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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1937
Page
7
A lyrical reminiscence of Scotland in autumn, where hills and moors turn purple with blooms. The speaker longs for homeland as bees and plover cry, dreaming of Beorland and familiar places while distant in slumber.
Twenty years ago in Isene from The Free Press dated October 11 1917 reports James Symon installing a new gasoline supply tank and Campbell well activities starting with drilling operations. Mrs John Stalker learns Fred Wright was admitted to a military hospital after being gassed. Contingent weight left Acton August 1914. Ontario spent 23000000 on rural highways in the past decade. Mr and Mrs James Wilds visiting Calgary to see David Williamson on Church Street en route to Gloversville NY. Georgetown and Rockwood Fall Fair weather and attendance. Died Neil McMillan Nassagawega on October 6 1917 aged 76.
Dr. Neil McKinnon of the School of Hygiene in Toronto warns that tuberculosis remains a major Ontario problem. Despite a low 1935 mortality rate, 1 303 deaths occurred, with 60 percent in ages 15 to 49 and many in 70 to 38. Control advances over 30 years show mortality cut by more than a third, but widespread infection persists requiring early detection, school testing, and broad vaccination-like measures to avert future cases and deaths.
Winners tallied for Acton Continuation School Field Day with multiple events across junior and senior girls and boys. Notable names include M Clayton M McPhail G Beatty N Wright J Dunn B Watts and many others across running broad jump high jump hop step and jump shot put and relay races.
The lesson condemns worldly corruption within the church and warns against infidelity and permissive doctrine. It urges believers to contend for the faith, build themselves on gospel truth, withstand false teachers, and seek divine keeping through God’s power and love until eternal life.
A graphic account from Ontario describes a Sunday crash on a rural highway where a man died and others were hospitalized. The piece urges careful driving and reporting reckless behavior to prevent further deaths, stressing citizen responsibility and safety.
A reflection on charity and bearing burdens, urging care for others as a path to divine reality. The author cites that when you are unable to aid yourself you may still aid another, and that human love brings the sacred within reach even if God is unseen.
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