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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1934
Page
9
The Acton Free Press outlines subscription cancellation preferences and payment methods. It sets advertising rates for notices and classifieds, notes free memorials and birth notices, and explains liability limits for errors with proofed corrections. G Arlof Dills is the editor. Telephones listed for office and residence.
The resignation of Hon. H. H. Stevens from the Stevens Investigation leaves a dissatisfied public. The committee’s aggressive work may be halted, while the public questions whether action will follow. Stevens receives support from many amid a lone political clash.
The piece warns that constant changing of friends harms lasting relationships. It notes people relax efforts after forming bonds, lose temper, and display vanity or jealousy. Frequent friendship turnover leads to shadows of old age with few friends and a serious social consequence.
The piece argues final tax instalments are due soon near nomination time and urges taxpayers to tally what they receive for their money. It recalls the old seventeen mills era with oil lamps and dirt roads and notes education has advanced beyond that level. It stops short of advocating higher taxes but calls for reasonable expenditure where value is received.
Last week in Toronto merchants unified sidewalk displays proving the plan benefits all. Fruit stores reduced outdoor sales clutter while window displays drew pedestrians to shops previously overlooked, placing them on equal footing with neighbors and boosting trade.
The community will unite in a 11 November service of remembrance for those who served in the Great War. Actonians gather at the monument then assemble for a shared service uniting diverse denominations in honor of fallen citizens.
A letter to a financial paper questions whether Simcoe County will honor its guarantee after Midland defaulted on both principal and interest. Midland’s total debt around 1933 surpassed 422,677 plus floating liabilities, while Simcoe’s finances remain generally sound though it has guaranteed several town debentures.
Editorial notes reflect on a Trenton camp knife incident and police reserves, contrast Godfrey and Drew, report Alberta cattle exports to the Old Country, Long Branch toll protests, Canada motor vehicle sales, Ontario power rate cuts, and steel plant power relief.
The lesson frames Christ call as liberty guided by love not fleshly lusts. Walking by the Spirit, believers yield control to God within, producing fruit like love joy peace and kindness while rejecting works of the flesh such as impurity idolatry and drunkenness. The text urges daily Spirit-led living to see God and live in true freedom.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a universal remedy for cuts bruises sprains sore throat and chest complaints. It claims the product is well known in every community and urges a bottle in every medicine chest for emergencies.
An old advertisement urges readers to wake their liver bile with Carter's Little Liver Pills rather than salts or mineral laxatives. It claims the product will restore digestion and bowel movement by stimulating the liver, promising quick, vegetable-based relief from sour stomach and sluggish feeling.
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