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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1926
Page
10
A poem by Fred Scott Shepard appears in the Acton Free Press dated October 21 1926 urging readers to serve others and ease burdens. It asks if your actions bless others and scatter sunshine and reminds that faithful service brightens lives and gathers wanderers toward precious treasures through daily deeds.
The Cobb family spends Sunday morning exploring radio church services from stations across the country. They compare sermons from Dr. Harold Hyatt at Christ Church with others, debating church offerings and the ideal preacher as they listen with family in the dining room.
A fragmented meditation extols early to bed and early to rise as a formula for health wealth and wisdom. It notes a young man lingering in bed due to self indulgence and suggests those who rise early avoid later stumbling blocks and pay the price for success.
Young Niel Bullock, on his third day at the Pawlett grain elevator, falls into a grain bin while oiling cups. He struggles through swirling wheat, nearly succumbing before coworkers halt the flow and pull him free. He decides to stay on rather than quit, noting the work is more engaging than expected.
A pardoned Spanish brigand Jose Maria recalls robbing an English gentleman and his servant of a horse, clothes, and wealth. He returned only small items such as the servant’s horn and a doubloon while the youth begged for his watch, saying it connected him to his late father. The tale underscores the brigand’s cautious generosity after pardon.
After seventeen months and fourteen different positions Rena Stone seeks a stable break with Harrow & Dally. Mr. Harrow rejects her, noting that they need a capable young woman with steadfast experience not merely a string of experiences. Marcia Stevens echoes the assessment.
A skeptical man who laments decline is ordered by the caliph to seek out worthy deeds and publicly praise them. He rushes to write reports of good works but can no longer keep up with the praise. The caliph awards insight, noting the man has learned his lesson.
A discussion traces the phrase high brow from its praise of educated minds to a disparaging label. It notes that a supposed general term now targets only a specific cultivated type seen as priggish and unapproachable, harming the idea of genuine idealism and scholarship.
Safety guidance on outdoor fire use includes fully extinguishing fires before leaving and before bed, keeping fires enclosed with a screen, avoiding dead wood, not burning large paper scraps, and supervising children near flames. It warns against relying on assumptions that a fire is out. It also notes thawing frozen pipes with hot water rather than flame.
Dominion Horticulturist W. T. Macoun explains winter forcing of bulbs in pots and pans using hyacinths tulips and daffodils. Plant in autumn with proper drainage water care and cool cellar storage for six weeks or more to root and force.
An amusing incident quoted by H. T. nek shows how material value shapes marriage in African customs. A girl Yanniki refuses a suitor for offering ten cows, arguing her worth exceeds that price and noting a rival paid twelve cows. She urges her father to demand thirty cows.
Advertises McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets promising rapid weight gain, claiming 10 pounds in 22 days for frail and anaemic individuals. Each box contains 60 tablets for 60 cents with a money back offer if no benefit.
The passage notes how salesmen travel and call home at small costs. It highlights how they speak to family daily, often around breakfast, with brief but intimate chats that keep them connected despite being away.
The text argues that choosing a profession or art in line with one’s definite bent is not the easy path. It requires perseverance and effort, yet offers deeper satisfaction and potential success. By contrast routine work may give comfort but yields growing disinterest and eventual failure.
A sermon urges reliability as a church member, noting persistence under hardship, prioritizing service, and denying distractions. It compares loyalty to belonging in a premier club and cites a biblical quote on confession and fidelity. It emphasizes enthusiasm, visible loyalty, and public witness to faith.
A father and son visiting Edinburgh observe a farmer using a chicken attached by a string to a horse’s foreleg to eat spilled oats. The elder man remarks the scene signals the wrong place to start a business in that street setting.
James Mulligan, the only man in the village skilled to saw, split wood, or operate a lawn mower, pressures a carnal Matener for swift employment. He complains of losing steady cents per hour and urges the boy to study geometry to grasp why efficiency matters.
Dialogue scenes Ephraim pledges purity and churchgoing while refusing to admit debt payment as part of religion. The exchange contrasts spiritual duty with practical obligations in a rural voice. The conversation centers on piety, widows, and community norms.
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