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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
6
A fragment of verse where the south wind speaks to a brooklet and dewdrops tell the robin that it is spring. The robin perches on a spray and warbles that spring has arrived, a playful personification of seasonal change.
Public domain style recipe hints for lamb dishes including roast lamb a la Bretonne Champswalls Ontuario style and sheep hearts stew. Methods cover bean accompaniment with onion sauce, and casseroles with vegetables and stock. The guide is from the Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa and offered free via Publicity and Extension Branch.
A jumble of folk memory lists proverbial contrasts then shifts to Acton lore. It recalls John Cummings and family led by Sandy, a colorful bachelor turned Westward with a ready made family, and Dr. Carter from Guelph who mentored Sandy in country calls. The piece links rural sayings to a long local narrative of kin and neighbors.
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report highlights bakery production in 1935, with 11th in value and 8th in wages. It notes 3 045 establishments, $45.8 million capital, 10 167 workers, and $59.4 million factory output for bread and related products.
The account recalls Martha Cummings and Willan Willson and their courtship amid church ties at the Brick Church near the Cummings farm in Acton. It notes the Hamiltons and Cummings, Rev Dr James Hamilton of Michigan, long life on the farm, maple trees planted by the Cummings boys, and later ownership changes to Hugh McDougall and finally A J Murray of Cloverdale Dairy running the estate with modern farming methods.
Canada wide hog numbers on farms rose 7 percent from June 1936 to December 1936 reaching an estimated 4,424,400 head. Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan show large increases with market hogs up 20 percent for Dec 1996 to May 1937 compared with 1935-36.
Canada’s gold mines boosted national wealth with 1936 output totaling over 130 million dollars, up 13 percent from 1935. Milling operated near 37,000 tons daily, dividends reached 35.4 million, and mining spread across provinces while exploration pushes frontiers and strengthens national credit.
A historical summary of a royal voyage starting with Africa tours in 1024 and 1925, the Canberra opening, a world cruise on the battleship Renown, and the Prince’s initiation aboard the ship. The Duke and DuchessEs cross the equator, receive barber- dock ceremony, and maintain daily ties with the King and infant daughter while plans for ashore functions proceed.
Pat and Mike recall a dream where Pat and Mike die, with a dark passage and a top blackboard. They must write their names as they meet, and a question about gaining more clients triggers a cryptic exchange. The fragment hints at a surreal encounter unfolding as dialogue progresses.
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