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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1926
Page
5
A verse titled A Boy's Complaint portrays a boy tired of chores and strict rules. He laments constant responsibilities from school and home and longing for rest and freedom. The lines humorously contrast a boy's daily duties with a future hope of becoming a grown man.
Grain markets flourish at Acton station with turnips and sugar beets shipped. Electric lighting fixtures installed at St Joseph and Disciple churches. Grand Trunk Railway first train passed Acton fifty years ago. Local property transfers include J B Mackenzie cement block residence and several house sales. Acton I C Lodge No 204 members visit Streetaville. Laird Gamble marriage reported at Church Street residence.
Katharine Hollingsworth a beautiful Quaker maid en wins the love of George Robinson a Church of England member. He converts to the Society of Friends to marry her as recorded in 1688. Their union is described as long loving and exemplary in piety.
A young New York clerk shown courtesy to a rainy day shopper earns a major commission when Mrs. Andrew Carnegie orders complete furnishings for Skibo Castle Scotland. The head of the firm notes the man lacked long experience yet is chosen to supervise the grand estate project. The tale underlines how polite service can open doors.
Drunkenness theme warns of alcohol as a menace and its ruinous effects on health mind and life. It cites Prov 18 29 35 and Prov 23 32 with vivid imagery and moral lessons urging Let it alone and Put it beyond reach. It urges study questions on self control and law enforcement.
Henry Held of New York and Richard Boucher of Three Rivers risked life to repaint and repair the Windsor Street station chimney. For eight days they hauled a two foot wide platform to the top, performing the dangerous work with calm skill and claiming safety on the height. Held, over sixty, has spent forty years in such work and plans to retire soon to Alberta.
A collection of quoted sayings from M Barrie J Hi Newmian C H Spur Dr L A Hanks Kingsley Bacon Longfellow and Holloway on self denial duty service and compassion. The fragment ends noting Holloway's Corn Remover as a purchasable aid.
In a lesson on life’s basics from animals a group of children learns milk comes from cows and wool from the store. An student notes wool comes from the back of the counter. The piece then shifts to promoting Miller's Worm Powders as safe for infants to treat worms and improve sleep.
The article notes Miss Grace Ellison’s interviews with Turkish brides andwomen in harems, describing diverse views on marriage including one bride who escaped an unwanted marriage and others who regretted future matches. It ends with a plug for Dr J Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy claiming to lift asthma symptoms and restore vigor.
Harrigan walks with a new bull pup and a friend jokes about keeping a dog in his room. The exchange reveals the pup’s unusual confinement and the friend’s odd admiration for blooded dogs. Worms fret infants. Mother Graves Worm Exterminating tar claims to clear stomach and intestines.
A reflection on mending stockings as a symbol of wife and motherly duty. The piece notes the domestic task binds family life, contrasts past and present attitudes, and admires the steady toil of women who oversee the working basket with practical pride.
Dr Thomas Electric Oil is the product of careful study of healing oils applied to the body. The text claims it is a rare beneficial combination that earned early and lasting public favor and will convince skeptics of its repairing and healing powers.
A tense exchange shows George and a former team member explaining their long service and poor treatment after a recent illness. The president questions loyalty while acknowledging value, revealing strains over pay deductions for medical absence.
The Bishop of Manchester recalls a school anecdote about Isaac Newton as a teacher tries to explain gravity. A pupil quips that Newton might have learned nothing if he had been reading, illustrating a child’s witty view on discovery.
A Kingston Standard column notes normal newspaper type errors and misplacements in high speed printing. It discusses how 2 759 022 errors arise in the sentence To be or not to be, and claims Dr Thomas Relectric Oil serves as a versatile pain killer with broad claimed uses based on experience.
A small boy asked for oak varnish for his father in a Philadelphia shop. The shopkeeper pressed for payment and refused credit, returning the jar with a scowl while the boy claimed his father would leave enough varnish for the job.
An old advertisement touts Rheuma as a miracle remedy for rheumatic pain. It claims astonishing nationwide success and promises waste elimination from joints and muscles. Consumers are urged to buy from J Hassard or any druggist with a money back guarantee.
The excerpt recalls Henrik Ibsen’s view of women as inferior in usefulness yet shows his private habit of sewing buttons on his clothes with great care. John Paulsen notes Ibsen bragged he trusted no woman to button his garments, while his wife later reveals she secretly resewed many buttons herself.
An early 20th century advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets as a cure for thin underdeveloped kids. It claims vitamins from codfish extract build strength and appetite, with testimonials of rapid weight gain and health improvements. The ad emphasizes affordability at 69 cents for 60 tablets and a money back guarantee if no improvement within 30 days.
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