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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1926
Page
4
A poem styled piece paints meadow land scenes with brooklet, willows, blossoms, and butterflies. It evokes a tranquil countryside with birds singing and grasses rustling as snow falls softly.
Seventeen lines review Swackhamer plum tree bloom at Swackhamer Hill. Acton bowlers visit Galt for an afternoon of club play. Universal meter system for electric lighting to begin next Monday. Millinery openings by Mexars Henderson Co Unsworth and Miss Annie Smith with attractive hats. Gamble Campbell nuptials at Victoria Ave Acton with Edith Campbell marrying J Edgar Gamble on September 25.
A discussion on how cheerfulness improves workplace discipline and efficiency. It argues that a cheerful leader earns respect without harshness and that employees respond better to kindly, engaging managers. The piece stresses maintaining a positive mood to reduce envy and discontent across any job level.
An elderly man named Grandfather Sampson regains the ability to read with new spectacles after trouble reading print. A week later his vision worsens, but the optician discovers the issue was simply overstraining. once told not to mention it, the old man pleads for secrecy about the cure.
A quirky piece from Erie Dispatch uses a playful child’s cold as a vehicle to promote school health practices. It notes how easily illness spreads in classrooms and how teachers attempt to curb it despite humor and misheard phrases.
A Sunday school lesson summarizes Moses as the central figure of the quarter with emphasis on love and faith. It traces his origins as an Israelite child, royal education, divine calling, leadership through the desert, and the shaping of moral and religious ideals. It notes eternal elements of love and faith, compares Moses to enduring values, and prompts reflection on providence and miracles.
In a George Kenman biography of E. H. Harriman an anecdote shows his small detail focus. On a Northern Pacific inspection Harriman questioned bolt length and cost, noting about fifty million track bolts across the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems and urging tighter belt standards to save iron.
Two middle aged men by the pond watch the crowd circle on the slick surface. Mr Rich says he would like to skate again after twenty years and doubts his ability, while his friend doubts whether they could still skate as well as in their boyhood.
Canadian Pacific Railway and Dominion Express test a BC Ventilator on a ventilated express car for soft fruits. Two end roof intakes draw air, three changes per minute, 10 276 cubic feet in, 9 622 out. A thousand crates of strawberries traveled Vancouver to Calgary in perfect condition with 5 to 10 degree lower car temperature. The system aims to open prairie trade for fruit growers.
A farm tale shows a renter paying one fourth of the crop but delivering nothing because only three quarters of a crop existed. The landowner protests while the tenant quips that the agreement collapsed with the missing portion. The piece closes with a mothering note promoting Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
A bricklayer recalls a round basin atop a post spotted at the big house and calls it a bird bath, while others debate. The discussion shifts to Milea Worm powders praised for gentle relief without stomach pain, claiming gradual internal improvement after the first dose.
A lawyer presses a woman to reveal her age in a courtroom exchange. She refuses, witling indignation, saying she does not know her exact age and that others have not asked before. The attorney insists, while she remains firm and nonresponsive.
A French abbe offered peace after offend a prince. The prince refused and turned away, prompting the abbe to remark that the prince never knew how to return an enemy’s turn. The scene ends with a sharp, rueful reply on pride and forgiveness.
Fragmentary verse expresses affection for a friend labeled true blue and a sense of longing. The speaker notes daily closeness with To-day as a companion and wonders about a future meeting. The piece conveys intimate sentiment in a reflective tone.
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