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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
6
A dietary feature extols salads as healthy and year round. It contrasts grandparents eating garden produce with modern variety and offers fruit focused recipes named Orange Prune Cheese Salad and Orange Honey Ambrosia Salad with clear serving ideas and dressings.
Beach Wear changes year after year and new styles appear at modest prices. A play suit with a square-neck tun, over it a high-waisted navy and rose skirt, and a peaked kerchief visor ties at one side.
A rural diary notes warm weather and rare rain easing drought fears as Mara nears space. The writer describes wells nearly dry, alfalfa seed fields, and a busy week with a combine demo and farm chores including calf loss and milk decline.
A reflective piece musing on who fixes others and self in everyday trades. The author ponders who services a mechanic engine and wonders if professionals confront boredom or seek perfection, ending with questions about barbering and self-critique.
An old article extols screen doors and screens as life savers by keeping flies from homes and food. It notes the century‑long rise of screens, describes flies as disease carriers, and urges cleanliness, covered garbage, and sanitary facilities to curb filth and infection spread.
The Toronto Baseball Club will operate free baseball schools this August in four Ontario centres. Open to all players with priority to Ontario Baseball Association registrants. Clyde Engle and Din Carroll will assist, with sessions in St. Catharines Chatham Sound and Penetanguishene on specific August dates.
A Pan American steward on a test flight asked how long to boil a three minute egg at 8 100 feet. Baltimore offices advised twelve minutes, while the steward noted eggs poil slower at altitude. Airlines differ as Canada Air Lines serves meals but boils no eggs with preheated coffee.
Gladiolus rowers across Canada should check for gladiolus thrips this season. White silverish leaf spots indicate feeding. as they grow, spots merge and damage blooms. If 5 to 10 percent are infected, begin weekly tartar emetic and brown sugar spray, using a fog nozzle, until bloom unfolds.
The piece argues that public opinion grows from knowledge accuracy and individual character. It claims educated public virtue shapes national action and warns that fierce public opinion can misrule the world as societies educate and refine mass character and knowledge.
Fragmentary notes discuss road repairs and future plans with sarcasm about calcium and a temporary highway. The text hints at election timing influencing decisions and public satisfaction. No clear event or entities beyond generic references to road work and politics.
Historical notice highlights cleaning, screens, and avoiding contact with germ carriers to prevent disease. It references advice from a doctor and mentions past deaths from syphoid fever in Canada, with figures 920 deaths and 206 cases for the year.
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