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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 18, 1919

Page

9

Acton Free Press advertises rates and contact details

The Acton Free Press of 1919 lists weekly Thursday publication from the Dum Ines building Acton Ontario with a 1 50 yearly prepayment. It notes U S surcharges and subscription labeling. Advertising rates start at 10 cents per line for first insertion and 2 cents per word thereafter with contract display rates. Editor and publisher Modius provides office and residence phone details.

Tam Acton Wom Press Dum Ines Mill Street Acton Ontario United States Modius Ldltor Ublaber Free Press Mall of Int Free Press Office W. 2. Gordon Iuvsburg R. J. Kerr Cos Young Street Aston

Editorial urges curbing imports and cutting living costs

The piece notes Canada imported about 20 million in commodities with nearly 199 million in dutiable goods, urges reduced luxury spending, and highlights moves to lower living costs. It cites German trade talks, the Court of Commerce’s powers to enforce fair prices for sugar, and the upcoming Industrial Conference in Ottawa to ease industrial unrest.

Canada Germany London Court of Commerce Toronto St. Lawrence Yam Trade and Commerce Act Railway Board Combines and Fair Prices W. F. O'Connor K. C AU Canada Ottawa Hig

Ontario election pledges and war era debates emerge

Premier Hearst announces an experimental farm for western Ontario at a Conservative rally in North and South Essex Windsor and West Kent as pre election pledges surface. Reports show Canada’s agricultural exports exceeding imports by 377 million with total exports 475,741,402 and imports 8,362,337. The War Measures Act provisions and liquor advertising battle frame ongoing political and financial strains amid rising national debt and wartime costs.

Ontgyio Sir Wiliam Hearst North and South Essex Windsor West Kent Canada Dominion The Rurel Ontario

Cigarette Saves Canuck's Life in War Tale

A World War I veteran from Goderich recalls September 7 action with the 47th Battalion. He handed his Lewis gun to a comrade, hid in a shell hole after being wounded, and gave a cigarette to a German who fired on him. He credits the cigarette with helping him survive and return to Canada.

Irving Goderich Shetter Fritz Canada

God Too Good to Punish Evil Says Advocate

A North Carolina editorial argues that an omnibenevolent God would not allow eternal punishment of the wicked. The piece asserts that divine goodness would preclude impunity for evil and rejects the notion of a morally compromised heaven.

North Carolina

Victory and After in Revolutionary Patriot Speech

In a patriotic mood, women applaud Patrick Henry's line Give me liberty or give me death. A Pennsylvania Dutch wife reportedly urged her husband to inscribe a farewell line on a bench as soldiers prepared to march to Washington. The crowd echoed the slogan Victory or Death as the moment of departure approached.

Patrick Henry Joby Washington Dreamloe Leaat

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