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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
3
A 1940s home pages feature offers tomato canning instructions and several recipes. Tips cover hot water bath processing times 45 minutes and 35 minutes for whole peeled tomatoes, plus tomato aspic stuffed tomato salad and fried green tomatoes. Readers receive kitchen advice on wringer care and a tomato juice cocktail recipe.
Parents in New York organize a two section garden contest for children to promote vegetable growing. About 40 youngsters entered with prize awards including ribbons and war stamps for the largest tomato squash lettuce best beans and cucumbers. Older children must submit essays on garden care. the program aims to spread citywide next year.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke in Woodstock during the 1911 election recounting a tale of an Irish Montreal train conductor and a shillelah gift from Ireland. He quipped about Heaven being his bed but hopes to keep it long from there, hoping for more tussles with the Tories.
Alberta public health authorities and U S officials monitor gopher populations to prevent bubonic plague spreading to humans. Researchers note carriers in gophers and fleas, with campaigns against contact and killing when outbreaks occur.
Small scratches can be obscured by rubbing them with the meat of a pecan nut. For deep scratches use a light touch with quick drying varnish stain or white shellac applied with a fine camel hair brush. For very heavy damage refinishing may be required.
The Ginger Farm chronicle notes a rainy farmer's holiday as families visit the city for a long delayed shopping trip. The piece reflects on farm commando helpers, tattoo curiosity, and wartime news including Paris liberation and hope for peace while urging support for service members with letters and parcels.
A Surrey England convalescent home for Canadian service women hosts staff from Ottawa Edmonton and Toronto. Nursing staff prepare rooms and baby care in a nurses ward while patients rest stroll and socialize on Surrey Downs. The facility emphasizes rehabilitation and family access with officers supervising daily life.
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