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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
2
An 1874 fragment urges true kindness and loving deeds over cleverness and bravado. It laments lacking humble neighborliness and calls for practical acts of care to sustain the weary and uplift the community.
Growers of certified seed potatoes prepare for inspection to qualify for certification. The process requires grading to meet standards for size shape and freedom from rot or damage. A mechanical sorter aids removal of off type tubers and injured fruit before storage.
The account recounts Robert Louis Greven’s claim about Treasure Island being inspired by a nursery map and improvised tales. He allegedly plagiarized from Washington Irving and Robinson Crusoe, with the map driving the plot. The manuscript was later published by Cassell & Co after editors demanded completion.
A humorous fragment features a dialogue about daily meals and digestion. A character asks whether to take a diet before or after something unspecified, while another dismisses juice and lettuce as inadequate. The exchange hints at dietary confusion and health-minded advice.
A farm tale from February recounts Prof Verple at an Agricultural college lecture interrupted by a snowstorm. The dairy-bird cream separator becomes a musical centerpiece as the family milks, powers the machine with a pace-setting horse and later a Jersey calf. Bun the pony causes mischief from the dairy to church fairs, finally dies, and a neighbor recounts a separate village incident involving a trap and a man named Salem Alsop as a moral reference.
George Robertson of the Dominion Experimental Farm Ottawa advises thorough cleaning and disinfection of poultry houses before pullets enter winter quarters. Keep houses open as weather allows, feed green forage with limited grain, maintain activity, and use Epson salts as a gradual transition aid for health.
Evelyn Blanche Stewart administratrix of the estate of Nay Archibald Biowart announces creditors and claimants must file by October 10, 1024 with full particulars, addresses, and accounts. The administrator will distribute assets thereafter among rightful heirs, with notice to claimants. Briggs, Frost, Dillon & Dirkn act as solicitors in Toronto Ontario.
Auction notice for a public sale of horses and dairy cattle from a farm near Bally Varden Blap, Toronto to Guelph. Listed are multiple Holstein and Jersey cows with due dates in October to March, totaling various ages and milking status. Sale set for Friday October 12, 1028 at 1:30 PM.
Auctioneer J. Menm of Acton offers items described as old country goods. Terms include cash under ten dollars and one month credit on larger notes, with six percent discount for cash. Phone number 36 listed for contact. place Acton.
The undersigned will sell at public auction Lot 2a Seventh Line Exquesing adjoining the highway on Tuesday October 6 1920 at 1 pm. Items include horses cattle household goods farm implements harness poultry hay furniture and more with four months credit and 5 percent cash discount. No reserve on the farm. Auctioneer TEN PETCH and Clerk W A Wilson.
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