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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
8
A short verse about five fingers named Tommy Thumb Peter Pointer Toby Tall Reuben Ring and a finger baby. The piece notes each finger as a distinct character and suggests they work best together to help and play.
A. G. McNab of Coynes Corners curates a vast display of pioneer artifacts from Dufferin and Halton including forks, shovels, plows, taps, hand tools, a thistle cutting pudder, and wooden household implements. The collection highlights blacksmithing skill, maple sugaring gear, weaving tools, and pit-saw lumbering.
Recollection column recalls old Acton life with Jim stories of the park grand stand, workers and a tornadow day. Vignettes cover Sidney Smith era, local tannery crews, maps and school lane trees, plus light anecdotes of Uncle Brack and Rufus Choate court tales.
The Strand Magazine recounts a comic tale of Professor Woots a methodical yet absent minded Edinburgh scholar on a visit to his usual meeting place. He mistakes a mud submerged student for a familiar pupil and commends him to his own campaign plan while another conversation reveals a humorous campaign heckler and a brief street scene with a colored vendor.
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