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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
7
Verses celebrate the train as music to lonely travelers. Children wave to the engineer and freight cars’ creak like song. The poet vows to fashion a steel music hymn of progress revealed by ages.
Camping on The Breezes grows popular. Miss Ettra V. P. Mattruss chosen primary teacher. Miss Elizabeth Wilson to teach third book room. Acton holds reception for Sergeant Sullivan with parade from the station to the park. Lieutenant Jack Pirstbrook a war prisoner. George Lantz convalescing in London hospital. McQueen dies at Niagara Falls aged 70.
The Lethbridge Experimental Station compiles practical tips to keep cut flowers fresh. Cut stems slantwise in cool conditions, soak freshly cut blooms in water for hours, and use gentle disinfectants to curb bacterial growth. Regular under water trimming helps water uptake and longevity.
A reader column stresses using milk, citrus, tomatoes, and dried fruits to counteract expected fruit and vegetable shortages. It promotes vitamins A B and C, cod liver oil, and daily oil intake for children, while suggesting dried fruits and honey as substitutes for fresh produce.
An extended historical sketch traces Canadian agricultural fairs from their early private gatherings to modern public exhibitions. It notes fairs as social and educational institutions supported by Dominion and provincial governments, with Niagara and Toronto as key early centers and the Dominion Experment Farms providing practical agricultural guidance to exhibitors and visitors.
The implacable Orient faces Canada as Ten Shou, nine, arrives in Vancouver with five years of experience. He wears a special head-dress enabling his father to whirl him through aerial feats for crowds. Ten enjoys the applause, bowing with pride before the audience.
Patricia Wilder heads to Hollywood for her first screen role after a nation wide broadcast in New York. Her southern accent drew instant attention and she was nicknamed Honey-Chile by Central Press Canadian Photo.
The timetable lists daily departures with Sundays excluded for routes to and from Acton. It includes morning and afternoon departures at 10.07 am 6.13 pm 9.50 am 2.23 pm and 7.04 pm plus a Sunday only 11.26 pm service and a westbound line with similar daily slots.
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