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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
4
An editorial notes a late speech by President Harding praising prohibition. It quotes his belief that strict enforcement will curb defiance and raise moral standards, predicting eventual nationwide prohibition as a potent moral force in American history.
The league notes hundreds of lives lost yearly to accidents and fires, with tens of thousands of non fatal incidents. It stresses safety as a universal habit anyone can adopt and cites a decade of organized safety work showing worthwhile results.
An address warns youths against speed rushing and frantic haste. Emphasizes method, accuracy, and system in work from farm to classroom. Urges community to send reliable local news to The Acton Free Press, with promptness and verified facts, to boost public information.
European peoples increasingly seek answers to economic strain and social issues. A Bulgarian student group, 40 000 to 50 000 strong, headquartered in Heidelberg, forms the Neutral Anti Alcoholic League to unite student bodies abroad and at home and plans a trilingual magazine by professors and students detailing the harms of strong drink.
Premier Ferguson acting as Education Minister spoke at the directors luncheon announcing steps to ease primary education in Ontario. The plan aims to lessen examinations and reorganize the Education Department to modernize schooling and boost pupil well being and future usefulness.
A Boston Youths Companion reader extols Canada as a prosperity partner with shared growth, rail expansion, and free institutions. It highlights immigration, wheat production, westward movement, and the Dulness of a near identical society to the United States with mutual benefit and minimal political friction.
Editorial notes discuss a plan in Ontario to provide insulin at no cost to patients who prove financial hardship with a physician certificate. The piece lauds the measure as bringing a recent medical breakthrough within reach of all. It also critiques state enforcement laws and reports a change in Wiarton newspaper ownership, with commentary on U F O politics and Farmers Sun leadership.
Town and Country residents are noted visiting relatives in Buffalo Detroit and Hamilton. A Knox Church Rabbath School service moves to 3 p.m. A joint Mason ic lodge event occurs at Dundas driving park with a cool but pleasant day. Brant Military Hospital field day concludes with a large 325-person supper.
Oakville utilities commission plans to bring night service to the township area surrounding Oakville as residents push for a waterworks system delivering high pressure, pure water. Presbyterian Sunday School shifts to 3 pm starting next Sunday. Ross Litchfield and family depart for a two week Muskoka holiday. Oakville Fair parade Friday September 14 features an adult and children march with band, souvenirs for each child, and free admission for parade scholars. Friends mourn the sudden Toronto death of Robert Lind at 61 after a Oakville visit. A wedding in St Andrew's Church August 27 unites Mary Ellan McBermott and Benjamin Latguays of Hamilton. George Square concert drew many citizens and visitors with uniformed men in attendance. the band’s growing presence noted.
Mr H G Clark left Saturday for Montreal to attend the Quebec Provincial Exhibition as cattle judge in Sherbrooke. Visitors include Mrs J Henderson of Cobourg and Mr George Bell of Galt with Miss Martha Wilson of Aston. Reports of bicycle bylaw enforcement and a Georgetown Citizens Band birthday celebration end the week in this town chronicle.
An excerpt discusses thumb size as a predictor of intellect judgment and character. It claims large thumbs signal strength and decisive nature while small thumbs indicate impulsiveness and heart over head, referencing historical beliefs and Roman customs about thumbs.
A reflective piece critiques various friend types including candid friends who expose faults, easy offended friends who demand surrender of autonomy, and a utility friend kept in reserve. It warns against keeping or discarding friends poorly, recommending decisive action like changing hats to sever ties and avoid lasting harm.
The passage explains that a stitch is caused by rapid breathing during intense exercise when the diaphragm and rib muscles strain to supply oxygen. It notes stitches appear when out of condition and that training can distribute strain among muscles to prevent the pain, advising slower starts and steadier pacing.
A local nature student wades through a soggy park thicket one rainy morning to study birds. A passerby asks what he is doing and the student jokes that it’s a bum day for anything that can’t keep its foot up.
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