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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
8
A short reflective poem praising trees as steadfast friends through seasons. The speaker recalls men and women, and children who knew trees in youth, urging love and care for forests as shelter, shade, and homes. The closing line affirms trees as fine old friends and worthy of deeper affection.
Twenty years ago Free Press items note Pte Joe Kimnedy going to France and Pte Elmer Stewart’s overseas departure. Local real estate growth spurred by a new shoe factory, recruiting marches, and preparations for the 164th Battalion. Births marriages deaths listed from Acton area including Garden birth and Bennett death.
Canadian fishermen and the industry anticipate a government driven expansion in fish consumption. A $200000 appropriation and a $300000 loan support boat renewal and marketing, backed by social and advertising efforts that promise better conditions and prosperity for mariners and crews nationwide.
A narrator details a five mile detour due to a new bridge under construction near Ginger Farm. After days of road closures and blocked paths, a neighbor helps reroute traffic for homeward access. The piece also shares joy over a long awaited down quilt and new sheets bringing warmth and relief from rheumatic shoulders.
The article recounts Rev. Cameron’s scholarly sermons on Ephesians and Hebrews, his opposition to prohibition, and his death in 1890. It follows with notes on Rev. Rae and the church’s growth, the sale of the old manse, and the building of the Willow Street church and later the present church.
The text asserts that genuine piety is the spring of peace of mind and enables healing of sorrows. It presents a moral reflection on faith as a source of inner calm and resilience.
After a long day on the farm the narrator seeks rest and comfort. The piece contrasts labor with the soothing relief of a calm evening.
Oliver N Warren presents a humorous diary of classroom scenes and neighbors with stumbles in spelling and dialogue. Entries describe a prufe reader plan, editor and social talk at Mistress Van Smytheses, teasing at Josie Wadkins and a monkeylike parrot reply, and teacher questions.
The piece argues life security is a key political issue and urges public support for a comfortable retiring age. It cites Life Underwriters Association of Canada data showing outcomes at age 65, with 30 dead among 100, most poor, few wealthy, many not self-supporting, and calls for policy adjustment to prevent reliance on relatives or public charges.
The dialogue features Rastus, Sambo, and Bambo discussing a rooster incident. Rastus claims the rooster was not in Sambo's garden, while Sambo and Bambo describe shooting at the rooster and mention its neck being involved in the defense. The crude rural dialogue centers on a rooster encounter and a neck injury.
A real estate agent shows many properties without appeal until a farmer visits an old Workout farm. The buyer asks what he can raise there to recoup the money, and the dealer jokes that he raised the price as he did. A separate line ends with a quip about calling Chicago.
Two guests in a hotel room share a restless night as one complains about a feather bed. The host had promised comfort and a quiet stay, but at two in the morning tensions rise as one guest requests a change.
The Acton Free Press promises full news coverage and editorial features answering What's the News with regular reporting. It emphasizes comprehensive service to readers in delivering current events and commentary.
A man walking hurls a coin toward a blind man’s cup but misses. The coin rolls away and is quickly recovered. The thrower quips that the recipient is not the regular blind man, while the other explains he is just waiting for the film to start.
A fragmentary dialogue features a clerk and a speaker in a tense exchange. The text hints at a payment of twenty dollars a day and mentions quietness and a house in a displaced capitalization style.
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