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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1947
Page
11
Homemakers learn soup basics from a nostalgic guide. It outlines clear soups bouillon and consomme, then thick varieties with beef potato or meat bases. Tips include using bone stock, vegetable water, and small add-ins to enrich flavors while avoiding boiling.
The Bank of Montreal offers money orders for amounts up to one hundred dollars to Canada and the United States with security and low cost. For larger sums, Duke Hall, local branch accountant, arranges drafts valid worldwide and can expedite transfers via telegraphic and cable systems.
Notice announces a ballot measure for Acton voters at the annual village election on December 1. It asks if residents support a proposed annual grant of funds for the village band and related music activities. The text is incomplete but indicates a yes vote is requested.
In this memoir fragment the author describes farm life as a unit where changes after illness force others to adapt. Partner and the boys cover barn chores, feeding cows and poultry, while the narrator handles housework and caring for Partner as he recovers.
The Current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada reports higher production of milk by products. Skim milk powder increased by nine million pounds for the first nine months, with condensed skim evaporated skim and powdered buttermilk also rising. Stocks of all milk by products are above year ago levels.
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics survey shows 8 000 farm fires in Canada in the year to June 1. The value of farm property destroyed reached 10 254 000 with only 37 percent insured. Barns and outbuildings were the most common origin sites at 45 percent, followed by houses at 38 percent. stubble, bush, or grass fires accounted for 15 percent. Equipment and livestock losses occurred in 16 and 15 percent respectively, with seasonal peaks from May to August.
Franz Schoen berner in Confessions of European Intellectual notes crowds in Berlin avoided shortcuts across grass under machine gun fire. He argues fear keeps Germany ready for war, dismissing gunpowder and atomic threats, urging practical sense and understanding.
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