18 Sep 1930
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1930
Page
1
An anonymous poem about compassion for a stumbling man on life’s road. It contrasts rough days and bright ones, urging readers to offer support to those who slip. The speaker notes people often forget their own fragility and the value of a kind word.
A clipped notice outlines wheat and barley prices and local property changes. It lists new brick residences for Councillor Hell and Hugh Wallace, purchases by Mrs Jenple South, and a tannery accident injuring Mr Joseph Hur. Library expansion at the Methodist Sunday School is announced along with Epworth League events. Married Bridges Jountran at Ennon Pridsy parish. An advertisement promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil with claims of healing properties.
Editorial contrasts Canadian and American attitudes toward punishment, citing two Detroit youths imprisoned in Canada for gunrunning and sentenced to eight years with thirty strokes of the bush. It argues Americans would endure harsher treatment than Canadian police, and muses on discipline and watch care unrelated to the main topic.
W A Stubba and helper Roms W Sturm of Ball Telephone Company aided an injured cyclist after a collision at King and Cedar Streets Kitchenar. They rendered first aid until a doctor arrived and received praise for their prompt, intelligent care. The company promotes first aid training for line workers and others.
The lesson explains Jonah’s forced message to Nineveh, stressing that true preaching should be God commanded and urgent. It notes Nineveh’s swift repentance, God’s mercy, Jonah’s reluctance, and the prophet’s growth through divine correction, highlighting the danger of pride and the value of mercy.
A diary excerpt recalls an 18th century royal ceremony that discarded strict etiquette. King Edward VII showed readiness to dispense with formalities. Lord Pembroke, then Lord Steward, proposed delaying the address until a convenient moment but was advised to proceed with a simpler umbrella gesture.
A Chicago Tribune quip records a streetwise exchange where a man complains a dog bit his ankle and another man replies the dog could not reach higher, joking about a pup biting the neck. The brief humor reflects urban wit in a newspaper snippet.
A transcript shows Noe discussing a furniture purchase for Newrich. He bought a Louis XLV bed which proved too small, then returned it and requested a Louis XVI instead.
A lengthy promotional paragraph urges women to treat stomach trouble with simple magnesium-based remedies sold in sealed packets or tablets. It claims quick relief from gas, bloating, and pressure, attributing symptoms to acid in the stomach and touting inexpensive, widely used products as a remedy.
A fragmentary old notice details special prizes for Pen of Bacon Hogs by C J Buck, Best Pen of Fine Wool Sheep by J Beaumont, Best Pen of Long Wool Sheep by BE Harraclourh, and Fancy Work collections by Mrs A Harley, with various prize amounts shown as 6 00 and 4 00 style figures.
A fragmented timetable lists daily and Sunday service in and around Toronto with multiple phrases like Dally and Daily except Sunday. It mentions Westbound and Eastbound routes, daylight saving times, and specific times such as 7.34 am 9.00 am 2.29 p.m. 6.18 p.m. 1.29 p.m. Services include freight by special express from Toronto and pickup at any address in the city. The text is garbled and mixes timetable entries with terminal and freight details.
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