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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1922
Page
10
A nostalgia filled look at life in Nassangawoya and Crews Corners with notes on temperance meetings, church gatherings, a car shop sale, and a Sunday School entertainment. Reminiscences mix with moral instruction and reflections on hometown loyalty and progress.
A collection of didactic vignettes on planning and decision making. An architect’s plan guides building work while a tale warns a long car trip can falter at Detour. Also includes brief humor about miscounted change and a note on Dr. Thomas’ Salectrio as a cheap tonic.
The piece extols year round travel from Victoria to Vancouver, praising mild winter warmth, scenic mountains, and outdoor sports. It highlights the Pacific climate with Vancouver Island’s beaches, Vancouver’s bracing winter sports, and the Canadian National Railway routes through coastal mountains as appealing trip features.
A historic canal system uses inclined rails with cradles to haul canal boats over mountain elevations in New Jersey. Boats are raised thousand feet in stages by powered cables, transferring from water to rail then back to water, with repairs done during cradle pauses.
A fragmentary, child directed verse shows a family scene with a parent teaching simple arithmetic through playful questions and answers. The text imitates a clumsy, phonetic recounting of a tutorial exchange between a parent and child using basic coin values and counting.
A fragmented account recalls a wedding where a bride’s friend speaks of luck and loss as a brother, father, and aunt share terse remarks. A wartime or community tale follows of a warlike event and a search for a missing worm. The piece weaves domestic vows with odd, perhaps symbolic, metaphors about hinges and chance.
A fragmented, joking farmer dialogue questions onion production and egg laying, musing on agricultural quirks. The text references watermelons, stubborn livestock, and safety notes about fire, with scattered hints of rural tips and habits.
A compact notice states a business offers Long Distance services and pacing orders for samples, with emphasis on custom era from cars and lots and reverse long distance calls on customer orders. The language is terse and outlines ways to opt into the service model.
Local contractor urges homeowners to schedule heating, plumbing and electrical work now. They promise reliable service to inspect and repair furnaces and stoves ahead of winter, emphasizing timely maintenance and value.
A fragmentary ad style note praises a Dr LD Kalloge Anthma Comedy as a universal remedy for sorrow and headaches. It urges readers to smile, greet friends warmly, and share kindness while warning against dwelling on troubles. The text mixes guidance with promotional claims about the remedy’s relief.
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