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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
6
Of Interest to Women for New and Never Dishes offers unusual seasonable recipes including Savory Minced Cheese Bandwich Cabbage Salad Lemon Mincemeat Caliente Shrimps Ham with Orange and Baked Orange Quarters. The piece encourages home cooks to create surprise dishes and serves as a compact collection of household ideas.
A reflective exhortation urges young readers to value time for study. The piece argues that dedicating small daily portions to history science and literature yields vast growth, contrasting active, purposeful youth with the drift of idle reading. Faith in worthy striving and self discipline is underscored.
A stylish daytime frock blends dull wool with gleaming satin. The fine light wool contrasts with satin vestee and sash. The dress features an unobtrusive cut with a reverse wool detail and a draped puffed neck. The skirt shows a slight full front and sleeves carry a small shoulder puff to just below the elbow.
Canada produced a record 224.905 million pounds of nickel in 1937 valued at 59.507 million dollars, up 32.5 percent in quantity and 44 percent in value from 1936. Exports reached 222.77 million pounds worth 58.913 million dollars. Sudbury, Ontario dominates output, with further metals and byproducts rising in 1937.
A Free Press feature lists daily devotionals and sayings for December with a nurse tip on cleaning oilcloths and mica, plus a note on New South Wales dog fences and dingo cautions for sheep protection.
A 1938 autumn glacier collapse on Mount Hector in Banff National Park Alberta sent a vast ice avalanche two miles down into Molar Creek valley uprooting trees and scattering debris. Witnesses include a local guide and fishermen who noted the glacier perched high on the eastern slopes two weeks earlier.
A conservation effort moves buffalo and elk from Canada to Wellington New Zealand. The pair from Elk Island Nathanael Park Alberta traveled in crates by rail to Vancouver and shipped aboard the M S Hauraki on November 24. Aboard, an attendant supervised care during a three week voyage, with food provided for the journey. The transfer highlights Canada’s successful wildlife preservation and ongoing need to manage animal populations in parks.
Gwendoline P. Clarke notes winter tasks at Ginger Farm including stove pipes and lane gravel, plus a highway sign on a local Provincial Highway. A minor mishap with forgotten grain bags reveals her partner's humor, and she ends with thanks to readers who follow the Week by Week column.
A playful exchange recalls a costly engagement ring as a man reassures his partner the piece is genuine. The scene centers on an intimate moment of certainty and affection in a high stakes, romantic context.
A classroom exchange questions meaning of a river and river creature with playful student answer about juveniles. The garbled OCR preserves a dialogue style in a historical newspaper fragment.
Child says Gladys ate the dog’s dinner and caused a commotion. Parent asks what was done next and the child responds with a tale of the incident.
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