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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1925
Page
2
A poem praises the local weekly paper as a gentler recorder of a town’s good and bad deeds. It notes readers in distant places find comfort and memory when perusing hometown news, weddings, farm notes, and local anecdotes in the familiar issue.
A judge distant from religion finds meaning through his grandson's simple plea So keep fader The child's whispered prayer awakens the judge to faith and mortality as the boy nears death The mother and grandparents witness a turning point prompting the judge to pray and reflect
Registrars report more students fund college by work and expand fields of employment. Youths enter campus life in larger numbers, with colleges aiding self support through employment bureaus. Summer labor, while varied, strengthens their return to study and earns the goodwill of peers.
A dialogue humorously questions Quaker customs. A boy asks why Quakers do not remove their hats as a sign of respect and ponders how they manage with hair etiquette, illustrating comic social observations.
The piece presents a short story in a brisk, outdoor setting with characters navigating social dynamics. Leslie E. Dunkin frames action around a game or challenge in an open space, highlighting narrative movement and practical dialogue.
Glen Donovan and Sam Leverton square off over the Beverly Hotel brick work bid in Markle. After a tense exchange and careful bidding, Donovan refuses Leverton’s offer to withdraw and sticks to his price. Directors later award Donovan the contract with a requested extra thousand as a reward for fair play.
Florida's coast sees a new venture planting islands at the mouth of Cor Creek near Gasparilla Sound. An early 16 by 16 foot island with water plants and live oaks expanded to seven islands, three over fifty feet across, linked by a sand bar forming a growing land mass aided by Gulf sediments and bridge protection.
An elderly man, reading, is asked by Johnny about the war of 1812. He looks over his glasses and quips that 1812 was the year he married Johnny’s grandmother, revealing a witty reminiscence about history and family.
The one story wooden schoolhouse with high windows and two doors set a stark stage for students. Desks and benches were bare and worn, with a large air tight stove warming the front and cold back rows. Despite harsh conditions, earnest teachers and the ambient roughness fostered a love of reading and patriotism that educated many.
In Cornwall a miner's hymn rises from a perilous shaft as men face blasts and death below. Verran saves his partner by kneeling in prayer, rocks arch over him, and rescuers find him alive. In a 1893 run, Osborne’s whispered reply to rescuers is Forever “Nobody here but God and myself.”
Two ambitious young lawyers argued for reputations on oratory skills. They spoke at length and clashed over whether they were born on the same day. The judge comments on the exchange noting the windy timing of the remark.
In a Higbrowntime tale the aged Heatauinin named Howert Gordon nears death while drafting a will. He struggles to complete the line Mobert Gor and, barely lucid, presses the pen for one last act as a relative urges him to finish. The moment ends with a strained, uncertain exchange.
A clerk asks for tomorrow afternoon off to shop with his wife. The employer refuses citing busy times. The clerk thanks the boss and implies relief at the response.
Nonsensical verse describes a classroom mischief where a mule follows a girl, violating a rule. The teacher disciplines with a 12 inch rule, and for sixteen weeks no akule appears, rendering the scene whimsical and surreal.
A New York City rescued elderly man with memory loss is sheltered after a failed self destruction attempt. A wealthy stranger learns of the man and funds clothing and grooming. The son, Theodore, reveals a 25 year separation and offers support but remains unnamed as he helps his father depart together.
In 1900 the Geographical Society of PimntasPhik cast thirty-one casks to study polar currents. One bearing number twenty-six drifted via Arctic waters, reaching the Norway shore in 1909 after about eight years and roughly 2400 miles, suggesting west to east flow across the polar sea.
In the Subrogate Court of Halton County creditors of Annie Molozzi late of Acton, married woman, who died, must file their claims by September 20, 1925 with Andrew Molozzi administrator. After September 20, 1926, distribution of assets will proceed and unknown claims will not be honored. Dated Acton August 20, 1926. H. N. Farmer, solicitor.
A neighbor chats with Pete Gibbs who jokes he is immune to poverty. He says wood from Mrss Rand will be available, washing for his wife when her rheumatics ease, and his boy may teach district school in a couple of years. Aunt Mary asks for a six fifty debt, but Gibbs remains optimistic about better days.
An Irish switchman named Larry nearly lost his foot when a freight train backed up. He cut the bootstrings with his knife to free himself, jumping clear by seconds. The superintendent offered a reward, but Larry asked for new shoestrings instead.
A city man questions a youth about a lopsided score after stopping his car near an improvised baseball field. The fielder replies the other team is ahead twenty three to nothing, but adds his side has not yet batted, implying uncertainty about the outcome.
A collage of aphorisms on human souls, affection, and time. Notable lines discuss death as a reconciler and the cost of severity, urging action and humility while praising valiance and restraint. The attributions are mixed and partly garbled.
A garbled, dialect influenced snippet critiques short sighted behavior and constant vigilance. It hints at someone blaming another for not seeing properly when not watched and the speaker urges ongoing effort and constant shevel ing.
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