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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
6
Poem reflects on the close of summer with vivid imagery of falling leaves fading flowers and whispering trees. The speaker laments the passing season and cherishes its memory while noting the urgent call of freedom seen in colors red and brown. The author signs as Victoria Metcalf.
Practical home advice on canning peaches apples grapes and tomatoes into preserves and marmalades. Steps cover peeling blanching simmering jars and sealing with paraffin. Includes recipes for peach conserve grape jelly spicy apple jelly and general tips on using seasonal produce for energy rich winter foods.
A clergyman tells a verger he is saddened by low turnout for his men’s services. The verger replies with a folksy, garbled joke about how he attends every meeting and wonders what it does for him, highlighting the difficulty of engaging male congregants.
A Short Story titled A Mountain Top by Walter Wright unfolds with a lone climber seeking meaning atop a remote peak. The narrative blends solitude, peril, and reflection as the traveler weighs choice, fate, and the pull of the horizon.
A medical student traveling home by rail discusses the value of ideals with a lawyer. The talk recalls Gladstone, Tennyson, and Longfellow imagery, then shifts to a case involving Teddy Brancroft and a gambling scene. The lawyer urges a young man to keep a mountain-top ideal and pursue it with grit.
May gold production in Canada reached 259 706 ounces, up 31 850 from April and 21 103 above May last year, with Ontario producing 191 292 ounces. Quebec 32 186, British Columbia 23 147, Manitoba and Saskatchewan 10 527, Yukon 2374, Nova Scotia 180, and Alberta 180 ounces. total value at May prices about 9 074 128 dollars.
Egypt became a major Canadian apple market after years of neglect, with imports surpassing expectations as exports in 1933 reached 135177 dollars. A Trade Commissioner notes limited Egyptian economic improvement explains the rise, yet quality keeps the demand high.
Dominion Experimental Farms Newsletter outlines proper lamb weaning at five months to give mothers rest before mating and advises fresh pasture or rape after weaning. It discusses eradicating deep rooted weeds with cultivation or sodium chlorate and using peat or muck to improve soil organic matter via composting or litter use.
The sculptor Jacob Epstein admonishes a London artist for dreaming over doing. The artist retorts asking to meet the girl novelist and Epstein quips that they would be a congenial pair. He jokes the artist would illustrate novels the writer does not write with pictures he does not paint.
A traveler boasts of journeys across the Rhine and beyond claiming high climbs and unique sights. He mentions feeding a lion of St Mark, visiting the Black Sea, and even filling a fountain pen there as part of his adventurous catalog.
Dominion Department of Agriculture finds costs per bushel from 63 to 76 cents across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Average 14.53 per acre for summer fallow with 23.2 bushels per acre. cost per bushel about 3 cents. Alberta and Saskatchewan second crop costs 12.39 per acre yielding 162 bushels, 76 cents per bushel. Manitoba stations show 65 cents per bushel. Excludes hauling to elevator.
An Empire Marketing Board note states Canadian live cattle exports to the United States have followed the U S cattle cycle. When U S herds were low in 1912–21 and 1924–30 imports rose, and with U S numbers falling again the market could attract heavier imports despite tariff barriers.
Auntie tells someone not to keep eyes open during prayers while Bobby deflects with a sharp response. The dialogue hints at a family dispute centered on religious practice and behavior during services.
The Managing Editor questions a candidate about newspaper work as Miss Flapper offers to handle makeup. Mrs. August Belmont stresses that opera and culture, not society life, should be emphasized.
Graduate Veterinary opens as successor to the late Dr H A Coxe continuing in his quarters. Night and day phone numbers 66 and 7 list contact options with the office remaining in the former location.
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