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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1922
Page
9
Long article excerpt discusses protecting fruit trees from mice and rabbits with methods such as wrapping trunks in paper or installing wire protectors, and advises ground cover and loose soil mounds to deter gnawing. It notes variable winter depredations and mentions experiments at Ottawa Experimental Farm with low breach rates.
A young man named Ralph stirs a circle at a social function with radical ideas and provocative talk. An older nun observes while his sister asks about his motives as his father weighs the value of brilliancy versus steadiness in business.
A fragment discusses handkerchief origins in Italy, then France where Queen Marie Antoinette influenced square shapes. It notes a January 2, 1786 naval decree requiring handkerchief length to equal breadth and claims broad obedience. It also weaves in domestic chatter about a daughter singing and rent excuses.
A readable clump of items from Georgetown and area highlights visits, illness, church events, a local anniversary service, and a long essay on handshakes. It notes traveling guests from Whitby Ontario and Huntington Quebec, plus a public note about Georgetown’s new crane and hunting season advertising by Canadian National Railways.
Last Friday near Yalr a group including Cad Thompson George Miller alias Hamel Qreen Frank Carter and Ceo Hicks faced remand before Pollo Magistrate Khields on charges of operating a burglary ring. Webb was convicted and sentenced to up to 18 months in the Ontario Reformatory. Britton acquitted. A separate note reports the Provincial W C T U convention appointing Mrs Denyon superintendent of Temperance Instruction and inquiries about a night watch in Milton amid rising street nuisance complaints.
Mrs Aspinall has remigrated for a year at Toronto University to study public health and social service. A rummage sale by Knox Church Ladies’ Auxiliary raised about 100 dollars. Mr Goo Hummer's family moved to town from Winnipeg. A truck collision near the Brant Y House injured a driver. no fatalities. The Dominion Canner y sent a car of pork and beans for Northern Ontario relief. Beach canal work to deepen the channel is planned with government soundings underway. Mr T W Dingle suffered leg injuries after a truck accident at Lake Shore Hoag while returning home.
A reflective piece argues true joy lies in friendship not wealth. It notes that even a Rhodes scholar feels half his triumph dampened if mother cannot share it, showing friendship as life’s greatest, shared joy. It asserts no one is too poor to gain friends or too unfortunate to keep them.
A fragment from a 19th century style scene shows Jones wandering home pondering hiding his personal secrets from his wife. A drunken man overhears a library encounter prompting a playful miscommunication about reading and family life.
A fragmentary note from the Hoston Transcript describes a house encounter where a woman remarks to her gardener Patrick about a photograph on a center table. He makes a flippant reply about appearances and the matter’s insignificance.
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