Community Five Social Side of Life
Visitors to and from town last week show many travel ties. Miss LaVerne Smith holidays in Toronto. Douglas Russell of Oakville visits relatives. Miss Dorothy Philips holidays with friends in Hamilton. Several couples and individuals travel to Sundridge, Georgetown, Guelph, Bobcaygeon, Winnipeg, Calgary and Chicago, visiting a wide network of aunts, uncles, and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Russell
Oakville
Town
Malcolm McLean
Norman--Lambert
Winnipeg
Man
Calgary
Alta
Acton and Milton Split Playoff Doubleheader
Acton and Milton opened playoffs with a 5-1 Milton win and a 5-5 or 4-? second game in Milton. Marsh pitched well for Milton, Chalmers for Acton, with Terry hitting a long home run and Holloway two base hits. Gate receipts topped $90 as rain affected play and protests arose around Hillsburg versus Georgetown.
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Terry
Holloway
Carmichael
Wilson
Clements
Waterhouse
Huffman
W. Clement
Houston
A. Clement
Chalmers
Marsh
Walters
Tyler
Nicholson
Milton
Fetter
Acton
Gibbons
Aston
Slemient
Naylor
Lewis
Anderson
Poerenns
White
el Nese
Leishman
Battet
Making It Clear Cockney Spelling Confusion Over Phone
A London caller struggles to understand an Ealing suburb name over the telephone. He suggests spelling the words aloud to aid comprehension. The dialogue includes spellings like EBALING for Envy and other quirky phonetic renditions such as san for At and UL for where you goes when ye’dle.
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London
Ealing
Hegg
Gorblimey
Honolulu Boys Tour Yukon River Adventure
Fourteen Honolulu youths aged 14 to 18 with two masters sail the Prince Rupert to Vancouver and head to the Yukon. After detouring at Skagway they ride to Whitehorse for river scows and a six week voyage down the Yukon River visiting Dan Fort Yukon Valdes and returning to the coast to Seattle before home.
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Honolulu
National
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
B. C
Yukon
Skagway
Alaska
Whitehorse
Yukon River
Dan- Fort Yukon
Valdes
Aad
Seattie
Dominion Bureau reports Canada farm trade at 1931 32 totals
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada’s trade in farm products for the 1931 32 fiscal year at 308 480 201. Of this, 224 28 269 is farm products and 90 761 992 represents farm products imported.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Hamilton Hosts Imperial Economic Conference Delegates
About 450 Imperial Conference delegates gathered August 5 in Hamilton for a luncheon at the Royal Connaught Hotel. They toured local factories, enjoyed a banquet with no head table, and heard speeches stressing confidence in the conference’s success and the Empire’s progress. The event preceded a motor caravan to Welland to open the canal project.
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Royal Connaught
Imperial Economic Conference
Hamilton
Peebles
Rhodesia
Wentworth Highland Band
Seth Hagi Abdoola Haroon
Begum Haroon
Miss Doulat
Nottle
Gilbert Vial
Great Britain
Ottawa
British Empire
Welland
Welland Canal
Editorial swap sparks playful lemon tart letter humor
On a holiday, a male editing staff member takes over the womanpage duties and theatrically presents a perfumed letter. The writer asks about making a lemon tart, prompting a wry remark that lemon tart already suffices, reflecting lighthearted newsroom banter.
Toronto Market Quotations for Butter Eggs and Hides
Toronto traders publish wholesale quotes for butter eggs poultry hides and wool. Prices cover creamery butter eggs dressed meats beef hogs veal and calf goods with specific ranges for green hides tallow and Timothy hay plus grain and fruit wholesale rates for Ontario and imported items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
City
Roosevelt’s self view as above average and its lesson
The passage argues Roosevelt valued continual effort over claiming to be average. It emphasizes that persistent work, lifelong learning, and striving to improve matter more than a fixed assessment of one’s status. It cautions that education loses value if treated as finished.
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Roosevelt
Vacant Attic A: A girl may love you from the bottom of her heart
A quip notes that even sincere affection can coexist with another interest or admirer. The witty line suggests playful romantic ambiguity and the idea of keeping space for someone else at the top.
Saintly rise through repeated self denial noted by Shelley
The excerpt cites William James and Shelley to argue that sainthood comes from repeated acts of self denial and steady adherence to high ideals. It stresses that small, continual self discipline shapes character more than one grand deed.
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Christ
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Missy
Dorothy ‘Philips
John’ Beeton
Mrs
Robert Bennett
J Erwin
Sarnia
Acton Friends
Georgetown
K. ‘McGill
Guelph
A. J. Matheson
Jas
Landsborough
Emily
Grend ‘Valley
W. B. Rumley
Joan
Pinedale Oakville
8. Russell
Svelyn Kentner
John Beeton
Isaac Bennett
Gordon McLeod
Marilyn
N. McLeod
Miss. Jean . Cole
Mrs. N. P. McLain
W. J. Gould
Ruby. Clark
J. B. Shorey
Bobcaygeon
Mrs. Watson
Pauline
Grand Valley
Mrs. Thos. Watson
Mary’ E. Macpherson
Waverly
Roy Burling
Herbert and
Kenneth
Milwaukee, Wis
A. W. Johnston
Master Ronald
Chicago, Il
J. Mackie
Church Street
J. Alan Stewart
Chatham
E. H. Vincent
Bracebridge
James Storey
Jessie and
Marian
Brooklyn
New York
J. H
John Flynn
Buffalo N
Edward
EB. E. Perryman
Master Allan
Miss Georgena
Brougham
Sendowa
Yattton
B. D. Rachlin
Hillsburg
Barney” Marsh
ABR H
White Freee
Waterhouse Hoarloway
Tyler Seeeerensennen
Gibbons Orteneeten
Imperial Conference We
Fammer
Mary
Edna ‘Best
Broadway
Eddie Buzzell
Kay Francis
Fox News
Tenderfoot
Joe £. Brown
Charlie Chase
Nickel Nurser
Arrowsmith
Ronald Colman
Zane Grey
Do Rge Ie
Ontario
Toronto Board of Trade
C.f Bay
William James
Fian
Shelly
Barr’s
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet CO
NEVO
Princess
Redpath
G. M
Maple Leaf Washing Soda
OLD Mill
Parawax
Quaker Kisses
The
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