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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
3
A short verse describes five fingers by name and trait, praising each finger’s unique role. The poem notes how the five work together to help and play, concluding with the author Laura E. Richards.
A. G. McNab of Coynes Corners Trafalgar collects pioneer relics showing blacksmiths role in early Ontario life. The display includes potato forks toasting forks and tongs, plow parts, maple tapping augers, hand made hames and hatchets, a thistle cutter, an aged apple parer, and a shovel by Richard Irwin. Numerous wooden household tools reflect frugal self sufficiency and craft in the era.
Reader memories recount local events from Acton including the grand stand crowds, a prize for Steph Cobban Winnipeg and other hometown figures. The piece blends anecdotes about sidewalks tannery and school paths with childhood pranks and a note on municipal pride and neighborliness.
The Strand Magazine recounts a tale of Professor Wots and Professor Woo, a methodical yet absent minded Edinburgh scholar. In a comic scene amid bad walking, Woo greets a familiar Song student at a muddy crossing and learns the pupil is nearby, with the student delaying to remove his cap as the professor approves a plan.
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