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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1937
Page
7
A fragmented reminiscence recalls fields of corn and golden grain, old elms and hedges where children played. It laments lost neighbors and trails, and hopes for reunion in a happier land beyond life.
A quirky 1930s style guide touts dainty sandwiches built with pickles and flavorful fillings. It favors creative combinations like celery and sweet pickle spreads, hot ham with minced pickles, bacon and pickle sandwiches, and savory minced cheese with paprika for lunch box elegance.
A passage argues that no person enters the world unaffected by others. Every action alters collective happiness now and for future ages. Human relations bind individuals to universal moral destiny, mutually shaping all companions.
A letter writer recounts village life on a busy farm as Ginger Parm and Rack Fifty merge, threshing chaos scatters barley and straw, visitors arrive in a bright car, and a sofa of digressive anecdotes ends with a playful good night.
A comic debate centers on a showman who claims he can lift a needle with his toe while a rival boasted of picking up carpet tacks with his heels. George asserts he can lift five tacks in a single lift.
Customer letter extols All-Bran for relieving constipation. The ad claims Kellogg’s All-Bran cleanses the intestines, adds bulk, and supports digestion with two tablespoons daily. It emphasizes All-Bran as a food not a medicine and urges purchase at the grocery store.
Miss Mary Brodis Brockwell and her fiancé Robert D. Ewing completed a long journey from Monreal Canada to Wortley England to be married by the bride’s father Rev. C A Brockwell and Mr Brockwell. The couple traveled to England for the ceremony.
The fragmentary text recalls local figures such as Thomas Byant Joe McClure and Tommy Kenney once, and notes the Beardmare tannery exhausting pemlock bark. Rising costs from shipping bark by train lead to plans to build a tannery at Bracebridge in nearby townships.
Fragmentary dialogue recalls a village scene in a hemlock region with an oldest inhabitant and a district visitor discussing enemies and mortality. Text is incomplete but preserves a rural character and local flavor.
A company merges its Challenge and Canada March brands into a single package. The new unit will retain old characteristics and quality, with a single product name Canada Carna Stare expected to be used. Distribution shifts from separate lines to one shared package.
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