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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1927
Page
7
Molly Bevan shares a nostalgic verse about camping in nature. The poem recalls dawn winds, crackling fire, scent of clover, and starry skies. It invites readers who have camped to understand the joy and peace of sleeping under trees and the chorus of morning birds.
The Canadian National Exhibitions present a grand display commemorating the Confederation's Diamond Jubilee. Modern railway travel, locomotives, and transport evolution are contrasted with early travel, alongside motion pictures, oil paintings, and scalable models. Visitors tour cycling panoramas from Jasper to Vancouver and view Maritimes highlights through Halifax to Fredericton, with vivid tableaux at Sherbrooke and other hubs.
A farmer and a young man ride together with chatter. The farmer explains the distance to Mightatown, saying it would be about twenty four thousand miles by road, but about ten miles if they walked back, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding.
Mary and Tony, busy with a bumper berry harvest, host friends and hire help for the next day. A flood of visitors arrives, meals are shared on the porch, and Mary navigates chores while juggling neighbors and expectations for extra labor. The scene centers on country life, community, and the playful tension over the green apple pies meant for the hired men.
A Toronto traveler recounts a summer fishing and road trip home from Toronto to Lake Ontario via Montreal Valleyfield Kingston and Belleville to Whitby. He details encounters with Major Coules Downes and family, roadside scenery, farms and mills, and reflections on Macdonald’s memory and Ontario towns. The voyage showcases car performance and a June to July journey concluding in Toronto.
Peachy suggestions explain canning methods for free stone and cling peaches, with cold pack steps and syrup ratios. The text offers serving ideas like peaches with corn meal cereal, with cream, or baked and buttered with brown sugar, plus peach desserts and variations. Contains home economics guidance from a Canadian company roster.
The piece urges maintaining family bonds through regular long distance calls. It notes that youths seek independence but remain emotionally tied to parents. Even when youths relocate for work, familiar voices stay powerful, and affordable interurban rates within about 25 miles encourage keeping contact.
A detailed guide from the Department of the Interior Ottawa on producing colored maps. It discusses color planning, plate preparation, color separation, and printing challenges including weather impact on ink set, alignment, and archival notes for the Topographical Survey.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a farm scene with Mr Smith Mr Danford and Ms Forbes in a odd conversation over a scarecrow. Details are unclear and names may be misread.
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