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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
3
Homemaker column describes sugarless pickle recipes using saccharine and alum, plus vinegar solutions for cucumbers beets and onions. It offers step by step canning instructions, warnings about timing, and tips for color and safety, inviting readers to send questions to Anne Allan.
Ants invade homes seeking food and favor sweets and fats. Keep shelves and surfaces clean and store food in ant proof containers. Seal openings and use safe controls like sodium fluoride powder or bait traps with arsenate solution, avoiding access by children or pets. Use hot water to destroy large bait collections.
A narrator reflects on farming conditions during a lean season noting wheat harvests, feed shortages for livestock, and rising tomato prices. The piece praises Farm Commando help, acknowledges the hard work of agricultural representatives, and urges readers to knit for Air Force prisoners of war and support soldiers with warm clothing and supplies.
Allied forces led by Canadian Corps under Sir Arthur Currie shattered German lines on Aug 8 1918 near Amiens. Canadian troops advanced 14 miles by Aug 13 capturing 10 000 prisoners and freeing the Paris Amiens railway, marking a turning point in the First World War.
A Ontario bachelor plans married life with a stubborn bride from a vigorous, unconventional family. He purchases a balky horse for the wedding journey to prove control, but a bridge balks the animal. After failing to move it, the groom shoots the horse and tells his bride to push, sparking a tense retort about obedience.
Three year old David Taylor of Buckingham village rides a horse bareback or saddled with ease and milks his father’s cows. He commands the horse with confident calls and treats animals as close friends, a nature praised by his mother who rode from infancy.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board imposes a new order to cap wholesale spring lamb at 28 to 30 cents per pound across 15 zones in Canada. Retailers may add their basic period mark-up and transportation costs, with zone five and six including Southern Ontario set at 30 cents wholesale. Retail price caps allow 30 cents plus transport and mark-up not to exceed nine cents per pound.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced price ceilings for peaches pears and plums as they enter markets. It also promised control over carrots beets turnips parsnips and cabbage during shortages. The board warned fruit prices will be high versus last year due to a poor crop and cautioned the problem is not fully solved.
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