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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1932
Page
6
A brief children’s note reflects a five year old narrator who admires a noisy cat named Kitty. The speaker mentions Grandma’s view and compares Kitty’s lively energy to that of many boys, imagining trading places with the cat who wears fur shoes.
Betty Barclay offers home recipes including Molasses Cocoanut Chews and Cocoanut Butter Scotch sweets. Also included are Salads with tomatoes peppers oranges and onions, Pinwheel Biscuits and Sally Lunn bread variations to energize mornings.
A 10 cent per pound reduction in Red Rose Tea pricing follows lower costs in India Ceylon and London plus a weaker pound. The cut, not timed earlier due to tax doubts, applies to current grocer stock as the company absorbs the loss. The notice also promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an effective vermicide.
The piece recalls a neglected Acton scene from 1873 with a decayed house and ruined garden. It recounts local industry and commerce such as hops and onions on Matthews and Smith properties, and notes firms like Christie Henderson Co and Secord Bros shaping the town. It mentions trades, hotels, physicians, and a local newspaper, The Free Press, led by Joseph Hacking, reflecting a village fading from its former prosperity.
The article traces Limehouse area development from early ownership by Hull and Meredith to 1840s Clendenning purchase and Fountain Green naming, 1857 post office under John Newton, and the rise of lime kilns by Bescoby Worthington and Lindsay Farquhar. It notes Gowdy Moore purchase, mill operations, and 1860s machinery upgrades including a woollen mill.
The Kellogg company invites visitors to tour its London Ontario corn flakes plant. Thousands tour yearly, seeing sunlit kitchens and gleaming machinery, with staff in white uniforms, underscoring strict sanitary standards and quality control. The firm offers an unconditional guarantee: return the empty Kellogg package for a full refund if not satisfied.
The narrative recalls Meikle Newton & Co starting mineral and fire proof paint production in 1872 with James Newton later sole proprietor. Production reached about 5000 tons yearly, samples earned a bronze medal at a Centennial Exhibition, and 1876 shipments from Limehouse station totaled 4130 tons valued at 5004 dollars. Local names include B Haslett, John Newton, Gowdy Moore, James Farquhar, and John Miller. Other notes preview Esquesing Township towns.
A curious article describes the angler fish’s ugly, cavernous mouth and lure mechanism. It explains shallow water angler fishing with a dorsal lure and snap jaws, and notes deep sea variants with bioluminescent lamps that lure schools of fish into the predator’s maw.
Edson R. Waite argues advertising should be viewed as a service benefiting the advertiser and the business, not a newspaper commodity. He notes small town ads can perform as well as large-city ads and emphasizes newspapers exist to serve advertisers by driving customers to their doors.
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