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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1926
Page
5
A reflective piece traces a mother’s reverence for her son who has grown from boyhood to manhood. It contrasts the peaceful, memory filled room with the playful relics of his youth and ends with a quirky, personal anecdote about an adoptive father and comic homeopathic “cure” for overeating eggs and carrots.
A young orphan, nicknamed Ragged Sam, recounts life with an adopted father in Chipway. The man claims to cure him by homeopathic principles using eggs and food as lessons, mixing care with unsettling control in a troubling memoir fragment.
Nasssagaweys council passed budget items for the township schools and other municipal costs. School rates were fixed per numbered districts with varying mills, while a general police village levy and township rate were set. Canadian horses for Russia: Saskatchewan stock bought for Soviet government funds in Canadian banks. Moose Jaw hosts one thousand light horses purchased after earlier acquisitions.
The October Rod and Gun magazine offers articles on hunting in Canada. Raymond Thompson discusses pursual methods in Hunting and Fleeing via Seow near the Athabasca River. Robert Watson writes about Three Flahera Went Trail ing in British Columbia. Frank V Parsons shares duck shooting tips from an experienced hunter. Published monthly by W Taylor Limited Woodstock Ontario.
A visiting woman explored the locomotive works amid interest in the machinery and operations observed. A man guided her through the facilities and discussed processes, revealing notable attention to detail and inquiry during the tour.
A reflective piece explores old fashioned love through poems and letters. It recalls a niece of sentimental vows, quotes George Whitefield and Swift style proposals, and contrasts courtship manners with modern romance. It notes plain, blunt offers and gentle, steadfast devotion.
George Gibbs, famed local auctioneer, paused a sale at a farm stock and implement auction when a ten year old boy, whose mother had died recently, had his bid on a second dog raised to about thirty dollars. Neighbors donated funds placed in the boy’s cap, and the dog and money were given to him, a gesture Gibbs ensured with quiet dignity. The tale recalls the kindness Gibbs was known for in the community.
Advert reads that worms cause malnutrition and illness in children with digestive disorders. It claims the product destroys these parasites and restores stomach and intestinal function, enabling proper nourishment from food.
The Acton Gazette reviews weekly happenings in Acton London including E J Rayns winning a school allotment prize the Labour Party planning for November 1 elections and charity efforts. It notes incidents from the hospital pageant baby show horse dairy accident speeders police court deaths and local society events at Acton and West Acton venues.
An early 20th century ad copy touts a rub that opens pores and delivers quick relief. It claims external application provides internal penetration, easing throat irritation and coughing by stimulating bronchial and respiratory passages.
Walter George Tubby of Acton, born there over seventy years ago, died in Seattle on September 21 after a life of outdoor adventure and railway service. He worked from Ontario to Calgary and the North West, rose to General Storekeeper roles on major transcontinental lines, and served in the Panama Canal project under Col. Goethals. He leaves two sons in Seattle and San Francisco, a brother in Toronto, and a sister in Los Angeles.
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