Visit to Ontario Legislature Sparks Debate on Public Welfare
The writer recalls attending the Ontario Legislature with a friend of Ginger Farm Chronicles. They sat through a lengthy debate led by Hon. George Henry and left disappointed by the spectacle. The next day they saw the debate printed as front page news with a large caption, prompting reflection on media coverage versus governance.
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Ginger Farm Chronicles
Queen's Park
Rive
Ontario
George Henry
Hey
Foster Hewitt
Goor
Canadians See Big Growth in Motion Picture Industry
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 856 Canadian theatres in 1935 with 15.98 million admissions and 27.17 million dollars in receipts. Average 23.2 cent admission, 4–5 weekly seat occupancy, per capita spend 2.48 dollars. Urban attendance high, factors include rates and juvenile rules.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Slot machines rake in profits say Florida judge findings
A Florida journalist and Globe and Mail correspondent critique slot machines hinting one in seven odds of winning. A thirty day Florida test shows 150 machines grossed 6000 with 727 paid out, implying large profits for operators. Toronto owners face confiscation and destruction by police, easing temptations for local patrons.
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Toronto
Hamilton
Florida
Globe and Mail
Florida Press
Globe
Smaller towns attract industry as cities lose appeal
The article notes a shift of industries from major cities to smaller towns. Hawover gains a Swift Camidian plant while St Marys eyes a textile facility and Barrie aims for an aircraft factory. Delhi Tillsonburg secure tobacco processing plants as cost of living and taxes push firms toward smaller centers. Beardmore Co relocates to Acton, underscoring a broader move.
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Hawover
Swift Camidian” Company
St. Mary’s
Barrie
Delhi
Tillsonburo
Beardmore Co
Acton
Acton Hydro Credit Signals Stable Rates For Year
The Public Utilities Commission report shows a credit of nearly 1300 dollars for Acton's year operations. Aiming to keep power at cost, the commission notes past rebates and last year’s rate cuts while predicting continued favorable figures for consumers.
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Acton
Public Utilities Commission
Expiration of radio licenses and local taxation issues noted
Editorial notes prompt note on license expirations and a perception of nuisance taxes. Mentions Second Line road repairs urgent due to many potholes and mentions School Tax Act impacts in Halton County. Comments on liquor licensing in Ontario, Toronto Sunday selling dispute, and a passerby tale of a circulating one dollar bill in Waukegan Illinois with varied purchases, noting church treasurers were not paid from it.
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Waukegan
Hiiois
Sin of Adam and Eve in the Genesis Fall
The lesson outlines Eve's temptation by the serpent and the resulting disobedience. It links Satan's manipulation to doubt of God's love, notes the role of misquoting commands, and explains death as the consequence. It emphasizes self blame, then divine judgment, and urges obedience and moral reflection.
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Yasson
Eden
Tim
Satan
Chad
Eve
Christ
Adam
Hes
Suk
Sin
Lsu
God
Phil
Jehovah
Dehoval
Tate
Actson
Ciod
Adan
Aather
God Havell
Cordenin
Fragmented Laughing Anecdotes and Classroom Snippets
A collection of disjointed classroom and street vignettes. Students debate words like diadem while a teacher tests usage. A barber joke, a doctor’s caution, a landlady serving thin bread and butter, and casual exchanges reveal humorous, fragmented scenes.
Auto crash awards rise in London and Wingham cases
A 1934 London street crossing crash awarded $12,000 to a retired farmer and his wife while a nearby Wingham auto smash yielded $20,500. The columnist notes how few people can afford such sums and urges readers to consider these figures before speeding.
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Justice Jeffrey
London
Wingham
Dunnvile Chronicle
First Gospel Proclamation in Genesis and the Seed of Woman
The text outlines the first curse on the serpent, declares enmity between the serpent’s seed and the woman’s seed, and identifies Jesus as born of the woman. It asserts the seed of the woman will crush Satan, while noting skepticism about Genesis’ inspiration.
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Jesus
Satan
Christ
Interview Transcript Fragment From Silent Scene
A cryptic dialogue fragment features an interviewer and speakers referencing a Me'Turean context, a mention of death and mothers, and a child. The text reads like a damaged archival page with garbled phrases and unclear attribution, offering little coherent narrative or concrete events.
Fragmented dialogue from a historical page
OCR fragments show a despondent aunt and a reassuring nephew, with garbled phrases about time, a nephew promising action, and vague references to a Friend Whvation Army Man and collecting. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or identifiable names.
Five Canadian Paintings Bought for South Africa
The National Gallery of South Africa Capetown purchased five Canadian paintings from a 1926 to 1930 context for a Johannesburg Empire Exhibition exhibit before sending them to Capetown. Works include Connecticut River Watercolor by Mrs. Haworth Toronto Winter in Quebec by A Y Jackson Litle Haven Nova Scotia by Arthur Liamer The Long Warm by George D Pepper and Cranberry Lake by Franklin Carmichael Toronto. The Lean Horn is reproduced above.
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National Gallery of South Africa
Capetown
Ateemblat
National’ Galery of
Canada
Johannesburg
Eter Haworth
Toronto
Quebec
A. Y. Jackson
Litle Haven
Nova ‘Scotia
Arthur Liamer
Ajcia
George D. Pepper
Gottava
Ontario College of Art
Cranberry Lake
Franklin Carmichael
Ther Lean Horn
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Sind
Lucker Time
Halton County
Liquor Centre Board
McPherson
Reeve McCutcheon
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Robinson
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Nephew
Dave
Norman Hartnell
Queen Elizabeth of England
South Africa
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