Not Understood in a War Warning Poem
A fragment from the Acton Press notes a somber poem about misunderstood voices during wartime. It laments distance between people and the need for sympathy as years pass and friends fade away.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
5
Palace Drug Store changes and local meetings in Acton
Twenty years ago The Free Press notes changes at Palace Drug Store with new owners E J Hotsard in Acton and previous movers to Georgetown and Stratford. It also covers the Guelph District Epworth League winter school in Rockwood, a Protestant pastor’s appointment, and a push for by laws on alcohol with local council actions and fire brigade staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Drug
E. A. Robertson
Stratford
WH. Grindell
Grindcell
Port. William
Guelph
Epworth League
Rockwood
A. T. Grown
Acton
Mikes Bertie Bpaight
Bophis
Ethel Coleman
Phemio Laing
Lst
Henry Grindell
Newton Hurst
James Mille
Acton Fire Brigade
Menry Qgrindell
Ed. Ryder
Qgrindell
W. D. Anderson
Harvest Study Links Apple Harvest Dates to Breakdown and Color
A 1927 report from the Summerland experimental station examines how harvest dates affect apple color and storage breakdown across varieties such as McIntosh Jonathan Delicious Rome Beauty and Wagener. Findings show later picking increases breakdown, while early dates mitigate decay. McIntosh and Newton often avoid injury even when picked late. The article also briefly notes other agricultural experiments and an asthma remedy advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerland
W. T. Hunter
Department of Agriculture
Rome
Jonathan
Pruit
Grimes Golden
de Helena
McIntosh
Newton
Sunday School Lesson on Respect for Authorities
A lesson outline surveys Mark 12 13 17 Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2 14 on obedience to government and divine law. It contrasts tax paying and temperance with modern Prohibition debates and urges support for enforcement, virtue, and love as debt. It also notes an oil medicine ad at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thom
Rome
God
Nero
Christ
Hugh the Drover premier at English Music and Mobs Festival
At the Royal York Hotel Teronte a November 15 premiere of Hugh the Drover by Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams is promoted as a highlight of the English Music and Mobs Festival. The production features velure costumes, folk-inspired setting, Allan Jones as the lead tenor, and orchestral effects creating a dramatic tour de force on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal York
Gough
Allan Jonas
Extletion
Denuyli Opera
Opera Comique
Paris
Fleft
Allan Jones
The Woman Who Chose Architecture Over Marriage
A decisive woman explains she chose a career in architecture over domestic life to shape enduring structures like cathedrals. Years later she is married to a professor, runs plans and upholstering work, and raises two sons pursuing architecture while expressing pride in women’s professional work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grept
Westmintter
York Minster
Laurence
Yale
Susan
Soil Fertility Through Humus and Fertilizers
Sandy soils benefit from humus forming material to boost nitrogen storage and moisture. Barnyard manure and green manuring raise organic matter. commercial fertilizers help yields when paired with manure. A 4-0-6 fertilizer mix suits corn potatoes and roots, with recommended adjustments for light sandy loams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uume
Ume
Division of Chemistry
Canada
BBC Tha
Pattern Theft Confession Sparks Shopfront Plan
In a sly exchange, Mr Ill instructs his wife on how to observe a Stafford shop pattern he seeks in green. He notes the clerk, price, and place, then rehearses a convincing story to avoid offense. The tale ends with a sly boast that the plan would go unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ill
Thomas
Stafford
Tom
Stafford Jnulde
Rd Mla
Ong HO
Saaid
Blutlard
Thomas Edmund Appleyard
Esquesing
Halton
Ontario
Farmer
Parliament of
Canada
Marquest
May Appleyard
Bargaret Mfay
Mic" Donald
Ohtaci HW. N. Parageil
Acton
The Battle of the Mothers
In a reading room scene the archdeacon explains his ninety one year old mother motoring and readers praise her vitality. A man with a ninety two year old mother counters with his own aging matriarch who enjoys knitting and grandparenting thirty eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch
Archdeacon
Lyman
Meo
If an independent editor could reveal the truth in a Gazette
A satirical jibe imagines an editor with independent means reporting every local vice and virtue. Town figures from churchgoers to magistrates are sketched in unflattering terms, suggesting a scandalous but entertaining paper would emerge before public trust and decorum falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almonte
the Gazette
Siie
Bam Jones
Ehoir
Tyne
Milly Thomson
Afonday
Sam Edwards
Bou Smythe
Merivale
Clvb
Afayor Winchester
Sam McGladery
Tom Plannigan
Princens Street
John Mfc. Millan
Sawbaties
Milings
Murdoch Fraser
Rafferty
Akinfiint
Independent
Venoa. vo Sunday: Daly aekia Delt 3 Dally 3.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Daly and Delt with repeated numbers and Sunday reference. No clear event or identities to establish a coherent news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venoa
Dalyaekia
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