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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 12, 1918

Page

5

THI ACTON Won Press Commercial Notice

The THI ACTON Won Press announces Thursday morning publication from the New Press Building Acton Qutarto MIU Ktreat Acton. Subscriptions cost 1.00 per year with advance Pontage added to prices in the United States. Subscription dates shown on the address label. Advertising rates list transient adverts at 10 cents per line for first insertion and 6 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Contract display rates apply for 60 inches or more at 10 cents per inch per insertion. Unspecified ads will be diverted or charged accordingly. Telephone numbers listed for the office and residence.

THI Acton Won Press Xew Press Miu Ktreat Acton Qutarto Pontage pMcea United Taten Advertioo Waltorial Wuathens Oca

Medial Association Member Listing Fragment

A fragment from a professional listing shows individuals linked to the British Medical Association and related medical bodies. It references offices at Frederick Street and Acton Ontario and mentions names such as Thos. A ray and C. McGile RC.

Thos. Aray M.D. C. M. McGile RC Edinburgh L. Sh Glauzow British Medical Association Ofice Frederick Street Acton Ont

Wildwood song and shop tale of Melina and mother

A fragmentary reminiscence follows a poem about the wildwood and a story of Melina Jenner and her mother opening an art shop. Melina gains customers and purpose as her mother rediscovers tatting, while Mrs Barney’s guidance helps them transform the space into Melina’s Art Shop, a new life line.

Melvin Mika Mie. Harney Huatlo Stolina Aura Tig Milna Jenner Molina Bate Jong An Anlen Barney Melia Melina Mra Barney Mrs. Barney Mellin Bob Moellna Barney Anid Shefford Melvin’a. Art Bhop

Automotive Parts Price List With Brands and Specials

The item list shows various car products and prices including O cedar polishes, waxes, Johnson products, auto tubes, Ford wrenches, greases, ignition parts, batteries, spark plugs, porcelain, auto dusters, auto rugs, motor oils, and Polarine. Prices range from a few cents to about $5 per item, reflecting a broad mid century automotive supply catalog.

Johnson

Up-to-Date Goods At C. C. Speight's Store

Pandora Street offers a wide selection of silverware and tableware with a fine variety of cutlery and hardware items. The shop highlights tinware granite ware and a large assortment of stoves and heaters including oil stoves and small stoves.

C. C. Speight’s Pandora

The Jenner Home Welcomes a New Tenant

Melina Jenner and her invalid mother live a quiet, drab life until a young stranger, Barnay-Bartha Barnie, rents the lower front room paying ten dollars for the first month. The arrival sparks small changes as Mollina envisions meals and a home filled with familiar furnishings. The scene ends with Barnie bringing optimism and a sense of movement back to the house.

Elina Jenner Melina Hfo Mollun Moina Mira Jenner Atalra Rinning Malina Melvna Iran Jenner Mra Bartha Mary Jenner Molina Rep En Molina Pines

Quivering Skies and Fatal Quarrels in Air Glory

In The American Magazine recounts Katharine Hittiandu Mor’s bold feats and the peril of early aviators. The tale notes fears of falling, the danger of losing control midair, and the hazards of sneezing or illness while piloting.

Katharine Httiandu Mor Misa Btinson

Each in His Own Sphere Ideals for Canadian Harmony

The article promotes national happiness through equal service and dual sacrifice with equal privileges, urging faithful cooperation of every Canadian in his own sphere to achieve the ideal.

What a Good Land Means to a Town

An discussion on town bands highlights their value as civic and commercial assets. A good band draws visitors, promotes events, boosts merchants, churches, and social gatherings, and elevates community pride with skilled musicians and public performances.

Ponnesa Emerson Hla

Overcoats and Furs Drive Demand in Chill of September

The Free Press notes heavy demand for outerwear as cool evenings arrive. Knox Church hosted a public prohibition meeting with 800 tickets sold at Acton station for Toronto travel. T Y painting gang refreshed the depot exterior and water tank. Whitefield welcomes a newborn daughter to Mr. and Mrs. G Friend Thurston. Rev I W Luxford departs for North Carolina Mission Field after twelve months with the Disciples Church.

Knox Church Toronto Acton Station Disciples' Church North Carolina Thurston Whitefield White Mountain Times

Misunderstood Youth and Self Understanding

The column argues that most youths feel unique but parents, despite not fully grasping their moods, understand them better than they think. It notes that everyone shares common traits and that growth reveals many new features in oneself. Patience and parental guidance help in navigating adolescence.

Catalogue Shopping Through a Woman's List

A woman catalogs a long list of household items from tea to a rocking horse, lamenting forgotten paints and books. She describes a convenient mail order system, prepaying freight and delivery by a set date, expressing relief at the ease of shopping from home.

Thors

The Shipping of a Wooden Leg Deceitful Swap

A shopkeeper in an English town was tricked when a crippled man asked to leave his wooden leg for a moment to borrow a half crown. The man used a crutch to steal the leg and visited a house in the next street, where the resident returned the leg and the scam continued. The con man escaped with the leg, considering life full of surprises.

Kladgor Sayn

Counting Machine Speeds Bank Tellers and Musicians

A machine used by banka counts coins far faster than expert tellers, with a non expert able to count thousands per hour indefinitely. It features separate counters per denomination, automatic stop, and a cyclometer showing total coins passed, while mutilated coins stop the unit. The text then discusses music education as a national issue and the role of propaganda in reducing wasteful musical activity and modernizing instruction.

Banka Ceutinus Cachine

Volcano Ranch Uses Lava Steam To Cook Farm Food

A Hawaiian ranch near Kilauea edge uses steam from lava cracks to power a giant outdoor grill. Pigs are fed with steamed fern trunks, while forests of giant ferns rise around the slopes. The rancher stacked grids over lava vents and cooked the meals, turning volcanic heat into farm cuisine.

Honolulu Kilauea Tao

Vague Exchange Between Villagers on Longevity

Fragmentary dialogue shows a villager claiming to reach a hundred and another reacting with disbelief. The garbled text suggests a humorous or-remarks exchange about aging and longevity.

Trylius Orat

Politician’s house to house canvass tale through a gate

Champ Clark recalls a Western canvass involving a candidate who stops at a farmhouse gate. A woman at the gate explains the husband is away in the pasture burying the dog, while the candidate tries to be engaging and sympathetic to the dog’s fate. The exchange ends with the woman noting the dog’s barking at candidates.

Champ Clark Tiv Horn

The Motion and the Curve Poem by A. H. Fotwell

A verse from St Nicholas contrasts Jimmy and Tommy on the ball field. It highlights how one pitcher wins with a curve that baffles batters and the moral that many crafts require skill beyond bravado.

Ioia Jims Tomn A. H. Fotwell St. Nicholas

House by the Roadside Inspires Poem and Reflections

An article notes Admirera of Sam Walter Fons search his verse The House by the Side of the Hand and recounts a travel anecdote in England. A couple shares water and fruit from a hillside home guiding travelers, embodying a generous simple roadside friendship.

Sam Walter Fons Hin Fow England Boas

Canada’s Cold Storage Stocks Compared With British Needs

Canadian records show butter 1,689,260 pounds cheese 2,190,098 pounds beef 17,303,038 pounds pork 29,468,203 pounds bacon ham smoked meats 12,113,007 pounds. These stocks would meet Britain’s needs for 22 hours butter 24 hours beef 215 days pork 144 days and 5 days bacon ham and smoked meats.

Canada Coat of Living Department of Labor Great Britain Britain

Longevity of Trees Across Species and Regions

A report from the Qorman Forestry Commission outlines maximum lifespans: pine up to 420 years, uliver fir 420, red beech 245, birch 200, ash 170, elm 130, with oaks rotting after 300. A colossal Douglas fir in Chaverags County California reportedly reached 3000 years, 387 feet tall and 15 feet in diameter. The Hrad burn yow in Kent England is noted for the same great size.

Roca Qorman Forestry Commission Chaverags County California Kent County England

Leisure Hour Reveals True Self In Personal Choice

A fragment discusses how one’s leisure time exposes true character. It notes individuals vary from constructive pursuits to harmful surroundings, reflecting influence from family and social environment on personal development.

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