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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 11, 1919

Page

2

Mabel Carries School Play Plans Through Turbulent Prep

Gorham seminary students stage a play as Mabel faces public performance fears and a rushed yard project. Contractors promise road repairs by commencement week, while chatter about steam rollers and a tarred drive dominates the prep, with Mabel hoping for a festive show.

Mary Colemans Gorham Seminary Coleman Mabel Cale F Red Mab Fred Mary Loring Coun Chey Abe Criot Exis

Mabel Resists Steam Roller at School Play

During a June school event, Mabel blocks a steam roller that threatens the performance. She cites the warrant requirement and legal rights, delaying the machine until the principal applauds her courage. The judge jokes about her becoming a law pupil.

Boarda Nui Mabel Huti Meen Rolf Fiittic Winston King

Cotton crop outlook and textile market ad spread

Government estimates 30 million bales of cotton this year. A New York firm advertises 33 cents per pound for 10 000 bales of 39 18 cotton in daily papers. The piece notes global demand outpacing supply and calls for more even worldwide distribution.

New York

A Confessional Pact Between Fathers and Sons

A father recounts guiding his son Dick through temptation and later helping him confront debt tied to reckless gambling. The pair form a candid, survivalist pact to share troubles, keep confidences, and support each other while steering away from risky behavior. Dick later quits gambling and helps redirect funds to the Y M C A while the father resumes moral guidance.

Virtue's Reward Two Hoovler Teachers Travel Canada

Two Hoovler teachers on an early train face fasting when no dining car is available. They share one chocolate cake while a mother and two children eat breakfast opposite, then the mother reveals a lunch basket. A cold water cup becomes a petty point of tension between them.

Hoovler Canada Waltya Henert

Standard Medhanis-DPannoloe Vegetable Pills Declared Standard Medicine

The article claims these vegetable pills are a proven standard remedy for digestive health. It notes their plant-based composition and long use, asserting revivifying and salutary effects on weak stomachs and digestion.

Kindness Passed On From Stranger to Boy on Ship

A traveler recounts paying a boy’s fare in a rough Atlantic voyage after a steward refused payment for the traveler’s own fare. Years later the traveler learns his act was repaid when the boy, grown, helps a needy child at a station. The tale ends with a vow to pass kindness along.

Hristo Atlantic Clark Mark Guy Pearce

No clear headline from damaged text

Fragmentary dialogue hints at a domestic scene and labor context with mentions of a mistress, a husband, and the Knights of Labor but lacks coherent events or names to summarize a distinct news item. The garbled OCR prevents identifying a specific incident, person, or location.

Knights of Labor Aira Fregan Au Bland Reagan Bins Ariny Okie Tim Reagan Ny wiRe

Courier-Journal Editorial Clashes Over Job Reference

The Joylavup Courier Journal questions a VT suspect’s self-contradictory reference notes and doubts the merit based hiring. It ponders why the candidate was given the job despite insecurities and suggests the reference was well worded yet misleading.

Andak Joylavup Courier-Journal

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