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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1932
Page
6
A lyric meditation on spring breaking late after cold months. The speaker notes reluctant progress, then watches willows and new leaves emerge, lifting spirits and transforming the landscape from mute ice to vibrant life. The poem celebrates enduring hope after a long winter.
Betty Barclay shares two light spring recipes to beat spring fever. Gelatin rhubarb pie blends rhubarb, orange juice, and gelatin in shells topped with cream cheese meringue. Galad salad uses gelatin with beets wax beans and parsley cream cheese topping.
Edna Randolph Worrell shares recollections from the illustrated Atlas of Halton County 1877. She highlights Acton’s 37 mile gap from Toronto, 900 inhabitants, and notes tannery, glove works, plough company, flour mill, lime works, and other firms. The piece contrasts past hardships with 1932 ease and promises future installments.
Recipe notes describe making a lemon junket layered with stewed apricots and chilling until firm. An orange relish for meat combines oranges pineapple juice spices and canned pineapple baked in a moderate oven for 2 to 2 1/4 hours.
A vintage recipe note offers two child party desserts. One uses lemon gelatin with green tinted coconut and animal crackers arranged upright, serving eight. The second uses orange gelatin poured into molds, chilled, then unmolded and garnished with whipped cream and orange sections for six.
A vintage advertisement extols Persian Baba as a true elixir of youth. It promises a radiant complexion and whitening of hands, soothing dry skin, and a delicate fragrance, urging discerning women to rely on this toilet requisite.
A gentleman dancing with a lady had a pin in her hair pierce his eardrum and he claimed on an accident policy. The column lists a string of strange insurance claims including retiring, trousers, gas heater, bed, and a hot night with an electric fan causing injuries.
The Dairy News Letter from the Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch notes ten years of data showing five new products such as condensed buttermilk evaporated skim milk cream powder buttermilk powder and malted milk powder. It records declines in cheese condensed milk and condensed coffee while noting large gains in ensine skim milk ice cream skim milk powder and butter fat cream sales.
Diary entries recount a week’s small town life in Jackson County with Emmys letter, ring misplacement, marital frictions, a general test, school board money worries, a beer remark, and a fishing minded neighbor. An Asthma remedy ad closes the page praising Kellogg’s remedy.
A brief quip frames a child asking when he can act freely and a retort asserts no one has lived that long yet. The exchange highlights a humorous take on autonomy and aging.
A teacher writes a sentence on the blackboard and asks students to identify errors. One pupil suggests the phrase should read The toast was eaten in silence, highlighting the discussion of grammar and punctuation in class.
A kindergarten teacher tests the class with a half dollar on the desk. She asks what it is and a voice from the back row shouts tails, revealing the outcome of the playful knowledge test.
A brief chatter finds a wife asking if her gown suits her, while her husband suggests she might push it a bit further. The exchange hints at fashion and marital playfulness in a domestic moment.
An old woman scolds her grandson for eating too much cane. She warns him with a moral line about Cain and Abel, reflecting a cautionary family moment in a dialectal narration.
Klumsleigh, a china warehouse packer, broke a vase on his third day. The manager deducted half wages weekly to cover the $300 vase, prompting Klumseigh to cheer that he finally has a steady job as the boss envied the steady pay.
A minister recalls his boyhood whistling habit and a hotel encounter. A yard boy questioned the minsters effort and prompted a higher whistle. The tale ends with a reminder that many people perform poorly despite greater ability.
An ad touts Dr Southworths URATABS for bladder weakness and urethral irritation. It claims a 50 year private practice formula, quick relief of burning irritations and backaches, and a money back guarantee on first package from any reputable druggist.
The notice lists Dr J A McNiven as surgeon with office and residence at Gonar Bower Avenue and Elgin Street. It also notes Harold Nash, farmer, and IM A Barrister Solicitor Notary Public Conveyancer among the referenced individuals and services.
A storefront advertises hours from 9 a m to 6 p m with evening service in Appolatitenk. It notes gas for extractions and a telephone number 1435. The shop offers custom account books and bindings, periodicals bound neatly and promptly. Wyndham Street location.
A shop touts long running experience repairing pieces for other jewellers across Canada and offers to handle repairs for new customers with prompt service and skilled workmanship.
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