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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 14, 1935
Page
7
Fragmentary verse captures a night scene with dim shadows at dawn. The speaker describes fear of darkness, whispers from depths, and a countermove toward calm as rosy dawn arrives. The passage features imagery of night, twilight, and the Eastern sea.
From the November 18 1915 issue a report details the Pioneer Battalion leaving Guelph for England, promotions in C E F, Red Cross leadership changes, a recruiting meeting, a nighttime fire outbreak with significant damage but no insurance, and obituaries for James Waller and Robert Akths with local names and places.
Report describes Professor Callegaris and an experiment with two nurses blindfolded ten feet apart. A flaminiun capsule on each neck allegedly transmits thoughts. the receiving nurse reports sensations and a mental image of the other nurse describing a hospital patient.
The author muses on an early November. fall, notes good wheat progress and asks about winter prep. They joke about names for farm animals and describe home remedies and safety tips for coughs, wounds, and minor illnesses with household products and simple medicines.
The writer notes Shinto and Buddhist practices in Japan with hands washed before prayer. Shinto is linked to this world, Buddhism to the hereafter, and prayer involves no kneeling or loud acts. Meiji shrine hosts a vast precinct with stadiums and facilities used for the National Olympic games in alternate years.
A London institute cultivates microbes to study epidemics and prevent outbreaks. It ships over 5,000 germ cultures annually to scientists worldwide, caring for each sample during transport with food and containment provided.
The Pont du Gard, built across the Rhone in the first century B C, survives nearly 2,000 years of invasions and floods though threatened by nearby traffic vibrations. Also notes the hymn Rock of Ages by Toplady 1740 1777 linked to a Cheddar storm shelter cave and traced to earlier Hebrew and Yealah sources.
In the later Napoleonic period England subsidized allies to offset troops from poorer nations. Nathan Meyer Rothschild of London arranged drafts by the Duke of Wellington in blacknote form against Napoleon and organized for funds to be provided to Prussia and others by the English government when unable to meet demands.
A report recounts Gen John H Morgan’s raid from Lexington to Ohio in 1863. He was captured seven miles south of Lisbon, Ohio, and later confined in Columbus Prison until his escape on November 2.
A farmer names one of his pigs Ink after the animal kept escaping its pen. The report notes the broader farm practices and mentions a shipment of fruit or produce to the United States, highlighting an export figure of around 6,000 tons annually.
Canadian wool production totals about 20 million pounds annually with flocks across provinces. Merino origin foundation rams predominate, and most wool is sold in grease while fleeces remain intact. The Canadian Co operative Wool Growers Limited markets roughly one third of fleece production nationally.
A friend seeking orders for his master visited over a hundred houses without success. He contemplated a distant farm house and feared disappointment, but he traveled there and returned with a big order. The piece urges perseverance as the value of a state rests on its individuals, quoting J. S. Mill.
A playful stunt explains making an egg turn black over a candle then appear silver when placed in water. The trick hinges on air bubbles forming over the candle to alter the egg's color. A closing Jewish proverb about charity and riches is noted.
A reflective excerpt contrasts donors who give to provoke annoyance with those whose generosity endures like a spring. It likens steady giving to a well always replenished, versus sporadic aid from those who help only when pressed.
The timetable notes daily service with Sunday exceptions for routes to Chicago and Georgetown. It lists times such as 9.31 p.m. and 0.40 p.m. and 1007 a.m. to 11:3 pm, indicating departure windows and service days.
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