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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1926
Page
8
The poem reflects on aging and mortality as the year ends. It urges gentler speech, charity, leasure, and love for friends and mankind while folding the tent of the old year and joining the countless dead referenced by Rollin J. Wells.
Acton residents face fines for drunkenness and disorderly conduct at Acton Police Court. The piece notes upcoming elections across four borough wards, a church procession, and a stage show by East Acton Musical and Dramatic Society. Mentions coal prices, a film appearance, and remarks by Sir Harry Brittain at a Conservative meeting.
A fragmented passage portrays a man grumbling at the clock and doubting himself. He feels unfitted and learns little from his mistakes, content to remain a secondary figure among his peers.
Harkness, a timekeeper at Owens Valley Salt Company, braves a five hundred foot gorge by traversing the tramway cable with a improvised rope noose to reach Swansea for Dr. Burton. His daring crossing saves Jerry Marshall from grave injuries and returns with the surgeon to the salt beds.
Honorable W. R. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture, warns that bad or low quality eggs reduce consumer demand and hurt markets. He notes causes include freshness versus real quality, and hen feed and water quality influencing egg quality. Issued by the Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa.
A damaged schoolroom scene shows a master and boys in a tense, near ending moment as a pupil is questioned about Henry Wotere or similar name. The garbled text preserves the coachlike call and hesitant student response in a wartime or early classroom setting.
On Saturday at 4 o clock Kerr Street pavement in Oakville was formally opened for trampe by 3 IL Squires deputy minister of highways. The new pavement will aid the growing town area with water mains fire protection towers and sidewalks. An informal supper at the Hotel Gibson followed with addresses by Mr Squires and others.
Mrs. Stowe praises English households for the hostess's tranquil bearing and long settled service traditions. She contrasts with Canadian worries and notes two ideal types: the serene, capable hostess and the carefree, jovial one. The former is rare but valued for grace under pressure and refined domestic skill.
Advertisers are told the 1926 27 edition of Desbarats All Canada Newspaper Directory contains 362 pages with up to date circulations and advertising rates. The Desbarats Advertising Agency at 161 Beaver Hall Montreal offers copies for one dollar post paid, regular five dollars.
A vice president of a large insurance firm recently spoke to hundreds of female employees about dress in the workplace. He stressed that business attire should be modest and appropriate, warning against theatrical or flashy fashion seen at theatres and department stores. He urged mothers and fathers to guide daughters, noting the right of respectful employers to expect proper dress in business.
A lab anecdote about Michael Faraday and his loyal assistant Sergeant Anderson. The sergeant, left to stir a chemical mixture, forgot to stop and labored through the night, insisting he was following Faraday’s orders to keep stirring the pot.
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