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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1923
Page
6
A fragmentary poem or prose poem recounts a religious critique and moral exhortation. The speaker, referencing Jesus and a dead dog metaphor, urges compassion and restraint, urging readers to honor sacrifice and inner virtue rather than outward triumphs. The piece invokes biblical imagery and a plea for humane feeling.
A Sunday school lesson review discusses the Gospel of John and its theme of life and truth through Jesus as the light. It contrasts Johns spiritual focus with Pauls teaching on the Holy Spirit guiding love, joy, peace, and self control for Christian living.
Twenty years ago the Free Press notes Acton crowds traveling to Tottenham for Oriila-Fergue baseball with Acton winning the Georgetown series 1 to 0 to claim a lead in Halton. Local property and farm news follow alongside obituaries and an advertisement for Holloway's Corn Remover.
A fragmentary advertorial note describes a mother and child amid recollections of hardship. It mentions Authma Comes and promotes Dr Kellogg's Autima Rum as a remedy for breathing ease and relief, claiming widespread use and success.
The fragment shows Maud and George in a tense scene about marriage and parental concern. The dialogue alludes to worms and a medicinal powder, urging prompt treatment to protect an infant, with a doctorly tone on health and duty.
A crowded list of prizes and donors for an Acton fair includes Five Roses Flour items, sugar and butter rewards, and goods from Lily White Pastry Flour, Nelson & Co, and The Simpsons Co. Ltd. Awards cover flours, baked goods, dairy items, fruit like Northern Spy apples, vegetables, and household goods with donors such as D. H. Lindsay and Miss Helpn Hypa.
Vantages climb to 6870 feet above Lake Louise and the Lochs now host a dozen tea rooms and rustic cabins in the Canadian Rockies. Notable spots include the Bow Hive on Lake Agnes and a mountaintop tea cabin atop Mount Fairview. Guides run pony-delivered supplies to serve visitors at the Chateau Lake Louise, with meals for about 350 guests daily.
The Dominion of Canada plans to kill 2000 surplus buffalo roaming the National Park at Wabnright as the population nears disappearance. The government has previously tried preservation but says park accommodations are overtaxed. A. M. Duclos of Edmonton received the slaughter contract to provide the carcasses and hides for sale.
Fragmentary text references Katherine, an uncle, a child, and a vague interaction. Names are obscured by garbled spelling and stray punctuation, making it difficult to identify a clear incident, date, or setting from the readable lines.
The text sketches a crowded street moment with shoppers and bystanders. Phrases reference a watchmaker, a widow with two children, and stirring questions about wares and freshness as a vendor calls to duck room sales, creating a snapshot of daily life and dialogue.
The notice lists train numbers and daily service with Sunday exceptions, noting freight delivered by special arrangement and picked up at an address in Toronto. HL Thetmord, agent, Acton, is named for contact.
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