and Dr. Kellogg’s remedy promises relief with patient testimonials.
The 1924 Hutchinson report from Ottawa notes Western Ontario flax growing is promising with high fibre and seed yields per acre. Some farms produced 339 pounds of fibre and 16 bushels of mill run seed per acre amid rising demand. fibre sold at 30 cents per pound and seed at 2.40 to 2.65 per bushel. Prospects indicate potential payments between 3 and 40 dollars per bushel for the remaining 6 000 bushels held by growers.
A girl shares a long tale about a former classmate and pleads secrecy to Eth while Bee’s behind it all and the friend questions the need for discretion. The piece remarks that people often keep personal matters to themselves and entrust only a few with truth.
A centuries old joke from King Archelaus of Macedon about how to cut hair. the barber asks how, and the king replies with a pun in puzzled style. The ancient anecdote highlights early humor and linguistic play from 800s BCE.
In a classroom exchange a professor asks what conducts electricity and a student replies wire. The professor confirms and then asks about the unit of electric power, the watt, with the dialogue highlighting a humorous mispronunciation and quick learning.
The text argues tetrimonials from mothers endorse Miller's Worm Powders, claiming the powders speak for themselves and act rapidly and thoroughly on those they are directed to, promising clear proof of effectiveness.
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