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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1939
Page
6
Since 1935 Canada has supplied macaroni and related products to Britain and remains in demand in the British Isles and Canada during Lent. The guide offers menus for Salmon au Gratin with noodles, Macaroni Stuffed Peppers, Plain Egg Noodles, Swiss Steak, Steak Rolls, and Carried Beef with Rice, detailing ingredients and basic cooking steps.
Fashion notes affirm the drind frock remains in style with many women despite new silhouettes. The featured gown is a sheer caramel crepe with diagonal black pin stripes and dots, a bodice that buttons to the waist with self covered buttons, and slanting slit pockets on the skirt.
A farm diary reflects on late winter and early spring in a rural area. The writer notes snowdrifts, road repairs, and an auction visit with small finds, then muses on recycling tin cans and bottles to lower manufacturing costs, recalling windmills and old jam jars from childhood.
A German ice dealer in Duneller New Jersey swapped homes with a Jewish family in Germany to help them flee. The move, likely arranged by Germans abroad, may have involved officials, underscoring tensions between racial intolerance and ordinary people.
A California ex convict rose to police chief after 11 months in prison. The community chose to keep him in office, valuing his present honesty and service over past stigma, showing many ex felons can reform and contribute.
A natural history sketch of extreme southern Saskatchewan and Alberta where Upper Sonoran life dominates. It details Cypress Hills and Wood Mountain elevations, rugged badlands, and lists species such as burrowing owl, Sennett's nighthawk, western lark sparrow, sage grouse, sage thresher, and Arkansas kingbird adapting to shortgrass plains greasewood flats sagebrush and cactus.
Freezing nights signal the maple season as sap is boiled to sugar and taffy. The aroma of resin and crackling wood fills open woods while sap thickens for snow cooling. The writer notes maple flavors blend with snow for the best taffy.
The St Catharines Standard notes 2 000 000 UK workers pay six cents weekly to fund hospital treatment for themselves. Annual hospitalization income reaches 30 000 000 dollars. It praises the potential system as a blessing to patients and hospital authorities and suggests its arrival is imminent in the province.
A New York Times column imagines a Bronx girl Jeannie asking General Electric for a tangible sample of electricity to study. The piece humorously contrasts empirical science with philosophy and hints at future tech ideas like mass energy equivalence.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt reflects on a small black dog that reshaped a family’s life. The dog restored play, laughter, and wonder, guiding them to notice beauty in dawn light and moonlit nights while exemplifying loyalty in its brown eyes. A closing quip contrasts estate wit with a lawyer’s daughter joke.
Farmers face dangerous dump heaps where cattle and horses risk injury or loss. A suggested plan proposes collecting waste products and feeding them to livestock, reducing hazards and waste. The idea, possibly led by the Department of Mines and Fisheries, would involve manufacturers nationwide.
A fragmentary quotation discusses a man who knows little yet hides his ignorance to prevent others from knowing. The text also claims that a good man is made better by a good woman, citing Jack Miner.
A garbled excerpt shows a fervent temperance speaker asking what would happen if all public houses were closed. A response implies many people would drown, reflecting a heated exchange on alcohol and social safety.
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