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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 12, 1934

Page

9

Blow Hard Bassett Saves Boy From Quary Bravely

At Red Hill quarry Giovanni climbs a rope to safety as Bassett fights a dangerous load and a swinging cable. The two are lowered toward a muddy pool but plunge together to escape under water. Giovanni is unhurt while Bassett bears severe hand injuries. Foreman hails his grit.

Benesth Giovanni Red Hill Basset Baseet Jine Basac Ale Burden Foreman Baaset Basst Bassi Gioanni Ramset Baaser

Between Season Desserts by Barbara B. Brooks

Barbara B. Brooks offers early spring dessert ideas to bridge the gap before berries. The piece features lemon chiffon pie with corn flake pastry, bran spice cookies, corn flake Indian pudding and English orange pudding with notes on method and yield.

Tomes

Ontario A to Z License Plate Listings for 1994

The list shows 1994 Ontario license plate ranges by city and letter blocks, detailing unlettered numbers and lettered series from Toronto to Windsor and beyond. It includes numerous city codes such as Welland St Marys Guelph Kitchener Sarnia and Ottawa with ranges like A-1 to A-9999 and W-1 to W-9999, outlining regional plate allocations.

Toronto St- Marya Sarnia St. Catharines Niagara Kitchener

Persian Balm advert promises allure and refined care

An ornate advertisement extols Persian Balm as a cooling fragrant cosmetic for women. It claims to improve complexions, soften hands, soothe weather irritations, and create a velvety texture with a peerless toilette prestige.

Burglary tale ends with reluctant showdown over revolver

Isaacs recalls confronting a burglar who ignored the loaded revolver. The burglar eyed the weapon, asked for its price, and Isaacs wondered how to shoot when the intruder proposed a business deal.

Isaacs Rubenstein Devillan

Treatment methods for different grain smuts and barley diseases

The article explains that specific chemical and heat treatments are required for each smut disease in grain. It outlines formalin solution use at 40 gallons per 40 to 50 bushels, followed by four hours of covering, and hot-water treatment for wheat loose smut and barley smut with precise temperature ranges of 86°F soaking and 122–126°F immersion.

Division of Botany Dominion Experimental Farms

Gems of Thought Reflections from Various Authors

A collection of aphorisms and quotes attributed to Marcus Dods H W Beecher Chrysostom Fuller Hlrance Bushnell Canon B H Streeter George Bancroft Sir P Sidney Wendell Phillips Ernest M Hopkins, each on neighborliness, faith, virtue, self deception, self control, and civic responsibility. The pieces urge humility patience judgment intelligence and morality in public life.

Doctor Risks Jungle Night to Find Lost Child

A white doctor hurries through Bur meee jungle toward a mission past, hearing a distant call. He debates safety vs duty and chooses the jungle path, only to discover the voice belongs to his own child lost amid the shadowed paths.

Baby care ad copy fragment

Fragmentary OCR text describes a baby product claim for soothing colds digestion constipation and colic. Mentions mothers using it for fretful infants and safety assurances. Lacks clear entities, dates or concrete outcomes.

Notice to Creditors for John Walters Estate

Notice to creditors of John Walters formerly of Chingacousy Georgetown Exquesing Acton who died at the House of Refuge near Brampton on April 3. Claims must be sent to solicitors William Knox Graham and Duncan Waldie Executors by May 5 1934 for distribution of assets under the Ontario Rules. H N Farmer Acton Ontario solicitor. 40-3

John George Walters Chingacousy Georgetown Exquesing Acton House of Refuge Brampton William Knox Graham Duncan ‘Waldie H. N. Farmer Ontario

Art School in Rockies to Offer Alberta Students Summer Program

AG Leighton of Calgary returns to lead a summer art school for selected Alberta students at the Kananaskis Dade Ranch near Banff. He heads the Government Art College and the Institute of Technology and Art linked to the University of Alberta. His windmill paintings helped spur preservation efforts for Kent and Sussex landmarks. The ranch, run by Mrs. Bill Breyster, sits in the Bow River valley amid Canadian Rockies scenery.

AG Leighton RBA Government Art College Calgary University of Alberta Kent Sussex Kananaskia Bill Breyster Canade United States Bow River Rocky’ ‘Mountain Acenery

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