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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 20, 1930
Page
6
A student rides six miles to school in fog and cold and returns home late. The speaker recalls seeing his father’s lantern blinking through the mist, a comforting welcome as supper grows cold and the family waits.
A quirky collection of tea muffins and lime flavored desserts is presented with two muffin recipes Breakfast Muffins and Queen of Muffins, plus lime desserts including Ocean Crest Bavering and Four Fruit Salad. Also a humorous bus scene about a lady on a bus.
A reflective article discusses Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and local gravesites at Stoke Pogis. It highlights provincial government support for improving country burial grounds, including Churchill cemetery, with leveling, regrading, and greened plots to provide perpetual care.
The article praises the Acton cemetery improvements along Highway No. 7 King Highway, noting level grave plots, tidy boundaries, and mature trees. It argues for honoring early founders with proper memorials and calls for a thoughtful plan to preserve graves and restore reverence for the departed.
The piece notes the proven benefits of Dr. J. D. Heellowe's Authima Remedy, praising its steady relief effect and growing reputation. It highlights a reputation built on genuine results rather than sensational advertising and mentions rising interest and new converts.
The article explains that a stacked cord of wood is 40 feet long and 4 feet high, totaling 128 cubic feet, while noting variability in actual yield. It then warns of worm-related infant illnesses and promotes Miller's Worm Powder as a remedy and health tonic for infants and mothers.
A humorous exchange recounts a lady asking about twins and a man replying that Uncle Mono has named them after two former presidents of the United States, Christopher Columbus and Julius Onranr, reflecting playful dialect.
Twenty years ago Acton notes a busy week with sales of Brovel boats and shops moved to Zurich, injuries at Haeardmura tannery, a Choral Boolery factory event, and a range of local property moves. An Epworth League debate questions farmers versus manufacturers while residents purchase lumber, hire portable mills, and relocate residences. Persian Balm advertisement ends fragment.
A father questions a teacher about untufled details while a Dr. Thoman electric OM is praised as a reliable home remedy. The narrator notes the doctor is not always available and suggests common sense in using household treatments for pains and minor injuries.
An old advertisement touts DOr. Bouthworths Oratabs for burning tribune kidney and related symptoms. It claims swift comfort from a well known physician formula and offers money back on first box if unsatisfied. Drugstore agents authorized to refund.
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