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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1926
Page
2
A reminiscence poem by Molly Bovan dated September 16 1026 explores mornings by a tent camp dawns and a night by campfire. It evokes scent of clover and wild roses and the joy of open skies beneath balsam boughs and stars.
The report notes Canada exports rose from 753 million in 1922 to 1.828 billion in 1926 with a trade surplus near 6 million in 1922 and 340 million in 1926. The United States posted exports of 3.771 billion in 1922 rising to 4.764 billion in 1926 with surpluses shrinking from 697 million to 362 million by 1926. It cites fiscal year data and quotes Sir Thomas White on prosperity.
The Manitoba Free Press cites 300 correspondents across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta noting higher western acreage and potential yields near last year. The 1925 Dominion wheat average was 18.7 bushels per acre with oats and barley also producing strong totals in Canada. Last year’s wheat output was the second largest on record with 411,375,700 bushels nationwide.
The article highlights Marquis Wheat origin at Ottawa Central Farm by Dr Charles Baunder and L T Newman Garnet Wheat, noting Marquis Wheat as a top world wheat prize winner and Garnet Wheat maturing earlier and more resistant. It reports broad impacts on Canadian wheat expansion and northern farming areas, with extensive plant breeding efforts and apple varieties developed at experimental farms.
At Carp County fair, Virginia laboriously labels and enters items from her room, aiding Gilbert in the entry books. Her clever arranging of doilies, posters, and fruit wins prizes, but her success clashes with a growing conscience as she realizes the cost to others.
Virginia schemes to reclaim money by faking premiums in the administration building. She places dollars into a tin box while the sleepy Gilbert helps. a blue waist purchase remains unattainable as guilt and reward unfold.
A collage of Acton notices covers a motor accident in Hampton Wick, fines for drink driving at Acton Police Court, bequests to Acton Hospital, charity acts, travel fare offences, and local social events. It recalls residents from Ealing, Hanwell, Acton Green, Bedford Park and nearby districts involved in court, charity and club life.
Community notices from Acton detail Crown Theatre performances starting Monday in Beaumont Road and two subsequent days, plus condolences for the Fraser family on their youngest son’s death after a motorcycle crash. Reports cover beehive honey yields at Acton Hospital, a retirement celebration for ex policeman James Barney, a small fire on Antrobus Road, and debates over free speech amid local Conservative meetings drawing citizen concern.
A tale contrasts two families, a young man who inherits fifty thousand dollars then squanders it, and a colored man deemed well off only by virtue of having a wife who works as a washerwoman to support her entire family. The neighbor’s courtroom testimony underscores class and fortune.
In a rustic scene Bill notes a recurring hole by the gate drawing remark and bark chewing as locals recall past slips. The line hints at a common hazard while a reflective mood settles on the speaker.
A vintage advertisement touts Rheuma as a cure for rheumatism gout scatica and lumbago claiming it cleanses joint waste. It urges readers to visit HB J Hassard or other druggists and promises a money back guarantee if results fail to satisfy.
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