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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
11
Homemakers learn to prepare cold tea concentrates and fruit flavored drinks for hot days. The guide covers iced tea over ice, fresh lemon flavors, pineapple lemonade, mint ginger drinks, maraschino garnish tips, and a party dessert roll with graham crackers, dates, and marshmallows.
In a reflective farm diary, the author recalls a week of threshing with horses and tractors, weighing costs and efficiencies. The piece compares steam, diesel, and modern combines, noting shifts in labor, mobility, and the potential for farm wives to take holidays as mechanization grows.
Government figures show Canada exported about a billion pounds of bacon from 1540 to 1549, surpassing the prior six decades. In the last four years exports declined from around 73 million pounds in 1942 to an estimated 60 million pounds this year.
Timetable fragment lists coach routes incl Willoughby Farm Agency and Georgetown Toronto. Mentions daily schedules with varied times, flags, and exceptions for days including Sunday and Monday and trips to Kitchener.
Specious critique by John Somerville on political power and reform, comparing views on absolute power and virtue. The review notes his engaging style and balanced arguments, referencing Lincoln and Douglas debates as contrasts. It ends with a remark on Canada’s 1949 farm income of 2,474,490 dollars.
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