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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
6
A reflective piece on daily homemaking and the desire to offer kindness and comfort. The speaker contemplates how to contribute to loved ones and strangers through warmth, cleanliness, order, and cheerful hospitality within the home.
The piece touts seasonal fashion and feasts with Easter in view. It presents a new sponge cake recipe and a light diet theme, then offers a Hawaiian pineapple juice idea, and includes recipes for lima dish tomato sauce spaghetti and a hamburger tomato bake.
A scrap on thrift from old notes urges farmers to live within means and avoid debt, with a later diary-style memory of Acton Street history. It recalls Hart’s store, John Hill, the Adams property, and long-vanished shops, post offices, and locals like Mr. Swan and the Hill gallery.
A reflective passage argues fortune matters less than temperance and integrity. It notes some who gain wealth fail in character, while true success rests on balance, cleanliness of life, steady purpose, and a sweet disposition.
A discussion outlines two opposing forces: complete freedom to follow impulses and strict government restraint. It argues self control remains essential to freedom and that society, family, and state maintain balance through measured restraint and personal responsibility.
A quotation by Mr. S. O. Hall on beauty arising from movement of the face rather than static features. It argues smile and amiable feelings shape higher beauty through expression, not mere form.
An employer faced with New Deal wage rules fined workers a dollar for each minute late, stating a strict punctuality policy. He gathered staff to announce the policy, promising penalties to enforce timely arrival and implying an increased weekly wage baseline under the wage adjustment.
Household hints present a Sunday supper menu using oysters rhubarb turnovers and maple candy recipes. The column notes oysters may soon be off the market and offers instructions for deviled oysters rhubarb turnovers maple candies and maple sugar substitutes for desserts and ice cream.
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