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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
14
A reflective verse urges readers not to envy neighbors who appear cheerful. It argues everyone bears troubles, contrasts hopeful effort with idle moping, and encourages smiling, courage, and renewed effort to overcome past mistakes. The poem ends by praising those who spark hope in others.
Twenty years ago the Free Press column notes Acton Fall Fair drew large crowds amid favorable weather and many entries. The report also records Mrs H S Wilson buying a brick residence in Milton, a Milton farm sale to a Quebec buyer, a vast grain loss in Cheltenham by fire started by a railway engine, and notable harvest figures including a 2 lb 1 oz potato among Erin resident R H Reid's finds. Obituary for Donald Warren formerly of Acton at 92 years.
A wales 13 year old kicked a rugby ball six miles without touching ground then dropped into a passing motor-lorry and the lorry travelled five miles before the boy caught it. A German barber died mid shave as his razor menaced the customer and the man died within two minutes. In Des Moines a man boards his ex wife and her husband with children in the home. In Cardigan Wales a wedding yields a string of Jones names including bridegroom bride bridesmaid best man organist and clergyman all Jones. In Cheshire Massachusetts a baby girl ends ten generations of boys. A reformatory sentence follows a woman found guilty seven times of aggravated public scandal by living with a former husband. An 87 year old Rutland England member of the choir was baptized very late in life. A Montreal couple woke to a burglar sharing their bed after he leaped from a theatre window into their room and escaped.
G O Rothney in the Canadian National Magazine notes that the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad, now part of the Canadian National System, completed to the border and Portland in 1852, becoming Canada's first trunk railroad and the first international line. The route linked Quebec Province with New England and grew in importance as a conduit of intercourse.
The article recounts Nostradamus predictions about modern wars and rulers. It cites his forecasts of Nazi rise, Franco Prussian conflicts, the 1914 world war, 1940 invasion of France, Paris fall, and the pope fleeing Rome, with a final peaceful monarch arising.
A humorous exchange shows a traveller boasting that mirrors are easy to sell to housewives with no trouble. The lighthearted dialogue highlights merchant confidence and everyday domestic sales.
An English peer was the principal guest at a New York dinner. His host's young daughter asked if he was truly an English lord. He affirmed with a smile. She confessed she remained unsatisfied, thinking she had not yet seen a true English lord.
Page Four carries correspondence and items of interest from the rural beat. Page Five features personal items and local news highlights from the community.
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