December 3 1901 Free Press item notes sleighing skating rink and local events
A 1901 Free Press page reports sleighing parties and recent skating on Corporation Pond and Fairy Lake. It notes a new open rink on Main Street ready for abating next week. It covers a G T H freight train incident blocking Mill Street for thirteen minutes with a $60 fine, church Ladies Aid officers, Acton Fire Brigade ball, and local accidents and Epworth League convention details.
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Corporation Pond
Fairy Lake
Clark's
Dominion
Main Street
Graham
Turniffic
Mill
Mill Street
Trafic
Ladies’s Aid of the Methodist Church
Misa Lottie E. Speight
J. W. Oram
H. P. Moore
Anna Maddock
Acton Fire Brigade
Clair’s
Wellwood
Toren
John‘ Harvey
Harvey
J. F. Reed
The Great Heart Beats And Blood Pump Details
The article notes Napoleon's pulse around fifty per minute, contrasts eighty. It estimates a seventy-five per minute rate expelling ten cubic inches per stroke, yielding about 46 000 cubic inches per hour and over 1 000 000 daily, roughly seven thousand tons yearly. It explains four heart chambers and the roles of auricles and ventricles, with the left ventricle powering circulation.
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Scientific American
Canadian National Railwaypromotes vast network and scenic routes
An advertisement extols the Canadian National Railway system boasting 23 663 miles of track covering much of Canada, serving major cities and manufacturing hubs, with maps for settlers and a highlighted scenic route featuring Mount Hobson and Mount Edith Cavell as wonders. It contrasts with a noiseless lab claim in the Netherlands and closes with a sensational vignette about a miserly heir in London.
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Canadian National Railways
Dominion of Canada
Canadian National
Iadian National
Dominion
Prairie
Canada
Mount Hobson
Canadian Rockies
Mount Edith Cavell
Pentecost Speaks Through Wind and Tongues in Peter’s Day
A reading of Acts 2 explains the feast of Pentecost as a milestone when the Spirit descended as a rushing wind and tongues of fire, enabling disciples to speak in various languages. Peter urged repentance and baptism for forgiveness and the gift of the Holy Ghost, noting about three thousand converts who continued in the apostles’ teaching. The piece ties the event to mission, noting Paul’s later journeys and the spread of Christian churches.
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Acta
Azy
Galden
Egypt
Tabernacios
Pentecostus
Agio
Putor'a
Jerusaton
Jesus
Peter
Apostle
Paul
Leeson Thamse
God
McConnell
Malta
Bach
Christ Jesus
Bylrit
John W. Mott
India
China
Japan
Africa
Latin America
Judea
Bumuria
Ethiopia
Cornelius the Centurian
Jehovah Hubremo
Paulnt
Exceptional Kills In Quebec And Ontario Hunting Season Opens
The hunting season for caribou moose and deer has begun across Quebec Ontario New Brunswick Alberta and British Columbia. Reports from Lac Mogantic Laurentiana Qatimau Valley and Timiskaming Kipawa area note strong moose and deer prospects with several large bulls observed by hunters including Dr. C H McCreary of Montreal and A J O Keefe of New York. A trophy moose near Timiskaming and a dramatic bull sighting near Grey Rocks Inn are mentioned along with multiple successful outings by patrons of the Laurentian region.
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Quebec
Ontarlo
New Brunswick
Alberta
Heleish Columbia
Canada
United States
Lake Mogantic
Laurentana
Hiind River
Theesalon
Desbarata
Moottawa
North Day
Bturgood
Laurentian
Grey Rocka Inn
Heo
Jovety
Big Devil's Lake
Kometinew
Lacle Croix
Mr. O'Keefe
Pentecost and Missionary Outreach in Early Church Studies
Native Christian workers reflect on Pentecost as a turning point for mission, urging native readers and Spirit-led collaboration. Daily readings outline Acts references and early church expansion, while a devotional birthday wish and an advertisement for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator close the fragment.
Neighborhood spirit and farm roots define belonging
A reflective piece contrasts country ties with urban anonymity. It contrasts neighborly warmth born of permanence on farms or village streets with city life. The author urges kinship, lingering roots, and shared memory as core to a genuine neighborhood spirit. The piece closes by an unexpected medicinal aside about Miller's Worm Powders.
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James Whitcomb Wiley
Success Where You Are and The Promise of Home Farming
A promotional piece extols home farming and local opportunity over migrating for success. It urges readers to stay in their own community, highlighting neighbors, honest dealing, and the idea that the best methods and profits come from Eastern origins and familiarity. It also advertises Dr Thomas Electric Oil as the cheapest remedy available in Canada with easy procurement.
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Xiang
Hodds
Thomas
Canada
Coant
Copat
Little James Learns Manners At Home
A fragmentary item describes a child named James being thanked after receiving bread and butter. The text includes garbled phrases and errors, but centers on a simple domestic scene with a caregiver praising James for saying please and thank you.
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James
Junie
Remarkable Memory Feat in Bible Study Highlighted
A profile notes a man famed for memorizing almost all of the Bible before midlife. His discipline allowed rapid recall of any verse, with notes on the paradox of long-term memory and the idea that a person may intend greater feats tomorrow. The passage lauds the sustained effort of a man driven by memory.
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Pong
Usu Mao
Javon
The Mystery of Fragrance in the Senses
The article discusses whether fragrance is a vapor or substance and notes experiments by Helenco on odor transmission. It claims odors can pass through packed tubes and be detected without touching sight or taste, suggesting smell operates independently from other senses and body organs.
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University of Wirecht
Netherlands
Wolentiats
Fr. Pravers
Aetlan
Helenco
Valo Do
Siemu
Billy Lalor
Revenge at the post office in a perplexing scene
A postmaster confronts an insistent assistant and a stamp buyer about mail, cards, and savings while a barber is implicated in a comic misunderstanding. The exchange reveals confusion over recommendations and chores at the deserted counter.
Winter Tours From Pucha County and Herliah Columbia
Winter escapes lure visitors to Hunny California and other sites as Canada National Railways promotes routes through Jasper National Park Mount Malone and the North Pacific Coast to Vancouver Victoria Portland San Francisco Los Angeles. Travel agents offer full tour information.
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Pucha County
Herliah Columbia
Californaia
California
Canadian National Railways
Jasper National Park
Mount Moline
Vancouver
Victoria
Hostile
Portland
Ban Randiseo
Los Angeles
Canadian Nations Railwayn
No Smoking and Nosmo King In Same Baptismal Tale
A puzzling tale recounts a baptismal confusion where the name Nosmo King appears on a door and later reads No Smoking. The event, set after church, links a misread sign to a strange duo of names and a curious coincidence involving a homeward journey and a shared doorway. It ties into a broader note on remedies for asthma and Dr Kellogg’s Authma Remedy.
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Hodar Wu Aken
Dr. JD
Keven
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Avant
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Acton Creamery
Acton Creamery Co
T. J. O'Neil
J.N. O'Neill & Son Garage and Carriage Works
Georgetown
Acton
Kanadian Nationals Railways
Gotha Weat
Hunday
Toronto Suburban Electric Railway
Daly
Dally
Apecial Freght
Toronto
THE
Tytord
Far East
Wau
Mother Graves
Exterminster Alwaya
Thorne
Youlaw
Engrosa
Das Echo
Pacific Coast
Oors
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Optician Savage Optical Building
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Malin Street
Acton Monument Works
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Henry Awhey
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