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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1923
Page
10
A verse filled Thanksgiving prayer praising natural beauty health and blessings. The reader thanks the Lord for rosy health cool air thrift youth and thoughtful words amid autumn scenes and gentle dowd and maternal love.
A 1903 Acton section notes women pushing for a public reading room, local property sale of the James J. Snyder frame residence for 1090 dollars, Kerr’s prize hogs at fall exhibitions, Acton Bootch Hjock football victory, the nineteenth annual Guelph Presbyterial Missionary Society gathering with widespread attendance, and the Kennedy Nelson marriage at Acton.
A rail accident story inspired George Westinghouse to invent the air brake after observing crews struggle with hand brakes. A magazine in a brief contact with a young girl sparked the idea of using compressed air from tunnel construction to power the brake, a solution he pursued despite losing track of the child who inspired him.
Hon. Charles Stewart announces the Yunil Windermere highway will open access for Canadians to the national parks and Alpine country. The flat highway across central Rockies will enable motor travel to a region previously little known and connect various routes for outdoor life and education.
A row of sentences contrasts tourist ignorance with a Chinese woman's sharp reply in English. The passage shifts to promote Millar’s Worm Trident as a trusted remedy for children, claiming it cleanses worms and “regulates and stimulates” digestive systems.
The article explains Psalm 47 67 and 100 as themes of God's unity and universal kingship. It notes their use in temple and synagogue services and their mission to invite all nations to worship Jehovah. It links Israel's past triumphs to a future universal kingdom overseen by God.
The list presents a weekday set of religious readings from November 12 to November 18. Items include Minutonary Tour, Reaching and Healing, Minutonary Converts, The Train of the Heventy, Personal Work in Judea, Personal Work in Hamarin, and The night to do Thy will with cited Bible verses.
Florence resists learning housekeeping while Aunt Emily contemplates a life with independence. They discuss a servant, Florence's social calendar, and Will's job prospects as Aunt Emily hints at future marriage and self reliance. The scene ends with a polite farewell.
The article argues art originates from a strong idea with music needing an artist interpreter. It contrasts composers who create a finished work with performers who must liberate the piece through skill and intuition, stressing knowledge of composer intent and audience reception.
A fragmented account describes a man who purchases rope arsenic coal oil and a revolver then attempts suicide near a river. He survives when a bullet misfires and he drowns briefly before regaining breath and declaring himself a candidate for the state house.
Nernard Baruch and a Washington observer discuss Germany’s reparations and a drafted man who tells a doctor he cannot serve. The doctor questions the man’s claim while the draft records and wartime strain surface in the dialogue.
Advertises Dr. Kellogg’s Asthma Home Remedy claiming to stop asthma attacks and restore sleep. Describes night awakenings and daytime unfitness due to asthma and asserts the remedy provides prompt relief.
The excerpt recalls a breakfast table debate on women’s role and courtship in Missouri. A dad and daughter recount a decades old farming house story of numerous suitors, showing rural attitudes toward marriage and propriety alongside a stray health note about worm extermination.
A fragment from a New York Tribune piece discusses ancient jokes found in the Chinese Laughing Book and compares them to familiar Western humor. Chung and Kung jest about a coat, revealing a quick temper and safe humor. An advertisement praises Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil as a universal remedy for injuries and pain.
County Clerk John Nelndorf of Bt Joseph County Michigan prints a supply of cords with rules for a wudecosaful marriage on the card. One side bears a blessing to newlyweds and the reverse lists rules such as keep up courtship and make your own home.
Sally recalls an inner battle with temper likened to Amalekites and Agag. A sermon prompts her to confess, her husband Nathan ties the Biblical warning to daily life, and she vows to fight her own faults with resolve to change spiritually.
A fragmentary tale shows an old man and a boy in a casual exchange about age and time. The boy, in playful banter with a visitor, mentions someone named Conal and refers to an upcoming birthday, hinting at a wartime setting and youth’s company.
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