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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
5
A brief verse contemplates a brook that dances merrily reflecting joy yet warned it may witness misery and town decay. The speaker prays for courage and song to mimic the stream and live a brave life. The poem names a single author and evokes nature.
Twenty years ago the Free Press notes corn roasting social gatherings flourishing. Automobiles pass daily to and from Toronto while Acton sells 500 tickets to the Toronto Exhibition since opening. Property changes include J B Take buying Church and Elgin corner, and John Arthurs moving flour and feed business on Mill Street back to the widened street line. Acton Cornet Band is hired for Rockwood Fair on October 5. A new forty horse power poller arrives for Beardmore Co. to install a modern chopping outfit. Anna Jarie McKeague dies in Winnipeg at 77 or 78, mother of Dr S A McKeague of Acton.
The Hardwick Gazette reports Timothy Tripe of Bellows Falls painted a barn side board to look like a main street fence. Farmers tried hopping the fence, sparrows fluttered, and birds pecked at the painted wood. A book agent collided with the fence and plans a lawsuit against Tripe and his thundering bulldog Francis X Bushman.
A Jaffa traveler recounts hiring a carriage to tour Jaffa before an Jerusalem-bound train. The driver raced through rough streets, leaving the passenger frustrated yet amused. The driver quips that an American tends to want speed, explaining the hurried tour.
Public interest soars as the Western Fair expands into a major exhibition with new livestock buildings and top Holstein displays. The Midway promises unmatched amusements while nightly fireworks and band music entertain visitors during September 11 to 18, with thousands expected from across the country.
The lesson explores the tent of meeting as a symbol of God's presence and Moses friendship with God. It emphasizes humanity's hunger for God, the privilege of personal fellowship, and the call to testify to God's reality through faith and daily conduct.
Twenty one members of the United Kingdom’s delegation to the Empire Parliamentary Association arrive in Quebec aboard the Empress of Scotland for conferences in Australia and a Canadian tour. Led by Arthur Henderson with Marquis of Salisbury as chair, the group travels via the Canadian Pacific lines to study conditions and trade, plans a Banff motor trip, and joins open ceremonies for Australia’s new capital.
Vancouver's new Canadian Pacific Railway pier opens this August and September, promising world-class harbor scale. The 109 foot wide sheds flank a central four-track spine with a two-storey headhouse at the shore end for storage, passenger handling and offices. Eight Barlow-type marine elevators enable direct ship-to-deck freight transfer, aided by continuous sidings and movable bridges to clear elevator shafts.
The article discusses how people constantly study their own facial expressions as others watch them. It notes that conscious effort can hide true emotion, while uncontrolled expressions reveal inner feelings. It suggests using this awareness to control or repress facial cues.
The text contrasts a forgiving temper with constant fault finding. It notes discouragement as a chief misfortune and links self-control to easier pardoning. It suggests calm and laughter restore peace, while anger disrupts harmony. It ends with an ad urging Holloway's Corn Remover for painless relief.
Cartoon dialogue shows Homer with a terrible toothache seeking relief. A character suggests returning home to his wife for comfort. An ad for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator promises safe worm removal from children without injury and effective results.
A Minnesota family led by Mr and Mrs John A Stundebeck settled in the Humboldt district with nine children aged two to nineteen. They bought 960 acres of land, arrived by car and motor truck carrying a house wagon to accommodate the family, and brought several thousand dollars in cash and effects plus farm equipment valued at $3500. The journey compares the prairie schooner migration to modern motorized travel.
Poem fragment envisions a simple home with warm rooms and foreign stars while a medical advertisement promotes Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claiming real relief and permanent benefits not overstated, urging trust in its conservative claims.
A wartime era joke shows a War Office inspector checking recruits gear. Private MacTootle is questioned on toothbrush and razor items as the line endures the officer’s sharp temper. The scene captures military provisioning and sharp humor about kit readiness.
A fragment from the London Opinion shows McIntosh speaking to a doctor in the night about a comic misunderstanding. He jokes about a swallowed object and mishearing a phrase, highlighting Scottish humor and thrift.
Sylvia feigned seriousness as Sammy swam six strokes and praised her. Sylvia swam, splashed, and sank prompting Sammy to shout Save Sylvia. Six sailors rescued Sylvia while Sammy blamed her before apologizing as she smiled.
A short reflective note on preferring experience over sensational stories during elections. It emphasizes valuing intangible worth over money, choosing constructive over fault finding, and recognizing cost in children as a concern. The speaker seeks deeper friendship with God and urges prudent judgment in public life.
The text notes carbolic acid is kept to cauterize wounds in factories and workshops. It recommends Dr. Thomas’ Electric Oil as a quicker, skin friendly alternative that does not scar or burn.
A contributor recalls a boyhood experience with a wooden windmill, workers, and a frightening sleepless episode on high stairs. He describes waking in fear atop the windmill and the cold, uncertain night, and how he kept the incident secret to avoid ridicule.
The article states coughing stems from irritation of the respiratory passages due to inflammation of the mucous membrane. It claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil eases inflammation and typically stops a cough.
A fragmentary school scene shows Billy quarreling with his elder cousin Conrad over a birthday gift. The boy secretly wishes to give a more costly present than he can afford, revealing tension with family expectations and financial limits.
A police court vignette features a magistrate pressing Rastua about chicken theft. Rastus reply claims he was merely testing his will power, underscoring a sharp, ironic confrontation in a racialized legal moment.
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