Acton Eyes New Highway Signs At Town Entrances
Acton council plans erecting new signs at highway entrances to welcome visitors amid recent heavy street sewer work and damaged signs. The move mirrors Brampton Chamber of Commerce efforts and calls for citizen cooperation to paint and clean up the town for a proud welcome to travelers on No 7 and the future No 25.
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Acton
Business Men‘s Association
Brampton Chamber of Commerce
Service Club
Council
Forgotten Drivers Earn Small Credit for Safe Roads
The piece argues careful drivers deserve recognition amid rising car sales and accidents. It defines a careful driver as prudent, alert, and well maintained, and notes most motorists are careful, though accidents depend on interactions between drivers.
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Daver
Responsible Citizenship and the Fight for Democracy
A reflective piece on Canada’s confederation founders and a call to revive democracy as a God inspired idea versus a rising materialist state rule. It urges living the moral test of honesty purity unselfishness and love while promoting a Christian global strategy to counter world communism.
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Canadas Confederation
Statenon
Special Plates Show Saskatchewan Traffic Stance
Saskatchewan adopts a program to mark convicted dangerous drivers with distinctive plates. About 461 disgrace plates issued and 170 licenses suspended, signaling strict enforcement. Critics question long term effectiveness and enforcement challenges.
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Saskatchewan
Sas
Katchewaen
Ito
Fin
Catano
Scheven
Dairy cow sustains nation by turning forage into food
The article emphasizes the importance of preserving the top six inches of soil as foundational to national wealth and health. It argues that grassland and forage, though not edible for humans, are efficiently converted by dairy cattle into essential nutrients, making dairy farming a key economic and public health contributor.
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Canada
Editorial Notes on Fairs Strikes and Regional Rates
Editorial notes predict rail strike pressure as fall fairs approach. Grand Valley lowers overall taxes while school rate rises. Summerside reports a temperance crackdown after shaving lotion with alcohol led to misuse. Prince Edward Island residents face prosecution for alcohol in cosmetic products. Ontario reports continued use of hair lotions as favored alcoholic beverages.
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Prince Edward Island
Temperance Commission
Summerside Journal
Ontario
The Good Old Days Recalled From 1900 Free Press Pages
The Free Press notes a civic holiday near Monday and local events such as contractor Henry Mull’s bricklayers at Warren Block. It records school board budgets, by laws, market conditions, a butter famine from heat, a windmill scam warning, and local vagrant cases with Milton Champion noted.
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Henry Mull
St Wusk
Warren
Go Stovel
Bet
Mui
Kenney Hirus
rActan Public School Board
Heteip Municipal Esarasnent
Ias
Sode
Malton
Janu
Summer
Oakville
John Tageam
Ingram
Vanaller
Milton Champion
Georgetown Fire Brigades Respond to Three Alarms in 48 Hours
Georgetown volunteers faced a busy stretch with three alarms within 48 hours. A crossed wave triggered a false fire alarm at supper on Friday. At Norval a Coca Cola machine caused a fire in a Somerville Store and writer fled, while in the afternoon a repair fire at Fred Sinclair's Main Stand reduced a car's damage with no truck deployment.
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Norval
Mojor
Somerville
Fred Sinclair
Georgetown Lions Club
Lion
J Lo Lambert
Lions Club
Stanley F. Howard
Barry's Bay Herald
Local Notices Share Weather, Events and Marriage News
A fragment from the Aug 14 1930 issue reports a lightning strike damaging a tree in Middleton Mall Street yard and a severe storm. It mentions a planned Spring Goshee town project at Mary Lake and municipal actions on Hydro poles along Mall Street. Also notes on a wedding, an agricultural appointment in Hallun County, and a death at Midland General Hospital with family names.
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Ads Willie
Middleton
Mall Street
Mery Lake
Hydro
Ospringe
Uhre Actas
Acton Cay Abegan
Hallun County
BP MacVannel
Burlington Fifth Swim Regatta Draws 2000 Fans
A sunny Burlington fifth annual Swim Regatta drew about two thousand spectators. The event, sponsored by the Burlington Red Cross and Yacht Clubs, featured lively ceremonies, crowd scenes, and a smooth program despite a wall crowding issue. A fire incident on Ont aro street disrupted six o clock activities briefly, with car damage but no injuries. The Burlington Rove and Girls Community Band hosted a summer picnic at LaSalle Park with an afternoon sports program.
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Tro
Lota
Burlington Red Cross
Odds
Barta
Pavan
Petoek
Ontaro Street
Aikens Beach
Charles Parsons
Dan McLeod
Hallidays
Burlington Rove and Girls Community Band
LaSalle Park
Garette
Winnipeg uses DDT spray to curb mosquitoes
Manitoba Health and Public Welfare cooperated with entomologists from Agriculture and the Moodwaters area in Winnipeg as 9 thousand gallons of fuel oil with one ton of DDT were sprayed to control mosquitoes. The RCAF helped by placing two Dakota DCS aircraft over 2 square miles of Winnipeg suburbs achieving nearly 90 percent control in the treated area.
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Manitoba Department of Health and Public Welfare
Department of Agriculture
Ktowa
Winnipeg
RCAF
Dakota Dcs
Government butter buys and sales spark investor caution
The note criticizes the federal butter program, citing buys at 8 cents and sales at 51 cents per pound last year, plus storage costs pushing taxpayer expense to 10 to 15 cents per pound. It claims the government now buys fresh butter at 53 cents a pound and calls for scrutiny.
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Nemfay
Hes
Henne
Jessie Lione
Wdd
Anderson Acton
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MO Hubert
Toronto
Hewetson
Midland General Hospital
Wefaon
Meanoge
Burlington
Acton Free Press
Actee
Mall St
Peat Office Department
Ottawa
Acdit Barras
C.w.na
Ontario-Quebec
United States
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Chiropodia
Arthur Sr
Cecil A. Carr
Optometrist
Ouelfh
Tel
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Masages
Pisses
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Pisa
Carrolls
Kelloog
KRAFT
Burford
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