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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1925
Page
4
A short verse attributed to Edgar A. Guest celebrates kindness and friendship. It notes how a single kind word or smile endures beyond a life and stirs heroes, guarding us through memory and prayer beyond the fallen.
Acton Police Court fines were handed to several residents for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. A bus incident injured Mrs Florence Morse in Shepherds Bush while a tramline collision hurt a cyclist and passenger near Birkbeck Road Acton. A large rat attacked two boys in Broader Road Acton, sending them to Acton Hospital for treatment.
Poem describes a village street evolving with time from cattle tracks to a modern thoroughfare, recalling past farmers and a lengthy memory lane. A local reader shares notes about Acton history, church figures, and 1896 Milton Acton baseball rivalry with personal recollections and anecdotes.
A letter recalls a 1900 Acton Georget lacrosse team formed from both towns with players like Wil Gurney Carl Williams Lawrence Williams A Gurney and Frank McIntosh. It notes torchlight homecomings on Mill Street and questions coverage in the columnist's pages. The writer asks not to be named.
Neighborhood notes report residents traveling to Moosejaw Banff and Lake Louise and visiting relatives in Burlington Ontario. others return from trips to New York and Scotland. Local social life includes visits among families at Maple Ave and fencing a new pastor's arrival at Trinity United Church and a large Masonic lodge picnic in Dundas with ideal weather.
Weekly roundup lists Miss Helen Lawson sailing to Switzerland for study after Quebec trip and various visits by Georgetown residents to Toronto Montreal Chicago and Port Dover. A railroad crossing collision injures a passenger but others escape unharmed. The Agricultural Board tightens parking near the park entrance.
Erin and Mrs Wy Matthews of Tinton hosted visits from Mrs HH Mitchells and Mrs George KK Beers of Winnipes Man with brother Willam Beers. Clayton McDonald and family visited his father Alex McDonald in Licrosde Wis. G Y P A Eastern District Guelph to hold annual Rally and Plente on Labor Day at Hinsburg. Barbara Leitch returns from Midhind to Erin. Key Note and children back in Cleveland after visiting. Rev A W Hare moves to Beaverton for new work. Phyliss Holt to Hamilton for Central Collegiate Institute. Funeral held for Margaret Ellen Bush wife of P M Lean. Elizabeth Pay wed Carlise Watterworth at Basn Hall. Sarah Turner Nevills dies at Sunny Slopes Farm aged 65.
A fragment reflects on self discipline and inner sermons. It lists ways to manage worries excitement remorse anger and enemies by timely action doubt and conscience. The tone resembles a reflective guide urging restraint and honest weighing of opinions.
Weekly fashion note describes a navy-blue twill suit with a velvet collar and a suspender style dress to be worn with a self-color crepe jabot blouse. An inverted plait decorates one side of the skirt. medium size needs 314 yards of 54 inch twill and 17 yards velvet.
Local druggists offer Rheuma with money back guarantee. Claims it acts on kidneys liver stomach and blood to ease rheumatic pains and swollen joints. Consumers urged to start today and buy two bottles to test effectiveness.
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