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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1933
Page
10
Gale on the Granite Spring grade confronts a grizzly that ambushes his mule Sukey. He fights with an improvised club built from his axe boot and a thorny ledge, finally toppling the tree to escape the bear and resume his route.
At the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa the perennial border is kept in bloom all season with yellow coreopsis and gaily colored species. Dracoephalum Sedum and lavatera provide extended color, while asters and Michaelmas daisies sustain fall interest. Perennial phlox and poppies offer rich color. divide every few years to maintain soil moisture and vigor. Anemone and various asters round out the late season display.
A rural school child offers a whimsical, imperfect portrait of a duck describing it as a slow heavy set bird of meat oil and feathers with its head at one end and its body at the other He notes toes skin between them and a balloon in the stomach to keep it from sinking He mentions two legs set far back on the body and concludes that drakes loaf swim and eat while ducks do not give milk though they lay eggs.
A quip about perspective on geography shows a student asking which countries lie beyond the Atlantic and the teacher noting it depends on which side one stands. The exchange highlights regional viewpoints and language play.
A readable fragment advises a home remedy for head noises. It mentions taking a tablespoonful of a warm water sugar solution four times daily to relieve distressing head noises, with partial notes on nasal congestion. The text is fragmented and lacks complete instructions.
The writer recounts Bret Harte correcting a compositor error in an obituary about a leading town lady. He originally penned charity before a proof altered it to chastity, with the mistaken line later corrected before publication.
The passage defines a fertilizer mix as 2-12-6 with 4 percent nitrogen and 12 percent available phosphoric acid and 6 percent water, implying each mixture contains soluble potash.
A father visits his son at boarding school and discusses a late train. A witness is questioned about being jailed, with unclear dialogue and several garbled phrases. The readable parts hint at a courtroom setting but lack coherent details.
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