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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
4
Mill supplies partner with Peterboro Lock Co and Louden Machinery to stock builders hardware and dairy supplies for holiday season orders. Local merchants announce expanded lines from Yule and Peterboro suppliers to meet seasonal demand.
The main essentials are tonal quality and high class workmanship, contributing to overall durability. These elements define a piano's value and lasting performance.
A patient appeals for better eye care service and satisfaction. The article emphasizes attentive service and reliability for customers with eye problems.
Excerpt from Edgar A. Guest's A Heap of Living urges a young man to face daily tasks with grit. It contrasts confidence with dread and stresses self belief as the path to success, asserting inner resolve determines outer outcomes.
Clayton Barnett, a boiler inspector, dons a heavy diving suit to examine No. 4 boiler inside a hot factory engine room. He lowers a candle and inspects rivets, tubes, and shell as the crew toils. the scene describes the grimy, dangerous work amid rust and heat.
Clayton, a fireman, is trapped inside a boiler drum when a discharge opens blowing live steam. He crawls through braces and a manhole to escape as the boiler fills with pressurized steam. The night fireman rescues him, praising his nerve and endurance amid the danger.
A Victorian era piece discusses how aging alters female beauty and fashion choices. It notes hair loss and wrinkles with age, praises refined elder attire like lace caps and modest gowns, and contrasts dated youth styles with sensible, dignified dress for older women.
A garbled survey traces Canadian provinces and colonial names. It links Nova Scotia to a Scottish settlement under the Earl of Brisliey and explains Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia in terms of royalty, indigenous terms, and historical figures like Queen Victoria and Columbus.
The notice highlights St. Albans Church annual harvest festival well attended. Methodist Church re opening with Rev. Dewart from Toronto delivering inspiring sermons. Church repairs included new foundation, removal of decayed bricks, rebuilt piping, new choir alcove, costing about $1,600.
A historical notice emphasizes dangers from 110 to 220 volt systems and DC switches. It warns that improper handling of electrical devices, sockets, and switches can be fatal, especially in bathrooms, urging caution and keeping feet dry and away from water. It stresses avoiding contact with sockets while in the tub and highlights high voltage risks in home wiring.
Nowell Dwight Hillin argues that all social progress comes through pain and sacrifice. He cites religious, artistic, and historical figures who endured hardship to effect reform, transforming lower life into higher forms and forging collective advancement.
The article traces the maple leaf’s emergence as Canada’s symbol from early settlement esteem to formal adoption during the Prince of Wales visit and Confederation. It notes 1814 and 1830 proposals and later retention at Confederation, while tangential text mentions domestic scenes and health advertisements.
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