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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1933
Page
9
A poetic portrait of ordinary husbands and wives living in simple homes, showing courage and hope. The piece highlights their hidden valor, laughter, and kindness as daily acts that enrich the world despite modest lives.
Twenty years ago The Free Press notes rapid progress on the new record moving picture building with bricklayers on the second storey. Also reported are flags at half mast for the late Premier, a Meadowvale land purchase by Joseph Bird, and a Paris dispatch on Allied advances and Canada’s embarkation of 32 000 soldiers. The Fall Fair set attendance records with gate receipts of 21 and 486.25, births and deaths in the area are recorded: Wrigglesworth girl born September 21 1914 and Robert A Smyth died September 25 1914 aged 39.
A Persian Balm is praised as alluringly fragrant. It enhances appearance with refined texture and complexion while softening and whitening hands. The product cools weather irritation and absorbs swiftly with no stickiness, labeled a peerless toilet requisite for elegant women.
National census figures show Canada spent about 100 million dollars on health service reimbursements. The medical health workforce included 24 153 males and 44 274 females with varying wage earnings. Estimated gross receipts for doctors and dentists reach tens of millions, and nursing, opticians, chiropractors, veterinarians, and hospital fees also contribute large sums.
A reader describes a simple experiment: place a handkerchief in a tumbler, cover with water, then push the inverted tumbler into the basin. The air trapped inside prevents the handkerchief from getting wet, proving the dry handkerchief can remain dry as the glass is submerged.
Chronicles of Ginger Farm recalls a week blending labor and leisure. The author details shingling the driving shed, car mishaps from street parking, anti clocking errands, Institute meetings, and a yacht race update praising Endeavour and T O M Sopwith, with family duties and neighbors present throughout.
An advertisement touts Douglas Egyptian Liniment as an excellent leg wash for stock. It claims the product removes coins in horses and quickly relieves bruises sprains swellings and joint stiffness.
The diary entries by Ross Farquhar humorously sketch a week of local life. Friday recalls a flirtation incident near the Liberty, Saturday nods to politics and Roosevelt, Sunday covers a boyish self reflection, Monday hints at divorce talk, Tuesday notes suspicion about Mrs Lett, Wednesday mentions a disappointed Mazie Wiseman, and Thursday describes a party quarrel over a handkerchief.
An early 20th century health notice urges mothers to prevent worm infestations in infants. It describes unseen symptoms and claims Miller's Worm Powders expel worms quickly without inconvenience to the child.
A boy trapped in a hill hole is rescued after the roof collapses leaving him bruised and unconscious. The piece contrasts his grit with a defiant spirit expressed in the refrain I am not licked yet as he endures a night of hard luck and recovery. It also reflects on etiquette, resilience, and personal temper.
An old advertisement warns that poor bile flow causes digestive misery and general malaise. It promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a purely vegetable remedy, claiming rapid, definite relief and urging customers to ask for Carter's by name.
A Sunday Hyde Park scene features a speaker who brags about posing a question to his listeners who grow weary. A spectator responds with a sly remark ending in a pun that undercuts the pompous talk and delivers a quick aside playful in tone.
A witty exchange about marital balance and late nights ends with a quip on a wife’s precise aim, reflecting a lighthearted domestic humor tone.
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