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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
3
Rural home cooks receive a compact set of old fashioned supper recipes using fish eggs cheese oats and bacon. Dishes include oat soup with vegetables cheese pastry shells baked codfish chowder and baked fish loaf with chili sauce dumplings.
A Women’s Institute catering for a Canadian Club welcome banquet generated headlines and chaos. Volunteers faced a blown kitchen fuse, missing serving ware, and a far roam of dishes and two stray pigs traced by a local ad. The writer reflects on community effort, miscommunications, and the value of reading notices.
TORONTO. For a decade Trobert Lowe hunts pigeons at night to earn small sums. He traps roosting birds on rooftops, charging about $10 per house. He worries about being mistaken for a burglar and the risk of a fall from ladders with little legal protection.
Ned Sermum of White Fish reserve, once charged $8.95 in 1921, returned 25 years later to pay the same amount in full at the Alberta store. The event ends with a courteous thanks as the history closes on a small town ledger line.
You can ease tomorrow’s worries by contacting the North American Life representative today. Discuss how a rising income can bring growing independence and adequate protection for your family through a tailored Life Assurance program.
A letter argues against a 40 hour week, saying long hours are normal in farming and war time. It asserts higher hourly pay would require steep price increases and that leisure without heavy work is essential for happiness. The writer insists on more work time balanced with recreation, not prolonged idle periods.
The New South Wales police department selected the telegraphic address Nemeals in 1922 after a decision by Commissioner James Mitchell. The acronym or name choice reflects early 20th century communications practice within the force.
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