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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1935
Page
7
A humorous quatrain by Alice Mcfiheshy riffs on naming a cottage a bungalow. She cites two reasons a bungalow earns its name: bungle for design errors and one for the big bills left unpaid.
Excerpts note a new Ford car purchase, April seedings and warm weather records, property moves by N P Melam, and Rev H H Wilkinson resigning from Rt Alban’s. Acton Red Cross raises 185 for Shorncliffe Hospital with 105 from a concert. Esquesing Society Horse Show in Georgetown draws well. Births and obituaries recorded, plus advertising for Dr Thomas Electric Oil praising its public trust.
Alberta reports a strong travel season with national parks and ports of entry showing high visitor totals. Over 200000 guests visited national parks, with Banff and Elk Island seeing large car flows and Jasper and Waterton also popular. Coutts and Coutts gates note rising car and person totals, reflecting Alberta's appeal of mountains and prairies and a vast park system including 8000 square miles in the Alberta Rockies.
The article recalls Henry VI's courtship with Anne Boleyn, noting a passion for clock collection at Windsor and Buckingham Palace. It highlights a tiny clock King Henry gave on their wedding day, with weights engraved in a knot motif. Anne's reaction remains uncertain as history recalls his tumultuous romance and eventual fate.
A fragment shows a bereaved husband offering liquor to a priest who responds with a grim remark. The scene suggests tension and coping through alcohol as comfort in a troubled moment.
A Ginger Farm reader writes about a bright Easter, noting warm days, radio services from Spain and the Vatican, and mixed views on broadcasting church ceremonies. The author recalls family outings, a quarry visit, and a countryside ramble with children, ending with plans to broadcast in the school chapel.
A Milk Utilization Service article promotes combining milk with meat or fish in recipes to meet daily milk quotas and improve digestibility. Recipes include Fish Loaf with milk sauce, Chicken and Ham Loaf, baked fish with cheese and paprika, and ham dishes with milk and Worcestershire sauce, all cooked at varied temperatures.
Preliminary work begins in the Central Foxperi mental Farm vegetable garden with spinach lettuce radish and turnips to be sown early and repeated at intervals to ensure continuous supply. Hardier New England spinach tolerates dry hot weather and August sowings aim for fall crops while rhubarb care and early onions are noted. Experimental crops include curly amber cane sorghum Italian ryegrass and narrow stem baled forage tested with early and late seedings and dairy grazing.
A Dominion Egg and Poultry Market Review notes Canada ships mainly low grade dressed poultry to Great Britain. Of 29401 boxes exported in January and February only about 0.4 percent were Selected B and Selected C, the lowest grades. Exporters should mix higher grade poultry with grade B to grow Britain trade.
Promenade Symphony Concerts widen access for Toronto fans with reserved seats at Varsity Arena and affordable travel costs. Conducted by Reginald Stewart, the concerts draw large crowds and feature a 100 to 145 member orchestra backed by the Toronto Musical Protective Association led by Lieut. Walter M. Murdoch. The event claims Canada’s largest permanent orchestra.
A high school pupil recalls a strange exam where questions about birthplaces sparked evasive answers. He explains that revealing the family’s origins led to awkward assumptions, so he fabricates a single birthplace to avoid misperceptions.
University of Wisconsin dairy researchers report that cream acidity alters electric charge on fat globules during butter production. Higher acidity lowers fat charge while more sugar in the cream reduces negative charges, eventually reversing to a positive charge, aiding control of buttering time.
A fragment shows a lady passenger asking to see the captain while the first mate jokes he is forward. She asserts courage and mentions having been with edie boys, reflecting nautical chat and social bravado aboard.
Emergency shelf items include shredded and fresh grated cocoanut for desserts, salads, and toppings. Three recipes show uses: Cocoanut Salad, Cocoanut Apple, and a layered cake with blackberry jelly, emphasizing practical, economical cooking ideas.
An amended date marks a widow’s memorial for her late husband, engraved with “Good-bye, Henry: My Light Has Gone Out.” Three months later a second line was added: “Hut to Wave Struck Another.”
A teacher reports a bright yet troublesome pupil and asks how to proceed. The mother replies with humor, noting her own family troubles and asking for patience as they handle the boy’s mischief.
Kellogg's Corn Flakes described as the world's largest selling ready to eat cereal with claims of unmatched value and flavor from exclusive manufacturing and packing methods. Production noted in London Ontario.
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