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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
7
A poem urges men to heed a century's call to duty across East and West. It speaks of marching to distant northern zones, facing dearth and peril, riding the knight of old, and defending the land for love and honor. The verse appeals to valor, unity, and service.
A Town Improvement Society secretary receives earnest, often humorous letters from villagers and farmers seeking help with brown tail caterpillars and other pests. Some request quick remedies suitable for sprinkling. one urgent note promises a reward if a treatment can save a prized tree. The caterpillars are eventually destroyed and the tree saved.
At an impromptu memorial gathering, townsfolk recall Mrs. Ames’s social leadership and daily kindness. They note her memory for birthdays and small acts, her loyalty to elderly neighbors, and the impact of her generous, steady presence despite wealth or status.
A hostess introduces a stern companion to a chatty guest during dinner. The woman veers through topics from reciprocity to Buddhism while the solid man avoids engagement, then shifts to music and Beethoven. The exchange ends with a teasing question about her product.
In East Deering a massive steer broke loose from cattle cars, chased by startled workers, and rampaged through streets from the Ottoman pier to the lumber yard. Judson, a nineteen-year-old Everett & Co. employee, fled along Second Avenue before leaping a board fence and trapping the animal and himself under a fallen spruce avalanche. After a twenty-minute struggle, a rope restrained the steer and both were freed by a gathered crew. Judson resumed work the next day.
A historical critique defends trial by jury rooted in Magna Charta and argues that verdicts reflect the will of the people. It warns against readers who distrust juries after newspaper reports and emphasizes jury responsibility and the limited value of appeals in some cases.
A young minister faced hostility in Brimstone Gulch as six residents attended his sermon. After the funeral of Calico Dave, he delivered a stark, moral challenge urging self judgment. The crowd’s reaction shifted to admiration and acts of support, funding a new church within two months.
A northern English tale from Answers recalls a Yorkshire collier famed for coursing who marries Betsy a pauper widow to care for his dog while he works in the pit. The old man explains he did not seek beauty but companionship for his canine friend.
A Victorian era vignette shows Mrs Slater chasing Johnnie who ignores calls to come in for dinner. He keeps fishing with a bent pin and herring bone, claiming he did not hear until he had a bite, prompting a playful scolding and a hurried return home.
A country scene near Haroper's Pazar yields a curious gravestone inscribed Sle transit gloria mundi. The sexton, unsure, hints it means the deceased “was able transiently and wont to glory” as if a punchline for a corny joke about life and afterlife. Holloway’s Corn Remover ad claims root removal by the product.
The text touts Dr. Thomas Eclectric OLD Ani as a sterling household remedy for many ordinary complaints. It emphasizes affordability and urges keeping it on hand for unexpected calls.
The New York Times recounts two children who saved pennies to buy two cent china dolls. They inspected each doll carefully, asking, if the eyes seemed to love them, then they would buy, hoping the doll could be endowed with a soul.
A family scene unfolds around a breakfast table as a daughter explains apologizing for a late engagement to her father. The father plans to bring an album of dressmaker’s bills and a summer expense book to show to guests, comparing it with views of Chester and Westminster Abbey.
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