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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1933
Page
15
A poetic exhortation urges consistent talk of happiness every day even if belief wavers. It suggests discarding whininess, speaking cheerfully and firmly to attract happiness as a companion, noting strangers may visit rarely but persistence pays off.
Twenty years ago the Free Press notes hustle in November with multiple items. Campbellville named Police Village by by law. County stone crusher finishes season crushing 154 yards in nine hours. Pansies bloom in gardens. Esquesing Township votes to add five percent to unpaid taxes due December 14. A near disaster occurs in Acton yards with opposing engines near a pump house. Church wedding notice for Miss Kathleen Bradley and Mr Elmer C Thompson.
An auto struggles along a muddy back district road as trees impede progress. A native, after a long spit, notes there have been only two autos past recently, one last year and one the year before, before the current vehicle arrives.
A collection of quotes on friendship, manners, liberty, and virtue from Emerson Seneca Webster Fuller and others. Witty maxims urge temperance, confidence, judgment, and self-respect while stressing the impact of visible character over spoken words.
A Liverpool Post writer recalls William Morris during his last Paris visit. Morris spent most meals in the Eiffel Tower restaurant, quipping he stays there to avoid the tower, while friends note the birth centenary of Gustave Eiffel.
A newlywed couple driving through the countryside encounter a farmer and his mule. The bride replies to the husband’s teasing with a sharp line about his being related by marriage.
A fragment from a Terre Haute newspaper item cites an odd classified notice seeking a man for gardening and to care for a singing cow to assist a country minister. The unusual ad hints at local needs and quirks in a small community paper.
A diarist notes how businesses and farmers use novelty and clever tactics to attract buyers. She recalls clever gadgets like sealer removers and candy packaging, praises quality advertising, and reflects on milk fed poultry versus scratch-fed meat, concluding necessity spurs invention and sales.
Ross Parquhar writes a slice of life diary with adolescent antics about attending parties avoiding girls, observations on peers and parents travels, and a pewter of small town drama. It notes Mr Shote, Mr Gillem, Ira Gonney and church plans alongside a plug for Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy.
Collected maxims and reflections from Newton Streeter Meredith Spalding Drummond Jordan Emerson and Ford. The fragments champion learning and unlearning, virtue through struggle, truth in conversation, and courage in pursuing knowledge despite error.
Noticeable head noises due to deafness age or catarrh prompts a reader to visit a druggist for Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and granulated sugar. A tablespoon dose four times daily may ease roaring rumbling and hissing noises, clear clogged nostrils, and reduce mucus dripping.
A newspaper notice argues that advertising reduces overstock but requires ongoing effort to yield lasting results. It emphasizes continuous advertising as essential for merchants to move surplus goods.
A reflective piece urges citizens and business leaders to wake up and boost activity citywide. It argues traffic systems are decent but improvable, emphasizes small successful habits, and notes cities vary in seizing opportunities. Experience is a hard but sound teacher.
A sequence of times listed as 9.45 am 12.45 p.m 2.15 p.m 5.15 pm 7.15 p.m 10.45 p.m 3.15 pm indicating an event or daily timetable without additional context.
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