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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1925
Page
5
A playful verse from The Acton Free Press presents a talking spoon speaking to a child. It promises happiness and nourishment from cheerful eating, hinting at meals with fruit, jams, coffee, and sweet treats as the child grows.
Twenty years ago the Free Press notes Beardmore & Co. erecting twin houses, G T R station furniture installed, and an Acton concert by the Acton Cornet Band. Local property sales include Perryman buying Morrison bricks, Cameron selling Main Street dwellings, Campbell selling Young Street cottage, and Denny selling Willow Street residence. Dr. Macdonald sells practice to Dr. Hore who will begin at once, while Cameron suffers a serious crane accident injuring himself twenty five feet down.
A renowned Scotch professor known for temper and scholarship loses a pupil’s trust when a new student reveals a missing hand. He apologizes in broad Scotch, asking forgiveness and acknowledging the boy’s sacrifice. The class widens into firm friendship, as the professor learns to be accountable.
The piece notes Panama enjoys daily afternoon showers around three o'clock during the rainy season with clear mornings and pleasant evenings after six. Colon, forty-seven miles away, drenches heavily with bucketful rains, totaling about nine feet near Panama and twenty-one feet at Colon over five months, leaving Colon dry for the rest of the year.
In Bohemia geese are ariven long distances by walking them over tar and sand to harden their feet. Spectacles for cattle become common as forty thousand cattle in the Trussian steppes are fitted with smoke colored eyewear to prevent snow blindness and ease their feeding in snowy winters.
The text explains Pauls method in Thessalonica and the Bereans, noting his Jewish outreach on their day of assembly, his threefold preaching defensing Christ suffering rising and being Christ, and the Bereans noble reception and daily Scripture scrutiny leading to converts. It contrasts modern preaching with historical effort and highlights persecution, civic loyalty to Caesar, and the spread of the gospel to Berea and Athens.
In a church funeral scene Squire Granby is praised for integrity yet John and the doctor note his hidden flaws. The talk turns to whether his harsh critiques and lack of praise masked a grimmer truth. They ponder if self examination can mend faults before death.
Miss Ela Farnsworth, eighteen, runs an up to date blacksmith shop in St Paul after her father’s death. She manages the business, employs two men, and trained since childhood, excelling in welding, tempering, shoeing horses, and all typical forge work. She plans to continue at the forge as long as business calls.
A photo near Lake Louise shows a deer reading a signboard then nibbling flowers, sparking a dispute between observers. One witness says the deer browsed guilelessly, another insists it was a deliberate act of law breaking. Police probe continues.
In New Hampshire a simple grave marks Mary Wallace born to James Wilson in Londonderry and died in 1814 at ninety four. An 18th century pirate episode aboard a slowed voyage led to naming the infant Mary after a captain spared the family. Mary later married Thomas Wallace in 1740 wearing silk at two weddings, their line traced by descendants in a small graveyard.
A Montreal Herald tale shows how a misplaced exclamation point unsettles a request for transport to Montreal. The comic exchange involves Jim and Tom Shaughnessey and ends with the quip Don't Let Jim Walk. Also a plug for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator targets children and worms.
An elderly American farmer visits a doctor who lends him Plato. He reads the work thoroughly and concludes that Plato has been expressing many of the farmer's own best ideas, appreciating the classics as a kin to his life and labor on the farm.
Dr Thomas presents a product praised for its subtle power and valued as a leading remedy for both people and animals. Users keep it as a highly prized item, with countless undisguised testimonials spanning many years.
Patrick visits the doctor to request more decisive care for his ailing wife. The doctor prescribes a faithful two week course and urges a return if no relief, while Patrick insists on getting the full remedy now.
The article describes a formal King of Beggars in Peking, noting beggar societies organized into companies and regiments. The king holds real influence, calling meetings of village leaders to arrange ransoms to expel intruders, with agreements and payments ending incursions.
An ad touts Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil as suitable for internal and external use. It claims relief for sore throat croup whooping cough chest pains colic and many ailments with a bottle priced at NMI sixpence. Having it at hand is urged.
Clifford Harrison argues that quiet is impossible in public recitation as clocks, trains, coughs, and crowds intrude. He recalls a failed verse with a shouted line and a cascade of interruptions from bells to a sneeze, teaching him to remove such passages.
An ad touts Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claiming immediate relief from asthma nights. It alleges the treatment banishes frightening symptoms clears passages and lets the sufferer sleep soundly again, urging purchase from nearby druggists.
A reflective piece jokes about changing times and tastes. A Scottish woman laments fresh water in the city while a traveler notes in Figeac wine has declined as vines failed and death rates fell. The resident quips that happiness once meant drinking at all hours, now people bring water. The tone is nostalgic and rueful.
A young balloonist in New York makes his first ascent under a pro's guidance. After an hour of gyrations the car crashes to the ground. The trainee explains he ate all the sandwiches to reduce weight, prompting a puzzled inquiry from Mr Smith.
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