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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1926
Page
2
A poetic fragment describes October with falling leaves indoors and cellar scents of apples. The day passes from frosty morning to a cool night, with changing skies, wind, and occasional rain as autumn winds swirl over the greensward.
Fergus School Board met on September 12 1950 with seven members present to form a quorum. The report showed 353 in the High School and 517 in the Public School. The Property Committee reported ongoing crowding despite use of multiple temporary spaces and proposed moving the primary class to the old jail for cost savings and a cautionary civic lesson. The board debated a new High School, while Education Department funding and legal actions circled, and adjourned after extended discussion.
A captain on the Great Lakes and his ten year old son sail for a lumber trip. A cold front brings danger and the boy forgets a jacket. The father buys red flannel and makes a suit from a single store bought fabric. The improvised garment is fashioned with a jackknife but the tale ends with the father recounting the adventure.
Helen attends her first party. When refreshments arrive she refuses a second serving with a polite no thank you. The hostess urges more, while a little girl explains her mother told her to say no but she doubts the dishes were small.
The Acton Gazette reports Bedford Park sent £276 1s 10d for Poppy Day. Local incidents include fines for stray horses in Golf-road and a road accident injuring a man on Park-road-north. Acton branches expand services for animals. ambulance calls and a hospital patient update are noted.
A couple quarrel over an expensive purchase, with the husband denying making a large purchase and the wife citing a fire extinguisher bought a year ago that remains unused. The exchange hints at ongoing domestic friction within the household.
The author retraces a west-to-east auto journey visiting Windsor, Detroit, Sarnia, Forest, Goderich, Port Elgin and Owen Sound. He notes road quality and traffic, Lakeshore scenery, and encounters with locals, editors, and notable visitors while reflecting on home in Acton.
A preacher recalls a tale of a camelot style brass monkey automaton that puffed on a lit cigarette. He warned that if smoke can halt the monkey’s works, what might it do to boys and girls alike. The anecdote ends with a grim note on the device’s broken, horrible condition.
A collection of brief sayings spans Spanish French and Scottish lore. It cites a Spanish rhyme about women and gowns, an old English couplet on losing a wife or farthing, a German quip on good women, a Scotch line contrasting honest and wise men, and a Fife saying praising a good wife as next to none.
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