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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
5
A poem from the Artex Pree Press dated November 26 1026 wonders if a neighbor should pause a neighbor’s busy labor to pass the time. It asks if interruptions are welcome and if affection accompanies brief social visits.
Twenty years ago the Free Press notes a High School concert proceeds at 77.20 and local business moves. McKenzie builds eight houses for Beardmore Co with four more under way while Hiltton Place is offered for sale. Dr Hore to establish quarters Perryman Book store is mentioned. Apple crop smaller yet Adam Cook packs nearly 3000 barrels. Johnstone Co buys Church Street rear lot. Gurney leaves Exeter for Calgary. Maple sugar from Spring Creek Dairy Farm. Busy Store ad lists groceries and prices. BORN TUCKER in Acton on November 18, 1905 to Mr Tucker.
A Dominion Department of Agriculture pamphlet promotes graded eggs for accurate value and purity, offers uses and recipes, and stresses keeping eggs cool and away from strong odors. It urges daily consumption of eggs for growth, health, and development, with advice to mothers on fostering offspring.
A London shopper with a prosperous purse seeks a piano on hire and insists on insuring it. The clerk notes standard policy, while the buyer negotiates a plan to safeguard against her husband’s access and future quarrels.
The piece contrasts modern science and avionics with ancestral voices, arguing progress does not ensure virtue. It warns youth may seem superior yet may be physically and morally inferior, noting true strength lies in character, kindness, loyalty, and self control.
The lesson explains Paul’s witness before Festus and Agrippa, his appeal to belief in Christ, and Agrippa’s reaction. It notes Paul’s courage, prophecy argument, and desire that all hearers become faithful followers of Jesus, even as Agrippa hesitates at the cost.
A 128 day voyage aboard the Empress of Scotland from New York on December 3 offers a constant parade of new cultures and sights. Guides describe Taj Mahal bazaars and Indian elephants with masters in full regalia, highlighting luxury, efficiency and bonhomie aboard a voyage few could match in time or expense.
In Chicago a public school principal fondly recalled as a Latin shark reveals his daughter, six, injured herself while saying she felt pain in her patella not elbow. The father’s Latin vocabulary prompts a pediatric miscue as the anecdote underscores local schooling and curiosity in a university setting.
A Berlin area note recalls a German cemetery near Vimy Ridge guarded by the 1st London Battalion with the inscription pledging forgiveness. The piece extols peace, universal brotherhood, Locarno promises, and unity beyond war while urging forgiveness and mutual welfare. It ends with an ad for Holloway's Corn Remover.
Van Blumer asks his wife to relay a message about not putting a broken item into the ash barrel. The fragment mentions a plain and usable product called Simple and Sure by Dr. Thomas, marketed as an easy lintment and dressing.
The article lauds Dr Edward Thring of Rugby as a premier educator who develops each boy’s character. It recounts his belief that even difficult youths can be guided to leadership through patient, individualized teaching rather than treating students as a mass.
Teachers describe how many mothers visit schools to complain about children rather than support education. The piece argues thoughtful mothers back education, while nagging visits disrupt teachers and learning.
Poetic verses celebrate timely bill payment and its positive impact on the town. It extols the worker, merchant, and banker while condemning nonpayers as hindrances to local prosperity. The piece links financial duty to community well being and family roots.
Public ad promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets as a powerful flesh producer. It claims 60 tablets cost 60 cents and promises a five to ten pound gain in 80 days with a money back guarantee for non-gainers. It targets vulnerable dieters and older readers with bold performance promises.
A tall man with a hard look enters a Seattle restaurant and studies the menu for about half an hour. He cannot pay twenty eight dollars and seventy five cents for a single meal, despite having money. The waiter notes the total and the man departs quietly. The ad then touts Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil as cheap and widely available in Canada.
A vintage recipe describes using large tart apples baked in enameled ware with a sugar lemon syrup. Fill with chopped dates raisins and cinnamon marshmallow before a final bake and occasional basting for dessert.
The text discusses two parts of a motto by Henry Van Dyke about not expecting too much from others and also not underestimating them. It warns against harsh judgments and urges recognizing both weaknesses and good in people while maintaining cautious optimism.
A list of scattered times labeled with numbers and digits, including early morning and afternoon stamps. The text appears as unstructured timing entries, lacking context or events to describe.
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