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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
5
A short verse by Ray H. Gross recounts three Chow puppies named Wang Wong and Wing tumbling down stairs. Their playful chaos leaves a fallen table and a littered floor as observers laugh and the trio returns with cheerful smiles.
Clip outlines local happenings from November 16 1925 including Beardmore and Co tan nery brickwork, skating on Corporation pond, Sons of Scotland At Home event, elevator sheet metal work by W H Denny contract with Noble, real estate transfer to Prof B H W Lee for $800, minor cigar sales to minors rumor, skating rink progress, fundraising canvass for season, Acton Fire Brigade ball December 1, football win 3-1 over Georgetown High, deer hunting success reports by Plank Wilson and Wilda, births marriages and local weddings noted with Nelles Nelles and Hall Scott entries.
Households learn that self basing enamel roasters save time by roasting meat with potatoes and onions. The old method required constant basting every ten minutes. the enamelware roaster performs roasting and basing, producing flavorful browned roasts with less effort. Use six pound roast, salt pepper and flour, then bake hot for twenty minutes. Add six to eight potatoes and six medium onions, season, cover and cook together forty five minutes.
A tale notes teachers must be fair yet human as a Cambridge girl whispers in class and answers a question about extenuating circumstances. The teacher acknowledges the compliment on her dress before prompting the class to stand for spelling.
A vivid, dialogue like note questions the effects of water at fifty miles an hour on a person overboard from a hydro plane and compares its force to striking metal. It imagines severe injury if a swordsman enters a powerful hydraulic stream used to wash hillsides.
The text warns that youths who are seen as generous with others money risk dishonesty. Parents often sacrifice essentials to cover school costs while some young people who spend freely may cheat or refuse to repay debts. Generosity with others money is condemned as dishonest.
The piece argues that common sense can be crystalized into platitudes and that novelty alone should not bias judgment. It cautions against overvaluing unproven theories while noting newness offers no special merit.
A Sunday School lesson analyzes Pauls arrest in Jerusalem Acts 21 27 31. The mob without trial tries to kill him as Roman soldiers intervene, delaying the plan and bringing Paul to speak to Felix Festus and Agrippa, highlighting mob law folly and Pauls calm resolve to witness.
The Radium Hot Springs near Sinclaire Canyon on the Banff Windermere Highway are government operated with a bungalow camp by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr Heap Holland owns the Radium pool and aims to make it an all year resort. a rival government spring on the Banff Windermere road is also called Radium Hot Springs and run with a Miss Armstrong camp. The Sinclair Hot Springs have long been known and bears were said to bathe there for rheumatism.
Mr Green questions the future of his potential son-in-law from Vermont. The suitor pledges practicality and willingness to attend the Orthodox Church if it matters, noting minimal religious differences in his town between Orthodox and Methodist communities.
The article lists the denominations of twenty nine presidents before Coolidge: eight Presbyterians and Episcopalians each, four Unitarian, three Methodists, two Reformed Dutch, one Baptist, one Disciple, and two with no denomination identified Jefferson and Johnson both believers. President Coolidge is noted as the first member of the Congregational group.
Dominion Entomologist Arthur Gibson and assistant W A Ross note tobacco fumigation can control greenhouse pests like plant lice and aphids. They caution nicotine products can harm delicate plants such as violets and warn growers to follow directions and judge fumigation frequency based on infestation. two to three times in winter may suffice, or repeat within two weeks in tougher cases.
In a Gloucestershire parish near Cheltenham a new vicar preaches on the text and a Yeoman sharply questions the idea of universal joy for the chosen. The note mentions worms, a worm exterminator, and a mock reference to Japan’s climate.
A household guidance piece urges that girls have cheerful private rooms to host visitors and learn neatness and order. It argues a modest, well furnished space trains early housekeeping, with emphasis on keeping the room tidy and personal to the girl. It notes personal ownership and daily care as key lessons.
In Edinburgh a little girl shivers while waiting for a meal hall opening. A rough boy offers his cap for her to stand on, showing shared warmth amid poverty, recalling Sir Walter Raleigh’s cloak gesture for his queen.
Officials from Alberta celebrate the new universal system linking Alberta subscribers with the United States and eastern and western Canada. Key repeaters at Lethbridge Calgary and Medicine Hat connect to Montana and Shelby expanding long distance calls from 1 million to 2.6 million annually with revenue rising above 1 million dollars. The first commercial call linked Edmonton to Minneapolis Minnesota.
A woman member of the village board of health persuades Mr Pettiman to whitewash his pigs inside and out. He leads her to the stiles and dismisses her worries, claiming the pigs are healthy. The page also promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for families and stock.
A Washington man mocks a stenographer's spelling while recounting a comical episode about a Southern letter. The piece then shifts to a health note warning that worms hinder growth and promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy restoring health and preventing illness.
The product from Dr. Thomas is described as a famous medicine developed in Canada and rapidly spread to Central and South America the West Indies Australia and New Zealand where it is on sale and in demand.
A misdirected marriage proposal arrives at the parsonage and the seven year old master Harold escorts the couple inside arranging a quick ceremony. The parents joke about marriage money and a new hat. The scene plays as a humorous anecdote from The New York Press.
Belgian minister Baron Moncheur rode near the Capitol and asked a boy to hold his horse. A younger boy swapped in, claiming he paid the other boy ten cents for the chance. Moncheur wondered what to do after the switch.
The defense counsel delivers a masterly plea to a weathered jury of countrymen. the judge and crowd watch as oratory melts into silence. The opposing lawyer quickly gauges the mood, urging the panel to understand the plea's intent and to begin with clarity and fairness.
An ad claims Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy acts as a natural remedy using smoke or vapor to reach deep air passages and open airways. The piece presents it as a safe, natural method described as magic yet natural in effect.
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