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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 08, 1948

Page

6

New Caledonia Disease Threat Raises Poultry Alarm

Outbreaks of a new poultry disease reached Ontario in 1948, resembling bronchitis with rapid chick mortality up to 100 percent. Officials urge reporting to the Health of Animals Branch and suggest Dr. W Moynihan in Toronto. The article also covers legume bacteria benefits and Halton Junior Farmers activities and club plans for 1948 including calf and grain clubs and a swine project.

United States Ontario Health of Animals W. Moynihan Keele St Toronto Mhone Lyndhurst Halton Junior Farmers Association of Ontario Guelph Apel Thien Junior Cameron Wilson Evelyn Pedetterlo Mitton Ontario Department of Agricuture Acton Acton Agricultural Society Ac‘ton Halton Crop Improvement Association Millon

Canadian composer wrote famed song linked to Maggie tale

Napier Moore reports in the Financial Post that Maggle was not a real person. In 1850 George Johnson from Binbrooke Ontario taught in Glanford Wentworth County and fell for pupil Maggie Clark. They married in 1864. Johnson later worked in newspapers, then returned to Canada and held several school and university posts before dying in 1917.

Maggie Napier Moore Financial Post Maggle George Johnson Binbrooke Ont Glanford Wentworth County Maggie Clark Twenty Mile Creek Johnson Mar

Maple Sugar Season and the Sap Harvest

The maple sugar season runs as sugar maples are tapped and sap collected to produce syrup. The industry supports local economies and a long tradition with trees yielding sap for generations. The tree's vitality and autumn colors contribute to regional forest beauty and pride.

Gelgar counter aids brain tumor surgery in peace time use

Developments of war are adapted to peacetime needs with the Gelgar counter now guiding brain tumor surgery. The device detects radioactive phosphorus concentration in tumors, helping locate the tumor and assess complete removal more accurately than the eye after operation.

Handshakes Attack Sparks From White House Doctor

White House physician Dr. Wallace H. Graham criticizes the heavy campaign handshaking tradition as unhygienic and tiring. He urges restraint and suggests replacing mass greetings with brief friendly words rather than endless grips.

White House Wallace H. Graham

Sunday School Lesson on Israel’s Restoration and God’s Shepherd

The lesson emphasizes Gods sovereign right over man and the Good Shepherd imagery. It cites prophecies of Israel’s regathering to the land, future blessings, and judgment on oppressors. It notes Jehovah as shepherd of Israel and the need to interpret prophecies as literal regathering rather than spiritualized.

God Mana Israel Jesus Aw Jehovah Joel Amos Zech Earth Holy Land Nehemiah Ezra Ezekiel Ghent Jer Isa Ezek

Symbolic Heifer Ashes and Cleansing Blood Doctrine

The text cites an Old Testament rite from Numbers 10 9 18 using ashes of a heifer to symbolize cleansing. It argues that Christ's blood sprinkling cleanses the conscience and heart, yielding justification as described in Hebrews and Jeremiah references.

Public Auction Sale of Livestock Farm Implements and Goods

Instructions from JOSEP FRANK authorize a public auction at Lot if Con 5 Nuskagaweya near Acton on Saturday April 16 starting 1 PM. Items include horses and harness, cows with calves, young cattle, implements, grain, furniture, and various small articles. cash terms with no reserve as the owner retires. Auctioneers Hindley and Elliott. Clerk L. W. McMillan.

Josep Frank Lotif Con Nuskagaweya S.W Acton N.E Moffat M.H. Binder D& W M.H. Silda Lh.c McC. Deering M.H We Grain AO Ajax McCormick Deering Hindley & Elliott L. W. McMillan

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