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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 25, 1926
Page
2
A poem lamenting that homes push boys to the street and temptations outside. It calls for a safer place for boys within the home, warning about the loss of boyhood and the costs of neglecting their needs. The piece urges guardians to provide proper, welcoming spaces for youth.
The article explains blackheart in tubers as dark internal areas caused by extreme storage temperatures from 95 to 110 degrees F or by poor air circulation. It warns improper heat, ventilation, and depth of storage, and offers three recommendations from the Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa to prevent it.
A colored minister speaks at a Southern convention seating on the platform with white clergy and delivers a pointed remark. The piece recalls antebellum context and includes anecdotes of prewar and later Negro church interactions and a five dollar gift to a Virginia church that prompts a comic, admonishing prayer from the pulpit.
Pete the Italian fruit wagon driver in Calaveras County foils a bandit using a fake rheumatism tale. He subdues the robber with a swift maneuver, helps the sheriff trap the outlaw, and restores calm as the stage nears.
A British camouflage school near a French base trains for deception with earthwork trenches and dummy soldiers. A war correspondent observes a ten minute test where observers fail to spot the hidden figures until decoys reveal themselves, proving the dummy heads draw fire and aid British deception.
Letter from Rev. Hi Avison of Acton Ontario, resident minister in B C Calgary, November 11 1926, argues Liquor Control fails to curb drinking. Cites 1924 80 month convictions 1743 with 1264 drunkenness and 479 illegal sales and fines totaling $59771. November 1925 convictions rise to 2307 with 1612 drunkenness and 795 infractions, fines $79995, 632 jail months. Warns beer and liquor sales undermine prohibition and government stores lack supervision.
A collage of aphorisms and quotes from Ruskin Hume Carlyle Thoreau Hay Schopenhauer and Longfellow. The snippets discuss truth speaking desire moral instinct virtue time money and endurance, contrasting insight with action and noting morality grows from hidden roots.
A reflection on so called matters of principle exposing self centered motives. The piece argues that people justify selfish actions as principled to boost their dignity while ignoring true moral foundations. It notes that real principles govern character and are rarely spoken about or advertised.
A letter from J. Burlingham of Rockwood dated November 20 1926 urges Ontario electors to resist government control of liquor. He argues it will expand sales and poverty, supports the Ontario Temperance Act OT A and calls for increased penalties and education to curb rum manufacture and sale. The letter ends urging votes for O T A candidates only.
Mr. Rawlins mulls buying a Kennedy subdivision lot at half price from Quinlan to ease their finances while Mrs. Rawlins pushes for furniture buys at Grigson Mullins, citing overstocked parlor sets at a third off. He keeps calm as the decision looms.
The Philadelphia World Conference on Narcotic Education on July 8th adopted no constitution for a permanent organization. It urged a Narcotic Education Week each February and sought U S government participation. Officials warned narcotics menace and linked drug use to crime, urging public awareness and action.
A noted newspaper quip notes a dramatic personal makeover as a boy turns from careless appearance to grooming, adopting a toothbrush routine and clean shirts, likened to a detective seeking a revolu tionary change. The remark frames the transformation as a unique social shift.
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