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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1933
Page
16
A damaged poetic fragment questions how to endure fear and suggests serving others as a path to living. The lines reflect an outcast voice seeking guidance and meaning in action. The piece evokes internal struggle and a call to purposeful giving.
Recipes for new and novel dishes and household ideas by Betty Barclay. Dishes include a cornstarch milk chocolate dessert and a veal stuffed tomato dish. Instructions cover mixing, cooking times, moulding, chilling, and serving suggestions with basic quantities and steps.
A vintage recipe outlines making cream of potato soup using four medium potatoes two slices onion and two bacon strips. Boil until tender mash and strain then add to three cups thin cream sauce with milk flour and butter. Season and finish with parsley. variations include catsup leeks or celery.
Old household guide offers wedding cake instructions with butter eggs juice spices and fruit plus a method to candy orange or lemon peel. Also includes dire warnings about intestinal worms and a detoxifying powder attributed to Miller’s Worm Powders.
An elderly writer reflects on inner battles and daily life as winter ends, noting signs of spring in gardening and maple syrup. He recalls Acton’s sixtieth anniversary, past local histories in The Free Press, and compares 1880s finances to present times while promising more recollections next week.
Historian Arthur Sharp notes on Good Friday hot cross buns and Easter eggs as enduring customs while many old practices vanish. He recalls royal bun houses Chelsea Bun House and Real Old Original Chelsea Bun-house and describes church games with tansy cakes and ball play, Chester pageantry, and feasts.
A candidate facing heckling at a hall meeting is mocked by an audience member who imagines killing him with ridicule. The speaker recalls a past occupation and, after a sharp retort, seems to recognize the heckler’s reference to a donkey from a cart-and-donkey era.
A fictional diary recounts a week of small town life in informal notes. Entries touch playful mischief at home and school, local restaurant talk, a Sunday school walk, and Emmy learning what a Delegate at Large can mean.
Classified brief notes dining availabilities for T Seynuck's Cafe on Main Street Acton. Phone Acton 65 er 9 for appointments. Georgetown 88 office hours list Acton Tuesday and Thursday 1 15 pm to 6 30 pm evenings on request.
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