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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
6
Labor Day ideas present quick, unusual dishes for picnics or home celebrations. Recipes include Club Fruit Plate with banana prunes and cottage cheese, Golden Pineapple Dressing, Fluffy Chocolate Pudding, Pear Tapioca, Aspic, and Cheese Tarts. Each item includes basic ingredients and simple steps for prep.
Fashion notes spotlight two autumn hats. A high crown felt top with a satin ribbon looped band sits forward on the head. A second casual dark gray felt hat features a tiny upturned brim and trim of a dark red feather, velvet band, and gray stitching.
A persuasive piece argues labor is God ordained and central to human purpose. It cites scripture and history, praising industry, responsibility, and the discipline of earning one’s bread. It notes Labor Day as a reminder of dignity in work and personal fulfillment through toil.
A lifelong column recounts farm life during wartime era. The writer notes news from Europe, canal guards taunted, and worries about internal trouble. Personal scenes include barn roof completion, a daughter’s holiday, a Royal Tour movie, and a farmers’ cooperative lecture.
The Sunday School Lesson outlines Isaiah 6 with a vision of the Lord on a throne, the Holy One of Israel, and Isaiah's subsequent cleansing and call. It notes the seraphim and Trinity themes, the need for a true vision of God, and how Uzziah's death prompts a fuller revelation guiding Isaiah's ministry.
A young mother recounts a scene with her six year old son Beverley playing alone in front of the house. She questions why he plays alone and expresses concern about his social life. Beverley replies with a dismissive remark about his only friend. The passage includes a reader’s note about a column persona “The Old Man” and praise for keeping local history alive.
Ontario introduces a health first program in elementary schools. Health education now emphasizes actions over facts, with regular checks on habits, planned physical training, and periodic pupil examinations to detect early diseases and growth issues. Arithmetic shifts in priority, as health gains new prominence.
A brief caption records a humorous exchange about postage where a woman is warned her package is overburdened and she replies with light concern that it may travel too far. The light tone suggests a domestic scene on postal matters.
A witticism about whether a bookworm prefers reading to eating or a worm prefers eating to reading surfaces. The speaker notes his lips are meant for God and references scriptural frames implying a divine assignment and urgent response.
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