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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
2
Poetic exhortation urges perseverance and courage to reach lofty heights. Mentions Sunshine Hill and Sunshine EMM. references to overcoming fears, enduring winds, and steering toward unmeasured heights with steady patience. Includes names Harwoed Townsenil and Lilffan.
A club writer seeks ideas on how women uplift the coming generation. Judge Adams recalls how his mother guided his brothers as children and later influenced ministers lawyers and lawmakers. He believes a mother's influence begins at home through love and example.
A twelve year old notes her city mother works long hours away from home while country mothers stay with children. Miss McCracken argues country mothers provide vital daily nurturing. The piece stresses mothering as essential for social stability and family harmony.
In a college settlement room a child boasting of a piano prompts a donor to argue wealthier families may not deserve aid. The head worker questions the claim and learns the piano is a child’s upright, measuring about twenty one inches high, gifted by the settlement.
A weary telegraph operator Walter befriends a shabby yet principled tramp at Kempton station. The wanderer warns of danger as an Atlantic Flyer nears, aiding a near-disaster when Number 14 stalls on the main line. Walter credits the tramp, who departs with a quiet pledge and future change.
The piece recalls Joseph Jefferson famed for Rip Van Winkle as he travels by slow Missouri rail to St. Joseph. In a sleeping car he orders a berth, jokes about a long night, and a porter jokes about the famed napper Joseph Jefferson. A passenger mentions he once slept for twenty years.
A leading national businessman argues success comes from being right more often than wrong. He says aiming for around fifty-one percent correct judgments suffices, since a few missteps are acceptable. The message encourages progress over perfection and bold effort.
The passage urges steadfast patience and warns that opportunities behind you may vanish. It warns that relying on luck can leave a valuable cargo unclaimed while favorable chances pass, urging proactive action rather than passive waiting.
A simple two ounce glycerine and one drain of salt solution mixed with water forms a windshield cleaner. Apply a thin layer with gauze in a downward stroke to keep glass clear in all conditions.
Put up in small portable bottles sold for a small sum, Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil possesses power in concentrated form. Its cheapness and varied uses make it the poor man's friend, and no dealer's stock is complete without it.
An old farmer Mr Winters seeks to shift his granddaughters Dora and May from natural sciences to astronomy at their school. He cites disorder from botany and collections at home and asks the principal to enroll them in astronomy, hoping for a calmer study focused on the moon and stars.
A compact meditation on desire and contentment contrasts those who seek less with the push for advancement. It notes readers who skip baths or magazines and reminds that knowledge fuels wants. A sunlit quip about a philosopher urges action beyond idle admiration, ending with a remark on progress.
A socially inclined woman laments liking someone else’s teacups while a second tale follows a little girl whose simple supper of bread butter milk and apple sauce is praised after a late visit. The hostess notes the child poured milk from dainty pitchers and savored the apple sauce as the best she ever tasted.
Canada supplied the United Kingdom with 4,927,266 pounds of butter and 40,468,544 pounds of cheese in the seven months ending July, tripling last year’s butter and doubling cheese. Full year totals show butter at 28,369,307 pounds worth $20,317,819 and cheese at 140,149,300 pounds worth $27,894,665, marking large gains over the prior year and a net enrichment of $9,236,029.
An old dialogue notes that the standard of prosperity varies and may mislead. A farmer in Nir Sands recalls a man named BM Gasnott who, after marriage to a prudent wife, improved his status from a makeshift bed to substantial wealth, illustrating how partnership can transform fortune.
A mother scolds her son for fighting John next door while the boy jokes that John’s mother will need to buy a new boy. The exchange ends with playful defiance as they compare ruined clothes and mock expenses.
A sermon condemns throwing temptation before a clean minded youth and discouraging a man fighting to return. It warns against undermining a child’s faith and starting an unstoppable scandal, betraying public trust, using office for private profit, and disappointing sacrificing parents.
An advertisement extols Baby's Own Soap as ideal for babies with tender skin. It emphasizes soft soothing oils and a clinging fragrance described as reminiscent of roses of France, suitable for both baby and pou.
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