Truth and justice light a city’s path to unity
A fragment from a long-forgotten note stresses the aim of love truth and brotherhood over wealth and fraud. It recalls a Winnipeg Edmonton era and a store anecdote about a drunken incident and a punishingly pungent herring bought to sober a Nitrow man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Sheldon
Holmes
Joseph Lynd
Winnipeg
Edaingnton
Hernon Robert
Fura Pins
Wipniper Free Preps
Hey
W. J. Moore
Edmonton Schoola
Acton
Daylight saving mischief and town store memories
A chatty history reviews daylight saving uproar over roosters and farmers in Canada and the United States. It recounts local shopkeepers, fires, and residents like D MecNab, Robert Agnew, T H Harding, and Miss Jordan, plus longftold tales of mills, partnerships, and a evolving Acton storefronts history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Lochickens
George Hynda
D. MecNab
Hoe
Alte
Robert Agnew
Dominion Hotel
T. H. Harding
Maanitoba
James Symon
Charles Symon
Glasgow
Mill Street
Fees
Orangeville
Dan Cupid
Dr. Lawson
Kenney Brothers
Casmal
Miss Jordan
Morris Suxe
Jakey Saltz
Mld Street
John Simikilo
Inspector Ayearst
Toronto
Simkilc
Jos. Lynch
Adama
Alavander
Duncan Kennedy
Alexander Kennedy
Everton
Edward Moore
Br. Moore
Acton
Mr. Kennedy
Duncan
John St. Kennedy
Bayineas
Charlot Midwley
Karuh Cameron
James Cameron
Hary
Henry Wardell
Midgley
Robert Hulmes
Are
Holdes
Thomas A. Morton
Poverty in Time of Need and Family Fortitude
The text reflects on the value of kindness and hospitality amid hardship. It recounts a mother guiding her children to share scarce meals and invite friends, choosing generosity over luxury, and defines poverty through frugal yet principled living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Affalfa
Country Talk Reveals Comfortable Rural Life Discussion
A stout robed woman chats with a friend about cottage farming and a country home. Her husband recently started amateur farming, with crops flourishing or failing nearly irrelevant to their comfortable life. They joke about free eggs and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat
Ottta
John
Storytelling and Growth of a Juveline Author in History
The article traces George Alfred Hoerity and G Manville Fenn as early storytellers whose nightly tales for children grew from brief nursery snippets to longer, more imaginative works. It notes how family ritual and audience encouraged invention and eventual professionalization of juvenile storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alfred Hoerity
G. Manville Fenn
Mart
Epitaph of Thomas Wood and the Woodcock Rhyme
An English churchyard epitaph praises Thomas Wood as the kindest of husbands and best of men. A note explains his surname Woodcock could not fit the rhyme, illustrating a centuries old tendency to shape lines to rhyme over exact names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Woodhen
Woodcock
Philosopher Stones and Hidden Worth in Everyday Life
The text reflects on transforming humble laborers through unseen devotion and courage. It suggests ordinary experiences can gain dignity and beauty when faced with steadfast, unselfish effort, likening it to a philosopher's stone turning base life into something precious.
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Acton Free Press
Scotts Emulsion
Scott
Ontario
Hydra Shop
Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Hydro-Electric Dept. Hydro Shop
HYDRO
Jzzcal
Prics
Ford
California
Onny
oMed
R. J. Kerr Auctioness
Real Estars
Young Street
Acton, Ont
Dodge Bros. Motor Cars
J. N. O’neill
Georgetown
John Leishman
Guelph
G. B. Ryan & CO
Owen Sound
Ryan
Gale
P. G
Fagtory
Hubatul
Georgutte
Hizow
Jancy
the. White
Asia
Colure
Ney
Moy
Djor-Kluw
Doe
Ildren
Mey
Usle
Wey
Champa
Sale
Prio
Ley
Childhen
Eibbot
Mex
Jon
Amalasse Rey
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