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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1923
Page
3
A reflective piece urges readers that success comes not from wishing but from persistent effort. It contrasts the boy who avoids effort with the diligent child who keeps trying, emphasizing that steady work leads to achievement. The piece cautions against contentment with mere wishes and praises brave, consistent labor.
Dominion plan strengthens export controls on certified seed potatoes of Canadian origin. Inspectors may grade and certify shipments, attaching official tags to each container. Rigid rules require tags to bear grower details, plant disease service copy, and guarantee field and post harvest inspection results.
Aunt kneads bread on a cloth covered board to soften dough and prevent sticking. She explains the cloth keeps the dough from the board, aids cutting doughnuts, and results in a smoother, easier surface.
An elderly traveler on a New York to San Francisco route panics after each train announcement as new departures are shouted. He finally learns he has been aboard the wrong train for four days, with his distress mounting while a sympathetic drummer consoles him.
A reflective piece recalling a homecoming and rural memories from Ontario, recounting a train accident at Paddy Powers’ house, a fatal blaze, and a beloved old baseball Maple Leafs game. It shares a narrator’s walk along Cameron farm, a cedar swamp spring, and nostalgia for past sports heroes and simpler days.
A garbled study fragment lists musings on editors and editing culture, noting editor routines, pay, and behavior. It mentions editors’ finances, the use of pens, and odd quotes about editors' abilities and fears. The text is distorted and contains nonsensical lines.
Old Country arrivals and local notices headline town chatter. Dr Willoughby of Guelph and Mrs Willoughby of Georgetown return home, while funeral attendance taps town leaders. Georgetown Methodist Church holds a payual busines meeting electing officers and committees for the season.
Yesterday was a holiday period with reduced activity in Milton businesses. Dorothy Morley returns from Chicago after a week away. Dr. C. C. McDowell had an appendectomy in Guelph. Omagh Church plans anniversary services and a banquet on October 14. A Milton firm dissolution splits Morley and Wutchinson’s barber and medical practices. A high school deputation asks for more classrooms. residents support the funding. A prominent citizen criticizes African youths for poor manners on the sidewalks. calls for better social conduct in schools.
The town’s business scene includes talks with The Advertising Display Company about locating a factory employing 20 to 30 hands. Brook’s Company asks if a 55 000 square foot building exists. Toronto and Hamilton youths attend a Christian Endeavor rally. A former pastor W W Kettlewell prepares for a move to Arizona. The Bronte Methodist anniversary services and a planned dinner fundraiser precede October nuptials for Marjorie Allan and Dr. W S Jobb. Central energy system adopted for the Oakville telephone exchange. Dominion Government buys apples for Imperial Exhibition. Death of Ethal Bessie Richardson noted.
Erin Township activity features a farewell for Mr Tux Scott at Millar Jury, farm sales and moves, a poultry show win by James Hurren, a Hamilton trip for Miss Martha Srotth, and a large turnout for a social at Mrs Juma Baird’s home. The Erin Public Library hosts a Farm Fair night concert with Toronto performers and local artists.
A garbled collage of quotations and aphorisms from various authors and figures. Topics range from prisons and poetry to education and war, including remarks attributed to Violet McDougal and John Wesley, with scattered references to governance, morality, and social duty. The text reads as a chaoticOCR fragment of literary maxims and social commentary without a single cohesive narrative.
A Brest Brook court report describes Henry Ward Bevoher receiving a letter from Rome containing only the words April Foal. Mr Vleechek opened it and smiled, remarking that a man writing a letter forgetting to send it is common, but this is a case of a gun arguing its name and forgetting to write a letter.
A Victorian report describes a book box concealed inside a cigar box with locks and papers. It yielded £210 from England’s treasury and banknotes, found after pages were removed from a catalogued medical text. The widow of a London bookseller faced recovery and sale of her late husband’s stock.
Text from a Pennsylvania church event notes that despite engagement hopes, profits were negative as expenses exceeded receipts. A friend recalls an exchange where the minister would have reason to be grateful for the outcome, while ten young women became engaged.
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