30 Apr 1936
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1936
Page
1
The verse celebrates spring as God’s touch reviving winter woods and orchards. Bright imagery follows His step on the mountain brow, garments fluttering, and a dawn voice like a bird, with sunshine flooding the scene in a joyous ecstasy.
Welty Barclay offers practical hostess ideas with a bright mood. The prune apricot upside down cake blends cake flour, baking powder, and butter for a light texture, then turns to reveal apricots and prunes arranged like a checkerboard. Also included are a cardinal pear mold and a cherry gelatin dessert, both simple to prepare and visually appealing.
A reflective poem recalls a once lively home now quiet and empty. The narrative shifts to a historic tale of Dr Cullen's big cooper shop, its workers, and local families who lived and worked around Acton and Salmonville, including Coates, McMackon, Lambert, and Kennedy, detailing fortunes, marriages, and a shift to Wood’s Grocery era.
Quote reflects belief that enduring pressure from hardship forges audacious faith. Emphasizes that true good comes from outcomes produced by soil’s own effort and overcoming faith, attributed to J. W. Ware.
A fragmented dialogue recalls a Washington visitor asking which room the president stayed in while noting the home as a historic stop. A maid confirms the possibility, and a police officer warns a motorist to slow down as confusion over a posted notice unfolds in a rough, humorous exchange.
The passage recalls past fires in Acton including Mr. Haslett’s building destroyed by a blaze blamed on shavings under a carpenter bench. It notes McMackon’s home narrowly saved, mentions Andy’s Green knitting factory fire, and records residents such as John Cameron, H. P. Moore, Mrs. Cameron, Miss Augusta, ex Mayor Nelson, Henry Prankaum, J. A. Smith, and the Murray family now occupying the house.
The quotation discusses pleasure as a primary aim failing to satisfy and dulling enjoyment. It notes how constant pursuit of pleasure leads to a sense of inability to relish other things, and that temporary pleasures burden a person more than even a criminal.
The prodigal tells his father he plans settling down to raise chickens. The father jokes that owls might suit him better due to odd hours, hinting at a humorous clash of generational expectations.
Household Hints by MES Wary Morton presents Dempsey inspired steak sauce recipe named after boxing champion Jack Dempsey by chef Gustav Hallett. Includes butter onions spices motto about generous fat. Also offers Hulda Kloenne’s Springtime Pudding with corn meal and molasses baked in hot water bath.
Motor car salesmen in Canada boosted selling averages in 1935 with total new motor vehicle sales reaching 100,961 units and a retail value of 1010,285,655 dollars. Passenger cars numbered 83,242 in sales valued at 83,629,114 dollars while trucks and buses totaled 17,719 units worth 17,856,541 dollars.
A playful exchange features Saswanach claiming a two century family right to bear arms versus a Scot retorting with a two millennium claim to bare knees. The row blends humor and comic ancestry boasting.
A veteran statement notes an ambush where the unit escaped unscathed, with the colonel claiming no men horses or weapons were lost. The exchange includes a brief interruption by a voice prompting a pause.
An old grocery retail snippet notes a Kellogg product made in London Ontario with a quality guarantee. The fragment mentions availability at grocers and a package descriptor from a Mother Goose themed promotion.
After ten days entombed at the 141 foot level of the Moose River fold mine in Nova Scotia a rock fall trapped three men on Easter Sunday. Dr. D E Robertson chief surgeon of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and timekeeper Alfred Scadding were rescued by miners. Companion Herman Magill died from exposure before the rescue reached them. The two Toronto men were saved after a fierce battle against time and falling rock.
In Toronto the League of Nations Society staged a gas attack mock with aeroplanes and leaflets to promote peace propaganda. Citizens wore gas masks while volunteers urged antiwar messages, tied to a broader push by Canadian Youth Congress planning a Ottawa gathering May 23 24 25 and Geneva youth congress.
A historical recipe outlines a French salad dressing made with sugar water lemon juice oil tomato catsup Worcestershire onion celery salt tabasco vinegar and garlic. The method: boil the first three ingredients until thick, cool, then mix in remaining items for about a cup yields and use on glassware and crockery.
Public notice style listing shows offices of Dr William Cullen and Harold Nash Farmer with hours and contact details. Also lists barristers Kenneth Langdon and Harold Nash Farmer in Acton and Georgetown with office hours and appointment notes. Includes addresses Frederick Street Mill Street and Myll Street Acton and related telephone numbers.
Dental and veterinary services offered by Dr A G M Bruyns with contact in Acton Ontario. Also advertised are bookbinding services including bound periodicals, account books made to order and neat ruling at Wyndham Street.
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