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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
8
The piece reflects on urban childhood seen through streets, windows, orphanages, and factories. It urges readers to pause and consider the future in the eyes of the child, stressing collective responsibility and hope amid sorrow. Frederick Peterson signs the plea.
Acton news notes a visit from a London Diocesan Fund to appoint a woman worker for St Alban’s parish. Fines were issued for motor cycle sale notification failure and for riding without lights. A handsome cab attracted spectators as tradesmen watched its progress. Garden displays at Guddersby Park look charming amid future uncertainty. Several local residents faced fines or legal actions over cycling and driving offenses. The Mayor invites attendance at the Colchester Oyster Feast with Prime Minister Baldwin as guest. The London Co-Operative Society reports a strong half-year with expected dividend. School reopens late October with enrollment sessions. Community events include a Brotherhood meeting, upcoming Acton Male Choir, and Beauchamp Live-Saving Cup competition by the Fire Brigade. The Rev Dr Townley Lord resumes ministry after holiday with reflections on five-year tenure at Acton Baptist Church.
An early report recalls a bad run away accident in a mountain town where several were injured. A medical student aided until the doctor arrived. The farmer, unhurt, explains the injuries in comic terms and misreads the cases as Latin anatomy.
A domestic scene shows Mrs Brockett forbidding Reginald from playing with the Martin boys, labeling them unruly. Reginald resists, insisting he learns nothing bad from them and teasing his mother with a cheeky retort.
The piece recalls old hitching posts and the town's past, then shifts to Acton history and a call for a Prospect Park upgrade. The author urges forming a park committee with town groups and officials to fund and plan improvements including a new bandstand and park entrance.
An afternoon frock of simple charm in dotted crepe silk China with velvet trim. Kimono sleeves feature lengthened shoulder lines and chiffon panels. Front gathers on both sides with a narrow self-fold at the neck. Medium size uses about 1 1/4 yard of 54 inch silk and 1 1/4 yard velvet ribbon.
A skeptical column on female critics and reformers who judge women for public life, spending habits, clothes, and behavior. It notes differing views, cites Euripides on women, and ends with a verse about human nature preferring a creature not too bright or good.
A drunkenly satirical anecdote describes a silk hat drifting in a London puddle. A passerby tries to rescue it with a cane, only to discover an angry man beneath it who proclaims he is on top of an omnibus.
A fragment from the Washington Star recounts an old colored man musing on renaming a mule. He contemplates calling the animal Sukumstances, arguing a name change may reflect events beyond anyone’s control.
Ad touts McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets as rapid health builders for thin and weak children. Claims include 12 pound gain in seven months for a 9 year old and a money back guarantee, with a price of 60 tablets for 60 cents.
The article argues that business and politics intertwine since public welfare hinges on how laws affect commerce. It cautions against abuses when individuals pursue selfish gains in legislation while endorsing reform only for serious, justified cases, noting political disruption harms many and requires cost-benefit consideration.
A woman seeks a general husband advertisement at a newspaper office describing a man to perform coal, fires, snow, gardening, child care, cooking, cleaning, errands, and all hard work. The clerk refuses, noting matrimonial advertisements cannot be accepted.
A senior editor feared a downturn during the 1893 financial panic while visiting a Western mining town. A telegram from his junior partner, noting the birth of twins and urging a cheerful view, aims to lift spirits amid business fears.
A man of experience declares that plans adapt to conditions. He illustrates with a tale of two men. One asks if two can live as cheaply as one and the other replies that before marriage he believed so, but after marriage he found they had to.
The home market is shown as the main value for the average Canadian farmer with 63 to 64 percent of produce absorbed domestically. Wheat exports form about 75 percent of the wheat crop but only about one fourth of total agricultural production. The argument urges reliance on the home market and cites Canada Year Book figures to support under estimating its importance.
A critic argues that Liverpool export prices do not govern Canada’s domestic hay and potato prices. The piece cites Perth and Middlesex counties hay values, questions tariff claims, and promotes tariffs to boost local employment and farm income.
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