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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1939
Page
7
A cheerful message promotes a daily sunlit routine to lift spirits and encourage smiling. The note emphasizes living happily through a simple habit and a bright disposition, inviting readers to adopt the sunny practice.
Twenty years ago the Free Press notes an excellent Friday evening pageant by Victoria Mission Band with a large audience. Discussion at council favored official adoption of daylight saving time. Arthur Watson on leave from Toronto hospital. News from Pte James Loutitt about marriage plans. Limehouse Presbyterian hymnals introduced, church spirits uplifted. Butter prices hover, green corn season not underway. Died April 18 1919 Toronto Dr Anson Butk Palermo aged 86.
A Toronto Daily Star report notes Japan’s low wage levels for factory workers, from 20 to 63 cents daily, and contrasts them with Western wages. It highlights the high cost of living relative to earnings, the feudal setup of the textile industry, and reports on dormitory conditions and confinement of female labor in Japanese plants.
In March the Workmen’s Accident Board reported 4 540 accidents, up from February and last year’s March. Benefits totaled 523 873.64, with 426 182.64 for compensation and 97 691.06 for medical aid. First quarter 1939 accidents reached 18 389, vs 15 408 in 1938, while benefits were 1 491 025.38 compared with 1 622 720.12 in 1938.
A reflective narrative links a long poem about blessing and community to memories of John and Hugh Cameron, two Acton carpenters who built homes at the church and John Streets. It recounts John Cameron’s marriage to Lizzie McMackon, his later misfortunes, his civic standing as a lawyer for Halton County, and his steadfast opposition to Tory politics. The piece recalls Hugh Cameron’s move to Sarnia, temperance stance, love of baseball and quoits, and fond memories of local matches and town life, ending with a farewell to the street’s history.
A Rotary Club of Toronto talk by John Martin of Massey Harris touts labor-saving farm implements that cut costs and boost production. He cites fodder and dairy values in Canada and notes Massey Harris global growth, along with tractors and the One Way Disc Seeder lowering costs and expanding Canadian farming profitability.
Research shows moth larvae in furs die from repeated extreme temperature shocks. Furs chilled to 15 18 F for 2 3 days then exposed to 45 50 F twice or thrice kills all moths eggs and larvae. Storage humidity best at 55 65 percent to aid preservation.
In a humorous fragment a Musketry Sergeant questions a rookie about a rifle part as the rookie mimics moving along the barrel. The exchange highlights classroom banter and military drill jargon.
A shopper complains the chicken she bought yesterday lacked a wishbone. The butcher replies the bird was content and had nothing to wish for, in a light exchange reflecting playful vendor customer banter.
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