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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
7
A critique of anonymous newspaper writers who grab readers with dramatic tales and crime reports. The piece notes how unknown authors, unnamed toilers, produce compelling copy that captures a large audience but leaves no lasting recognition.
In the October 9, 1920 issue Walker Lodge members and visiting brethren attended a Methodist Church service where Rev TM Moyer spoke. Prohibition passed in four Canadian provinces Nova Scotia Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with Ontario likely to vote next April. A new post office stamp set will replace the seven cent stamp and a registration fee hike affects international mail. Obituaries note Annie Reough and Thomas Alderson deaths in October 1920.
Lt Gen Ivar Holmquist told Swedish soldiers they needed the support that religion provides to life and duty, urging unity under faith as the army presses on.
A tribute from The Western Mail lauds Welsh tramp poet WK Davies born 1871 in Newport Pil as a major nature poet. It recalls his nomadic life, Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, and his numerous volumes while noting he could not speak Welsh yet loved Welsh sounds and place names. A separate brief notes Dr and Mrs Sam W Wilkes visiting hospital for appendectomy procedures.
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