Acton Social and Personal Notes Chronicle
Acton residents and friends are mentioned across many visits and holidays in Toronto, Guelph, Belwood, Wasaga Beach, and Wasaga Beach. Names include Jas Giver of Bracbridge, Mrs. Annette Barnes, Miss Enges Robinson, Fred of Toronto, and many others visiting Acton relatives and friends. Several engagements and funerals are noted, with travel to Shelburne and Brampton and attendance at local gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. McPherson
Toronto
Annette ‘Barnes
Aston
Isaac Adams
Ruth and
Fred Adams
Bob Bell
Poole
Earl’ Lambert
Belwood
Dracon
Miss L.hume
Acton
Mrs. A. Kannawin
Shelburne
Miss Masion Douglas
Brampton
Control of Mosaic and Leafroll Diseases in Potatoes
Dominion Field Laboratory of Plant Pathology reports that mosaic leafroll and spindle tuber diseases can be controlled by roguing diseased vines and tubers early. Remove all diseased plants, burn them, and recheck fields because symptoms vary with weather. Use certified seed potatoes to minimize outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Field Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Fredericton
N. B
Ancient stade race led Greek Olympiad events at Olympia
Science Service notes the stade as the oldest Olympic event, a dash about twice the modern 100 meter. Other common races included the diaulus a one way and return quarter mile and the dylichus a long run from less than a mile to three miles, emphasizing endurance over speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Science Service
Walter W. Hyde
University of Pennsylvania
Greece
Market Reports Dairy and Poultry Prices in Toronto
Toronto market notes list quotations for dairy items including pasteurized creamery milk and fresh extras, poultry prices for spring broilers and ducks, wholesale meats pricing, and hides wool and potatoes. Grain and wholesale fruit prices appear with ranges, followed by current live stock values for steers, cows, calves, sheep, and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Dents Sorequarters
Ontario
Toronto Board of ‘Tradé
If-Bay-Ports
Nno
Finitonsale
Poronto
Duchess
Letters From the Editor From Saskatchewan to Manitoba trip
A reader recounts a cross country journey starting August 8 from Crewsons Corners with R. d. Gibbons to Guelph Chicago Milwaukee and beyond. The narrative notes crop conditions in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Saskatchewan and ends with a renewed hope as a Saskatchewan plot shows a normal chop ready for harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crewsons
R. “d. Gibbons
Iroquois
Oliver Plow Co
Saskatoon
Guelph
Shanevon
Sarnia
Flint
Michigan
Qwesse
Battle Creek
Lancing
Niles
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Milwaukee
Baldwin
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Breckenridge
North Dakota
Jamestown
Fargo
Shanevan
Saskatchewan
Minot
N. D
Portal
Estevan
Weyburn
Gibbons
Regina
Lethbridge
One God vs idols in Wells sermon excerpt
Amos R. Wells denounces idol worship as senseless and corrupt, contrasting it with faith in a single eternal God. The speaker asserts that only God’s wisdom, power, and love endure, while humanity clings to lucre and worldly praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucre
Amos R
Wells
Franklin’s Oyster Request At A Tavern Fire
In cold weather Benjamin Franklin sought a warm tavern seat and cried for a peck of oysters in the shell for his horse. The crowd rushed out to see a horse eat oysters and returned to report the animal would not, prompting Franklin to order the oysters for himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
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Campbell
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Kan
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Charles Hynds
Donald
Clarence Anderson
Jean Pinnie
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Tara
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Jessie Urquhart
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J. McPhedran
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Thos. Swain
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Brock Avenue
Roy McDonald
Brigden
Wm. Logan
Blyth
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Helen Loyas
Kathleen Sinclair
August Anderson
Mr. M. Pallant
New York
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James Bowie
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Frank Terry
Galt
Terry
J. Murray
Verna
Harry
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Emma Robinson
David McDonald
Kenneth McDonald
Church Street
G. H’ Brown
Kitchener
Mr. Brown
Paris
B .Simcoe
Port Dover
J.E. Pearen
Lillian Beatrice
Ims Allan
Allan
John Allan
Omas ‘Warreh
Aber‘foyle
Marguerite Elizabeth
Actontaris
Lloyd Masales
Owen
Bobbie Loutitt
Misges E. "Woods
White
M. Clifford
Messrs
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L. Walters
W. Holloway
J. Woods
L. Cormler
J. McGeachie
Stephen Carnahan
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George Gordon Greer
William Greer
G. Gustar
Olive Gustar
Jack Gustar
Fee
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Cordwell
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J. Roney
A. Roney
F. King
Georgetown
Co. Heavens
Pontiac
Mich
F. Roney
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Ponteix
Quebec
Marcott
Pat Burns
Apronsmith
Sinclair
Lewis
Ronald ‘Colman
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Circus
Marion Davies
Clark Gable
Laurel and “Hardy
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Ben Lyon
Thelma Todd
Wees Po
Marmalade
Redpath
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A. T. Brown
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