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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1933
Page
2
The Acton Free Press outlines subscription rates at 200 per year in advance with address changes and cancellation policies. Advertising fees include legal notices 12c per line first insertion, 8c per line subsequent, with discounts for featured items and free notices for births, marriages, and deaths.
The article urges pupils to plan for the new school year with active learning for advance students and remediation for those who need it. It emphasizes starting studies now, spreading work through the year, and balancing academics with sport and recreation to avoid crowding out study.
The piece notes a circulating clarification from the Ontario Hydro Commission about statements by Mr. M. F. Hepburn. It discusses Brampton and Acton power rates, concerns over rising costs, and questions about hydro surplus and the public’s grasp of Hydro workings. It ends that true understanding of Hydro matters is complex.
If you are conscious that others dislike you, find the reason. If nothing likable exists in you, change your personality radically. If you claim kindness or intelligence, avoid grumpy behavior or dull talk. Show your good qualities and loyal friendship, or your fault lies in not presenting them.
The article notes Acton’s crowds still assemble for a modern traveling medicine man who now acts as both performer and practitioner. It describes the same sales pitch and crowd dynamics as in past eras, with skepticism and belief coexisting among spectators and a persistent promise of cures.
Bank of Montreal survey notes higher industrial activity and above year‑ago levels. Wholesale and retail trades report stronger turnover at higher prices while collections improve. Auto, textile, tanning, shoe, and furniture sectors show busier periods with better demand. Flour mills weaker at home, exports slackening. Iron and steel show early signs of demand uptick, July outlook steady. unemployment improves.
Editorial notes confirm Alliston will levy 60 mills this year citing paved streets and improvements. Acton to send its championship tug of war team to the Canadian National Exhibition with best wishes from citizens. Canada’s 1932 biscuit confectionery cocoa and chocolate output reported at 36,782,098 dollars with 10,362 workers. Magistrate Browne’s handling of the Swastika disturbance in Toronto praised as prudent. Nova Scotia election seen as reinforcing Ontario party lines. Saskatchewan dairy grows. June 1933 butter output reached a record 3,135,738 pounds and half-year total 9,237,466 pounds. Toronto Globe praised for penitentiary exposé.
A writer recounts a spontaneous two day motor trip to Niagara Falls with friends and daughter. They praise welland canal bridge engineering and note Toronto Exhibition plans, thanking generous friends who fill every seat and share the journey.
A period ad markets Mother Graves Worm Exterminator claiming to relieve pale restless and sickly children by removing worms and restore health.
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