This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
7
A poem fragment notes winter nights and cold outdoors. It contrasts bleak outdoors with the warm family gathering at home. The speaker recalls shelter and thankful hearts as evening comes and the fireside welcomes all.
A mixed fragment shows local notes including a Knox Avenue item, a Walker Lodge group trip to Watasia Sark, and a herd sale by Duntin Schimphell of Moffat. It mentions Sir Adam Beck and General Sir Sam Hughes and obituary notices for Gordon Crawshaw and Peter McNab in Acton and Guelph.
British harvest efforts expand as tractors from Canada the United States and Australia aid gathering. About 1200000 acres of wheat oats and barley plus 70000 acres of corn are readied with volunteers and prisoners contributing to a push that aims to surpass prewar outputs and yield the largest grain harvest of the century.
Exposition of Hebrews 9 10 describes Christ as high priest entering heaven once for all with his blood offering eternal redemption. The Old Testament sacrifices were types not realities, cleansing the flesh but not the conscience, while Christ’s blood cleanses fully and grants eternal salvation and bold access to God.
Hannam president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture urged the 22nd convention to mobilize farmers for maximum food production. He warned labor shortages and wartime needs require a national agricultural policy balancing production costs, labor, and marketing to ensure Britain’s food supply and domestic stability.
London ccp2 stops to lath water tescuts of Hane Counties and London metropolitan area are nearly complete parts of a plan to ensure no densely populated area suffers water shortage as a result of Nuzt bombings.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes 2400 salvage committees across Canada collect metal scrap to aid the war effort. Canada remains a major producer of key metals and urges households and farms to contribute surplus zinc and other metals for national needs.
James Brian Tait receives the Distinguished Service Order for daylight bombing raids. Peter Peadke is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry while flying with the air force.
Story recounts a traveler named Zielk Tagram from St. Paul making a grueling 16 mile crawl aided by his dog through rough terrain to reach a hospital. The tale notes he crossed the East Prattu River 18 times and faced additional 400 miles to a highway where a car-truck transported him to care.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.