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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 06, 1919
Page
5
A playful verse mocks a mysterious troublemaker named Mr Nobody who disturbs households by stealing or damaging items. The speaker jokes about the predictable mischiefs and the futility of leaving notes or blame, attributing the acts to Mr Nobody as a communal, nameless culprit.
Highlights from Acton and surrounding areas include Mr Jos HL Matthews selling property and retiring from public roles after twelve years as town official and health board member. Mentions Rev Dr Henderson preaching anniversaries, local marriages, deaths, and industry leaders like Charles M. Schwab discussing labor and production in a wider economic context.
The piece notes gulls drown when wings wet and contrasts swimming abilities across species. It mentions lions, tigers, bears, and hares, plus caribou and horses swimming large distances. It oddy segues into an adverse health claim about Holloway's Corn Cure and a moral tirade on spending and greed.
A garbled text fragment offers an unclear cooking tip mentioning pangs and dishes. no coherent subject or action is discernible. The line seems to advise unusual steps with sand paper and unspecific utensils, but lacks concrete meaning or sources.
A Sunday school lesson on Peters confession as Jesus the Christ and the church’s headship. It outlines church leadership under Christ, Peter’s role and authority to bind and loose, and the call for members to deny self, confess Christ, and follow his example.
The article notes wounded soldiers in France facing perils beyond gas and machinegun fire, including tuberculosis. By August, 3,009 men with TB had been returned to Canada and placed under the Department of Soldiers Civil Hospitals as part of capital war outlay. The rest of the disabled, about 30,000, will be funded through the Victory Loan 1910 to fulfill the duty to Canada.
An eight year old's tongue became stuck in a metal bottle neck at the Anti-Vivisection Hospital in Landay. Surgeons cut away the bottle base and finally separated the tongue by removing the container from top to bottom due to air pressure.
The Family Herald and Weekly Star of Montreal secures exclusive rights for Canada to publish a large 18x22 inch photo of the Prince of Wales by Van Dyke. The Acton Free Press joins, offering both papers for one year plus an autographed 16x22 inch portrait for 2.75 dollars.
The account praises a division head at a great railroad plant for meticulous supervision of all resources from fuel to repairs. The author recalls a chat in a well-appointed office where the boss attributes his rise to simply doing what he was told, illustrating how discipline and patience yield advancement, a lesson the writer calls a secret of business success.
A historical note describes a spelling poser used by a commercial traveler before a crowd in the old American House, praising a test of correct spelling. It mentions a Yarmouth resident who misspelled only tranquility with one letter and recalls mis spellings by Harvard’s Dr. Lowell and a claim about a popular medicine known for thirty years.
Young Albert rushes home with a book and explains a classroom dispute about the number of lines on an ostrich's leg. Mother gently corrects him after the teacher’s quiz reveals four as the correct count.
A garbled dialogue about a white auntie organizing a pantry and teaching reading unfolds with fragmented lines and misheard speech. The exchange centers on reading ability as a playful parental moment amid kitchen tasks, leaving the exact meaning unclear.
The record lists several times in the day with measurements: 7.48 ppm at 3.03 p.m. 4.10 p.m. 9.58 a.m. 6.48 p.m. and 4.68 p.m. The entries appear as a sequence of numeric values paired with clock times indicating readings across a schedule.
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