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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
4
A fragment from the Acton Free Press features a poem praising health steadfast friends and cheerful home life. It mentions a Bunny garden spot and a life of joy in labor, with epigraphs to L Eleanor C Hull. The text reflects period sentiment and domestic idealism.
Estimates indicate a single rat consumes 40 to 60 pounds of food annually. It is further claimed that about 166,000 farm workers and 66,000 others are needed to supply foodstuffs and agricultural output destroyed by rates, totaling 220,000 workers whose labor is dedicated to food and related losses from rats.
A dialogue contrasts a young doctor who asks to discover a patient’s true feelings and a cautious old doctor who prescribes a tonic every time when the patient self-diagnoses. The exchange highlights the joke that the patient must see the physician’s equal grasp of medicine.
A jumble of brief items includes a town board of health cow license notice humor about a license expiration and a mock reply. A woman journalist testifies in a trial and is cross examined. Historical notes explain Bolshevik etymology and a hospital nurse aids a wounded soldier in France. A mistaken identity exchange ends with an insurance miscue involving a misunderstanding about ten thousand dollars.
Two men from a Scottish town share a grim farewell in a French rest camp. They joke about the dangers of war and express duty and concern for each other before the train arrives. A nearby scene shows a widow shopping, wary of being taken advantage of by a grocer. The exchange reflects wartime hardship and social tensions.
A city boy Johnny tours a rural farm with Ned and Wren Laystuck. He jokes about doors and windows in a haystack while critiquing hay structure. A convoy story unfolds as soldiers discuss open country travel, ending with a comic line about a wheel on a wagon.
A United States paper reproduces a distressed letter from a woman claiming to be the wife of Thad. She asks for aid, asserts her status as lawful wife, and seeks marriage and allotment forms, support for four children, and response from authorities amid hardship and a broken leg. She pleads for proper papers and relief.
A vintage exhortation urges local pride and mutual support. Citizens are urged to praise the town, promote its merchants, and back public institutions while avoiding scapegoating leaders. Emphasis on advertising to benefit oneself and fostering home trade to uplift the community.
A year after the West Daven Executive Committee seized Great Bidlake Farm Bridestone England the 134 acres are now planted with corn roots and potatoes with 73 acres newly cultivated and all farm work done by women The Food Production Department says buildings are excellent and the farmyard is among the best in the West Country Also contains unrelated humorous dialogue and an advertisement for Hollo way s Corn Cure.
Pick over your potatoes for three to four weeks after storing them. Wet weather increases rot and heavy losses occur when diseased and healthy potatoes are mixed. Store potatoes in a cool dry place. a cooler atmosphere helps keep them longer, but freezing is not allowed. Also touts Nider's Worm Powders as a remedy for various childhood illnesses, claiming stomach strengthening and relief from biliousness feverishness and pain in the stomach.
A New South Wales baker submerged a 160 pound bag of Nour in seawater for 48 hours. The bag gained weight to 265 pounds after drying and yielded 150 pounds of dry flour from an 28 pound waste. The experiment showed water immersion and drying alter mass and bread quality.
A mother questions her son about skipped prayers as silence lingers. The boy explains each night passed without incident until something finally happens, prompting a reflection on faith and obedience.
A quip recalls a publisher’s maxim about simple truth in leadership. The anecdote notes that many would benefit from a kindly, frank approach among colleagues, urging personal accountability and practical wisdom in daily work.
The article recalls old dyeing practices before coal tar dyes, detailing plant sources such as indigo for blue and madder for red, and notes the decline as famine of coal tar dyes ended traditional methods. It mentions pigments from lac and cochineal, and the shift to synthetic blacks using logwood as a standard.
The Washington Times recalls a playful memory of Lady Mandolph Churchill, then Misa Jonnto Jerome of New York, in her third marriage. A political keen, she gave a rousing Grant speech and after the ovation a fan urged her to kiss Jerome forever, she replied she did not wish to be Miss Jerome forever.
A Canton Ohio reader endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after suffering female troubles and doctors advising surgery. The letter urges others to try the root and herb remedy before operations and invites correspondence with Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A boy amid a bustling city street recites jokes and chats with a friend about work and growth as a gentleman nearby muses on his ambition. An insert shows mothers valuing Dr Thomas Electric Oil for rapid relief of croup and other ailments in children.
The item recalls Annie Laurie born December 1683 in Dumfriesshire and her later suitor Alexander Verguson, noting her death in 1764 and the immortal ballad by Douglas. It also recounts a World War II era vignette of a negro soldier making a German major carry his trappings, and a brief pitch for Dr Kelloge's Asthma Remedy contrasted with past quack cures.
A humorous look at manners and a brotherly tease about mouths. The piece shifts to fitness, arguing exercise benefits the stomach and digestion. It promotes Yur snelea u Vegetable Pillas as a remedy to regulate digestion and restore healthy action, urging readers to keep a pack handy.
A fragmented historical piece discusses Britain's coal supremacy, noting South Wales supply for steam power and the global extent of coal seams. It imaginatively links ancient tropical conditions to coal formation, mentioning Wales, Belgium, and northern Europe, with assorted stray narrations and a literary aside about a cemetery exchange.
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