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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1925
Page
3
A youthful author praised by James Redpath and John G Whittier for mastering English verse writes a passionate fragment about kissing and shelter. The speaker seeks reassurance on mutual desire and the meaning of a kiss in love.
The tale recounts Francois Coillard, revered as the apostle of the Upper Zambezis, mourned among Basuto and Barotal friends after a long life in Central Africa. An old woman Mateke, poor yet generous, gifts a hollow gourd to the missionary in joy and faith, saying she is glad to help him. He vows to keep the gift as a symbol of steadfastness until death.
A Southron recounts Mammy the dental demonstrator who feared night doctors. The tale contrasts two doctors Jones and Smith with a modern painless method that finally removes the tooth without pain. The mistress recalls Mammy’s relief and gratitude for the gentler technique.
A教师 advocates directing excess energy of Willie Jack and Betty toward outdoor play. Grown ups should provide time and place for noise and quiet activities, letting children romp daily to balance energy and adapt to adult rules.
Kenneth Bixby, a nineteen year old mill worker, pleads for a job with Rudolph Mueller at the Northwestern Paper Company camp. After watching a biplane crash and facing financial strain, he builds an ice capable boat, the Skeeter, to reach stranded workers and rescue them, earning Mueller’s tentative respect as the risky cross ends in a dramatic return to shore.
Kenneth Bixby is carried into the Northwestern Paper Company camp offices after saving a life during a perilous plane crash. President Mueller thanks him, offers a four year college supporting path in engineering and a partial salary draw, and invites him to start work the next day.
The list shows highway numbers 2 through 17 allotted by the highway overseers for Ontario. Road No 3 runs from the Quebec boundary to Windsor via Toronto Hamilton Brantford Woodstock London and Chatham then another 3 from Niagara Falls to Windsor via Welland and St Thomas. Additional routes cover St Thomas to Northern Highway via London Dundas Hamilton Port Credit to Sarnia and a northern link to Port Credit through Brampton Guelph Kitchener Stratford and more.
A traveler recounts a hotel stay near a gimalt settlement in Arkansas where locals view his story with suspicion. At Eagle House on a stream’s edge he asks for a bath, and the proprietor offers a tin cup of soft soap a rough towel and a pick and shovel saying the watch is low and they will dam the creek.
In a New York debtor court a actor testified that his only assets were his salary and membership in the Blank Company. When pressed for more items the witness quipped about a dog a watch and a case of rheumatism, eliciting laughter from spectators. The prosecuting counsel pressed for additional possessions but received a facetious response.
A boy wanders Glasgow docks becomes a self made grocer. He borrows money, builds Lipton’s brand, and grows into a global tea empire with ships in India and China. Sir Thomas Lipton donates to charities and earns royal recognition as a yachtsman and businessman.
A reminiscence of smuggling recalls Marshal Saxony returning to France in 1746. At a French frontier city gate a customs officer asks if he has contraband. The marshal calmly claims the enormous tobacco barrel is his tobacco box, prompting a respectful closing of the door.
Public school officials in several cities test children eyes amid concerns over parental supervision. A noted incident shows a principal sending a note to Mr Judkins about his son’s vision, prompting a blunt parental reply.
A lank awkward countryman visits a city hotel clerk asking about meal hours. After the clerk recites meals times from seven to twelve, the man sharply asks when he will have time to serve the town, illustrating his impatience and humor.
A simple home fix for hard to reach springs. Drill a quarter inch hole in a cork, thread the oil can spout through, insert an eighteen inch copper wire into the cork, bend as needed, then invert the can to deliver oil along the wire to inaccessible spots between the body and frame. This method lets oil reach leaf springs and other tight areas.
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