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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1935
Page
8
The fragmentary OCR reads like notices for births and deaths with names such as Homer Gwackhamer and a daughter Izlila, but text is garbled and details are incomplete. No clear dates, places, or full identities can be confirmed from the legible portions.
The week featured Jubilee of accession to King George V with clocks set ahead on Saturday night. Spring-like weather dominated the weekend. Edits note Brempton gains Bolta Rubber Company employing 75. Rockwood sale notices and Hillsburg chattels sale of Mrs Jackson. Acton Liberal-Pro gressive Association met with T A Blakelock and Hughes Cleaver addressing attendees.
The article outlines pastry making using butter and shortening to achieve tender results. It presents three pastry No. 1 to No. 3 mixes, detailing ingredients, methods, and chilling steps, and notes butter’s flavor and shortening’s tenderness. It also suggests butter–shortening blends for best texture and reliability in pastry.
A reflective aphorism notes that falsehood appears more often than flattery as fear, interest, and tenderness reveal betrayals by cowardice, self interest, and friendship.
Canada’s railways show a major role in Dominion affairs with 66,626,000 tons of freight and 17,952,000 passengers carried last year. Payroll reached $141,078,000 to about 119,000 employees while fuel and labor dominate costs. Commodities moved reveal mining growth with mining products 32.7 percent of revenue tonnage and agricultural goods 33.1 percent, among others.
Due to the tower’s dangerous condition at the Town Hall, the town bell ringing will be suspended until repairs are completed. Also notes visiting residents from Tyronto Brantford Hamilton and Goderich frequent the area around King Street.
Mrs. W D Gregory returned from Atlantic City. Shower hosted for Miss Eileen Richards by Mrs Kenneth Hammond. Mrs Halict and Miss Richards to wed this month. Bath property fire threat from grass blaze. John Babbs, 22, found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in a garage near Island Grove. A R Locke seriously injured in a car crash on Dundas Highway near Palermo. companion lightly hurt. Record.
A Canadian National Railway report from North Bay describes an unknown man who chopped crossing signs, attacked a patrolman with an axe, and destroyed cross symbols. Diplomacy led to his restraint, subsequent arrest, and commitment as hopelessly insane.
The text outlines methods to sear meat quickly to trap juices, then finish by simmering at lower heat. It covers balling by boiling briefly, roasting with initial high heat followed by lower, and stew preparation with initial browning, adding stock, and gentle two hour simmering. It also notes timing guidelines by weight and stock adjustments.
Mr Dougald Campbell plans to move into a remodeled home by month end. Dr W H Harrishan returns after three weeks at Christie Street Hospital Toronto. Dr W G Magil has been unwell with a back injury from a fall. Mr Joseph Saunders suffers a glasab y fracture of the left leg. off duty. Rev Ganon Weaver named Rector of All Saints Erin and will move there. Mr A Vidal returned from Malta with stories of a wonderful winter.
Work starts at Aldershot cold storage plant with cellar excavation finished. Water works pump house rising as a notable new structure. A grass fire on Emerald Crescent prompts a Fire Brigade call. Lions Club prep for Hobby Fair and play at Town Hall. Three waterworks workers injured after scaffold collapse. A dispute over Emerald Street escalates to legal action in Toronto. Engineers Power-Water Commission settlement ends looming suit with payment of 1100 dollars and 5 percent on supervised work.
The Women's Institute hosted a supper in Town Hall on Thursday with many attending. A varied program and dancing followed. Notable reports include Nell Stethal's operation at the hospital and local residents Norman Spence and Gifeswit facing health issues. The Ebenemr Guelph Road North group met with a profitable Luster bank Offering. The Presbyterian Young People's Society staged An Old-Fashioned Mother with a large cast and Mrs. Richardson presiding. performances noted in detail. Mr. and Mrs. Croft hosted Mr. Strachan Croft from Goderich for the weekend.
Britt Wide of Myr Daw neighbors buys 807 Bray Dare red Rocks hatched January 6. Breeding stock produced 164 pullets for his laying flock. At 13 weeks they weigh 3 lbs 10 oz each and are growing rapidly to start laying around five months. It pays to buy Bray's chicks. visit for more details and a chick booklet.
A Scotsman Englishman and a Irishman adrift at sea face no rescue. The Irishman prays as the shipwrecked trio confront their fate. The Scotsman, suspecting a test of charity, dives overboard in a doomed misadventure.
MM Foot was friendly with Bumpy Hunton and Bunny aijuant. Dress Corn and Runlon-Salves were sold by Brown's Drug Store.
A partial sale notice lists merchants and items such as household effects and implements. It references Robert Doughty of Unichouse and Ianplements, J. Brunelle of Acton, and Robert Gillman of Glenwiliams with tentative dates in April and May.
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