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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1925
Page
11
The Oshawa Telegram essay extols the newspaper editor's service to humanity. It describes service as an intangible, unpaid, constant effort combining intelligence experience and unselfish counsel. It emphasizes accuracy, anticipation of reader needs, and the editor's devoted hours beyond compensation.
The Farmers' Sun notes white crosses along Ohio roads as silent warnings of driver negligence and urges Ontario to add markers at serious accidents. Six crosses near a railway crossing illustrate the toll of reckless driving and the value of road signs in preventing deaths.
Progressive Oakville merchants and residents joined in a Dollar Day scheme to boost local commerce. The plan tied community buying to mutual benefit, keeping money in town and supporting merchants while delivering value to shoppers. The piece extols cooperation as the engine of civilization and everyday prosperity.
The Economist surveys European wheat needs and predicts Canada will supply most imports from the Prairies. It notes the British Isles and several Nordic and Latin countries rely on Canada, with the United States previously leading but Canada now having the largest exportable surplus globally.
The Newmarket Era notes the Nova Scotia industrial upheaval causing about twenty million dollars in losses and property damage of 630,000. Wages losses reach four million, royal ties loss 315,000, and troops' cost 300,000. Workers return to old wages amid promises of investigation.
Former Can adian Weekly Newspapers Association manager E Roy Sales writes in Renfrew Mercury that newspapers are community assets essential to progress. He notes many papers have closed or merged since 1914, but consolidation will yield stronger journals serving advertisers, subscribers, and towns. He argues one strong newspaper benefits the entire community.
A reflection on whether a newly married wife should work for pay or focus on domestic labor. It argues there is no fixed rule for young married women and suggests evaluating economic value, household needs, and personal skills. The piece praises balancing work and home to boost family welfare.
The ethics of testimony in citizenship matters demands serious consideration. Loyalty to family and friends can clash with public order as crime harms society. The state holds complicit individuals accountable, though false standards about informing hinder enforcement.
Town and Country neighbors recount visits by Dr and Mrs McGrathey and others from Toronto and Ontario towns. Reading of relocations includes Winnie Steel returning from London and Overlands vacationing near Claramont. Hillsburg plans a new skating curling rink with a 136 by 74 foot building and a 120 by 60 foot ice area as a by law to borrow 2000 dollars is to be proposed after a 1500 dollar subscription.
Milton residents host relatives and guests from Toronto Los Angeles and Windsor while other locals travel to Michigan. Royal pageant with engagements includes a Wabash agent visiting relatives and a betrothal announced Rose neath Esquesing. Grace Church Girl Guides return from Erin and church improvements continue at Knox Church as work proceeds on the front entrances.
Verdun and nearby residents visit relatives and friends, with Dr. Thomas Wrigglesworth from Eau Claire and Roy Vannatter returning from Queen’s University Summer School. Local incidents include a boy with a broken arm, a near miss with a truck, and a Sunday School outing to Eldorado Park. A lodge picnic, travels to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and a new chicken ranch venture are also noted along with moves to Burlington and Otterville.
A British Army captain, near sighted, mistakes a mop propped on a bed for a man with hair uncut. He snaps at the color-sergeant to have the man hair cut immediately, illustrating the folly of misjudging by eyesight.
Burlington reports a Masonic picnic at Duddas last Wednesday with Dr and Mrs T W Peart and daughter Helen staying at Penn Lake near Huntsville. A fire damaged Mr A Eccles's Freeman blacksmith shop but was put out by the Freeman company and basket factory workers. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Fred Allen plan a Florida winter trip. The Nelson Township Horticultural Society held a flower and vegetable show at Fisher's school. Rev G W Tebbs will not judge Barrie flower show next week. Freeman Long Branch Cal guests visit Ma J Freeman. A town meeting at Sam Oakes' organized a band with officers Sara Oakes president H Day bandmaster F P Doorland assistant bandmaster T Walmsley secretary treasurer. Band committee J Walmsley A Harrissy Resden Librarian J Dorlang. Musicians urged to attend Thursday practice. Zions Club Field Day netted over $600.
A New York Tribune tale depicts a bland city visitor in a Western hamlet named B City. He meets Sam Peters at the post office Long Mike at the grocery Handy Jim at the hotel and learns the town lacks an asylum inviting opportunities for a newcomer to start one.
A prominent minister once wrote to a Sun columnist from a village church. One sister showed deep grief and questioned the quality of future preachers. He offered comfort while she warned that the problem is broader as every preacher seems worse than the last.
A young American woman aimed to be presented at the Saxon king's court. Officials doubted her social standing as daughter of a bootmaker. She returned home, then received this reply: advertise herself as the daughter of an eminent philanthropist and she would be presented.
A rhymed epitaph on Isaac Reed of Lyndon notes his Shakespeare edition in fifteen volumes published 1793 and a large library sold after his death for over twenty thousand dollars. The verses warn readers to heed mortality and not overindulge in reading.
In a vivid episode from Dr. Rainsford's account, a large drunken man disrupts a Sunday School class on the East Side of New York. A reluctant police call yields no aid, and the speaker physically ejects the man after a confrontation over respect for ateacher. Three weeks later a new scuffle erupts as the same man urges the crowd to clear a saloon.
A farmer asks the horse owner's boy about a horse with a problem. The boy explains the owner treats lightly a horse valued at four but would sell if the issue is severe.
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