Words as powers of kindness and harm in daily speech
A reflective piece on how words can bless or wound, comparing speech to sunshine and venom. It urges careful handling of language to avoid destroying lives and to lift others toward higher aims.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1932
Page
7
Acton Reorganizes Council and Post Office Roles
Twenty years ago notes record Lambert as mail carrier for rural route No 2 with a $640 annual salary. H R Burling moves to Toront o branches. T A Halstead returns to Picton. Acton plans waterworks, sewage, a standpipe, police reform, and a Boost Club to reach 5000 by 1920. A cross spire repair at St Josephs Church and a Ruthenian Bulgarian service are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson” Lambert
Acton
Post Office’Department
Epworth League
Frank Kennedy
J. Vietge ‘Coleman
Minnie Z. Bennett
A. T. Brown
Fairview Cemetery
Prospect Park
Christian Duty Toward Civil Authorities Sermon Excerpt
A Sunday school lesson discusses Romans 13 on obeying governing authorities as ordained by God and the duty of Christians to pay taxes and respect laws. It expands the sowing and reaping principle to moral actions, warning that small sins yield large consequences and good deeds yield lasting, divine rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Christ
Douglas Egyptian Liniment Promoted for Animal Ailments
An 18th or 19th century advertisement touts Pouglas Egyptian Liniment as a remedy for sore necks galls distemper callouses and spavins. It claims to remove proud flesh hoof rot and stop bleeding instantly.
Small towns gain dignity in a de pression era
The Renfrew Mercury notes that big cities overvalue urban life while country areas prove self sufficient. As towns and farms grow independent, cities may prosper too. Disillusioned city folk return to the country seeking peace, sincerity, and neighborly ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renfrew Mercury
British Market Sees Surge in Canadian Apples and Fruit
Canadian apples dominate British fruit show prestige and trade. Shipments from Montreal and Halifax to London Liverpool Glasgow and other ports reached 11 400 barrels and 103 262 boxes for the week ending October first with another 8 000 boxes to Cape Town. Niagara pears and Niagara plums also move steadily to British buyers totaling 4 657 units and 19 316 packages respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Montreal
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Annapolis Valley
North America
London
Liverpool
Glasgow
Southampton
Manchester
Belfast
Cardiff
Avonmouth
Cape ‘Town
South Africa
Niagara Peninsula
Ontario
Tomato Juice Cocktail Is Smart Refreshment
A San Francisco Chronicle dietitian touts tomato juice cocktails as healthy and versatile. The guide notes tomato juice suits breakfast or a light supper, offers a simple recipe with vinegar sugar bay leaf onion lemon juice and celery, and advises chilling the juice before serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Persian Balm Adverts Youthful Skin Care Properties
Advertisement touts Persian Balm as a versatile product for women and families. It claims to refresh and cool the skin, soften and whiten hands, tone the complexion, and even serve as a hair fixative and shaving lotion for men.
Self-Destruction Noted In Fragmented Speech
Fragmentary quotes describe a self inflicted death by suicide with garbled phrasing. The text references a blonde individual and self harm but lacks full context or names.
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. R. Burling
Metropolitan Bank
Toronto
T. A. Halstead
Picton
Halstead
St. Joseph's Church
J. Kolesnikoff
Toreonto
British and Foreign Bible‘ Society
Edwin W. Smith
British and Foreign Bible Society
Eva-Gore-Booth
W.‘H. Friedlander
St. Augustine
The
Bible Society
Korea
China
India
Nepal
Tibet
Society
Canada
Miller
Betty—Barclay
Hallowe'en
Britain
Rogers
Mercury aPon
Price
Steed Flete Sa
Corner Mill and Main Streets
Acton, Ontario
Sulcide
Ak “Acton
Chicago Filer
Daly
George
Life Insurance
Frederick L. Wright
Imperial Life Assurance
Savage &Co
Free‘ Press Office
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