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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1932
Page
6
A fragmentary poem reflecting on a ravine where spring awakens life and lovers whisper. The speaker recalls a past summer of love now replaced by autumn and winter dread. The poem invokes God’s eternal law guiding all things as the seasons change.
A compilation of apartment kitchen style recipes for unusual dishes and desserts. It includes fried chicken with sugar and vegetables, a beef stock beet soup, and two coffee flavored desserts. Also promotes Persian Batm beauty cream with claims of softness and refinement.
A reader laments a popular summer book by an American woman filled with loyalty and ambition to help yet branded cynical by critics. The writer notes wealthy fame attracts scrutiny and urges young readers not to feign cynicism, while inviting recollections of historic baseball teams and old ball squads from sixty years ago.
An extended reminiscence describes the country store as a social hub with plow and gear on display, portraits and harness on the walls, and a rotating cast of locals from Captain Abel to a weathered postmaster. The piece blends nostalgia with reader letters, noting old Park repairs, a baseball team, and school and town events from fifty years prior.
An old standard remedy, Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, is praised for decades of use and strong reputation in protecting children from worm ravages.
Walter and Betty share a moonlit farewell after a rich evening at the Fentons. He fears his letters will reveal King Charles and his head, a literary motif, while she hints at a future written in separate sheets. He walks away unsure, yet certain the memory will endure for decades.
The product claims to expel worms in children while boosting the youthful system. It asserts improvements in fever, biliousness, appetite, sleep, and overall ailments arising from stomach worm disorders.
Agricultural advice notes honey ripening and storage. It explains that moisture must fall to about 18 to 20 percent and bees seal with wax caps before removal. Eastern Canada allows removal after two thirds sealed. Western Canada drier air permits earlier removal. Premature extraction risks fermentation and quality loss.
A comic exchange imagines a world of button controlled living. The wife predicts near universal convenience from pressing a button while the husband bets against it, citing his shirt as evidence he would not touch a button.
Exclusive London store uses a loud speaker system to receive size requests and deliver shoes via an endless chain. Customers avoid leaving the showroom as the stock room supplies items remotely.
The tomato, native to the Western Hemisphere likely Peru, was once valued only as an ornamental plant. Known by natives of Mexico as Xitomatoc, it first appears in North America records about 1871. It gained widespread popularity in the 1800s as a nutritious fruit.
Dr J A McNiven physician and surgeon operates from an office and residence at the corner of Bower Avenue and Elgin Street. Also listed are a Notary Public and a mortgage lending service in Perry man block.
Kenneth M. Langdon announces Solfetter notary public services in Acton Georgetown at Seynuck's Cafe Main Street. Office hours are Tuesday and Thursday 1:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Evenings available on request. Appointments can be made by phone at Acton 65-ec Georgetown 88.
Block hours from 9 a m to 6 p m with evenings by appointment. Gas for extractions. Closed all day Wednesday. Phone 148 Dr J M Bell Min Street Acton. Also account books bound and periodicals bound neatly at Wyndham Street Guelph Ont over Williams Store.
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