Untitled Fragment Reflects Youth and Duty
Fragmentary verse hints at youth on high altars and a cloth pattern of light. It speaks of desire to serve, golden flame, and warve aright while urging watchers at home to guide with grace and care.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
24
Twenty Years Ago at the Exhibition and Local Fires
Councillor Nicol cleans up the old cemetery to present it well. Guelph show awards go to Mestre Mann and Gilchrist Acton for best four varieties in Canadian Introduction. Beardmore Tanneries fire destroys tan yard beam house buildings and stock. Sole Leather Department loss estimated at 1.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicol
Mestre
Mann and Gilchrist
Acton
Beardmore
Tutankhamen Peas Grow In Florida 3300 Years Old
Florida gardeners cultivate three ancient peas from Tutankhamen’s tomb planted by Maj. Walter G. Dyer. The vines reach seven feet, yield long pods with walnut flavored peas, and show unusual pest resistance. The peas may spark a new southern crop if proven viable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Orlando
Maj
Walter G. Dyer
Portamouth
R. C
RAF Tactical
Harlan W. Holder
Dyer
Street renaming backsfired in Mulhouse Nazi measure
In Alsace the German authorities renamed the main Mulhouse street Adolf Hitler Strasse replacing Rue de Sauvage. Locals mocked the change noting the pun Sav age and the new label drew irony as residents recalled the former name. The Nazis then chose to honor Hitler elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alsace
Muldhouse
Behold the Man Whom God Hath Chosen Saul King of Israel
A Sunday School lesson on first Samuel chapters 9 and 10 discusses how the Lord selects Saul, his humble reception, and the people's eventual acceptance. It contrasts true divinely guided leadership with self aggrandizement and notes that real victories come from God. The piece ties Saul’s path to Jesus’ kingship and calls readers to trust divine selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Tatven
Saul
Earth
Samuel
Jesus
Ezra
Bellal
Belial
Christ
Jehovah
Penicillin arrives for South African defense forces
Ten million units of penicillin have arrived in South Africa from the United States by airmail for the Union Defence Forces. A further 1,200,000 units are expected within the next twelve months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
South Africa
United States
Union Defence Forces
Canada farm income to hold in 1944 says DBOS
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report notes 1944 cash income from farm products projected at 716,394,000 up 30 percent from the prior period. Net farm income for 1943 reached 974 million, with 200 million designated for a Farm Price Board to stabilize post war prices and prevent market glut. J G Taggart chairs the board with authority to buy or sell farm products to maintain equitable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
United Kingdom
Yecard
Vacar
Ino
Gardiner
Farm Price Board
J. G. Taggart
Saskatchewan
Dominion Foods
First Female Professor Appointed at UNB
Dr Louise Thompson is named the first woman on the University of New Brunswick faculty. She becomes acting head of the education and philosophy department.
Wartime Controls May Be Continued
A postwar policy view from New Zealand notes wartime farming controls likely to persist in modified form. The National Farmers Union urges continued county war agricultural committees with broader representation. Labor proposes land nationalization while endorsing orderly tenancy rules and potential land takeovers. A separate account covers seven Solomon Islands children capturing a Japanese survivor in a beach ambush but the soldier escaped before reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uresh Flaberty
Britain
Frank Flanerty
Casedion Pecrs
County War Agricultural Committee
National Farmers Union
Labor Party
Farmer's Organization
Auckland
N. Z
Solomon Island
New Zealand
Brick Chimney Repair Instructions
The text describes cleaning crumbled mortar from brick joints and brushing out loose cement. It advises soaking brickwork, then packing joints with two parts cement one part lime and five parts clean coarse sand, adding water to form a workable mix. If joints absorb water, a colorless waterproof coating or cement-face paint may be applied.
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