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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1926
Page
13
A humorous 1926 poem about family reactions to illness. It contrasts Pa’s dramatic sickness and fear with Ma’s practical endurance and quiet optimism. The piece portrays household bustle, doctor calls, and the shared relief when ailments pass.
A 1906 Free Press item notes Knox Church Thanksgiving Supper with Rev J C Wilson and performers, net receipts 93.00. Mrs Henderson's MP husband returned from Britain after twelve weeks away. Beardmore tannery kiln work starts, Samuel Laird first Acton Court member reaching old age annuity. Erin show weather spoiled. large indoor entries, yet fewer attendees. School salaries raised for 1907 with Miss Jessie McKinnon and others listed. A birth in Acton and two obituaries, Barber and Macdonald of Esquesing.
The Sunday School lesson presents Joshua as Moses successor and Israel's new leader. It highlights his apprenticeship, modesty, and versatility, urging preparation for Christian service and noting how God uses varied talents.
An inventor in northern Maine converts a wagon with flanged wheels to run on an unused railway. Henry Green launches a passenger train by auto on the abandoned line once operated by the Katahdin Iron Works and Brownville branch, selling rides and baggage as the line reopens in fits and starts.
Rev Charles R Brown recalls a Plymouth Church scene with Henry Ward Beecher and his father Lyman Beecher. The elder Bain interrupted the sermon to question Henry, then praised his son’s influence before resuming the sermon. The moment highlighted mutual respect and impact on a listening congregation.
In a curious tale from a refrigerated news item Tillie the maid stores four days of accumulated mail in a tin pail beside the ice box. Mrs Nelson discovers the mailbox has been emptied and Tillie cheerfully claims to have brought the letters, kept cold for storage.
A bishop recalls a pastor who left ministry for a wholesale hat business after marrying and starting a family. He notes labor troubles in the ministry and the pull of economic security as key factors. The anecdote underlines seven reasons including a wife and six children.
A grateful user reports marked relief from asthma with Dr Kel logg a remedy, claiming it is the sole recognized market solution. The text extols its lasting effectiveness and ongoing popularity, noting sustained performance over years and praising the product as the leading asthma treatment.
The Prince of Wales opened the Maison Canadienne in Paris on October 1. It is the first modern Canadian student hostelry outside Europe linked to Cite Universitaire. The facility, financed by public subscription, includes 45 furnished rooms with baths and a large Salle de Reunion, aiming to rival Oxford and Cambridge in scope.
The 19th transatlantic cable laid from Penzance to Bay Roberts Newfoundland uses permalloy sheath for fast transmission. It runs 3,400 miles with speeds of 2,500 letters per minute and costs about $1,000 per nautical mile.
Historical report describes how European conscripts feign deafness to dodge service. Officials exposed tricks by using in plain voice declarations and door mechanisms, then adjusting to recruits who then feign no sign of hearing. French officers added a trap by shouting you may go and prompting the recruit to exit with a door kept open.
In a domestic scene Mrs Lambkin argues for her husband’s rest as the doctor orders a strict schedule of six hours daily rest for three months. The family debates the seriousness of the illness while Mrs Lambkin reveals her own health concerns. Holloway's Corn Remover ad follows the medical note.
A reflective piece urges self discipline and internal reform. It argues that true help comes from the mind and body when one eliminates bad habits by circular self-amputation and burial of former faults. It also notes the value of experience and warns against self love overpowering compassion for others.
Do not allow worms to harm your infant. Signs alert mothers to worm presence. Miller's Worm Powder is recommended to expel worms quickly with minimal inconvenience to the child.
A young man faces forgery sentencing as a judge recalls a famous legal mentor. The prisoner questions his father, who once warned him with the line Run away, boy, I'm busy. The father, a renowned lawyer, finished a monumental book on a law topic.
The article explains a common myth about the horse chestnut being used for sick horses and debunks it. It then states the true origin: after the leaf stems dry, the scars left on the twig resemble a horseshoe with nail holes clearly visible.
A short advertisement claims mothers can easily detect child worms and apply Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to quickly relieve symptoms, asserting reliable results and immediate action.
In a Georgia town of about six thousand, a summer Chautauqua assembly attracted large attendance from opening day. A showman arrived with a steam merry go round on the second day, set midway between town and the grounds, as locals and visitors watched the performances. A country youth, asked about the event, exclaimed he enjoyed it greatly and rode the ride nine times.
The piece notes that the quickest path from Michigan and nearby states to New York and New England runs via northern Ontario. It cites twenty five million travelers by car and claims many live within a twenty four hour drive of the provincial boundary and that car traffic into Ontario in recent years supports this conclusion.
An advertisement touts Rheuma as a guaranteed cure for rheumatic pain and related conditions. It promises rapid uric acid clearance, relief from lumbago sciatica and neuralgia, and a quick path to restored health after a single bottle. It warns of potential heart risk from untreated rheumatism.
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