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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
6
A reflective verse fragment ponders waiting for snow and the barren trees. The speaker notes copper tinted branches and a childhood longing for the pristine, snow muffled air and the brief, flawless geometric snowflake.
Special holiday recipe for Christmas and New Year. This crusty fruit triangles guide provides steps to mix sift cut in shortening add orange rind and raisins roll to ½ inch thickness cut into triangles bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes until browned yields about 15 scones.
A reflective poem on motherhood contrasts with a retrospective column recalling 1685 Christmas season events and January elections. The piece lists school appointments, stock shows, council matters, a fire, street lamps, by laws, local purchases, and social notices, with town names and figures.
A vintage recipe collection shows methods for Coconut Butter Frosting and Coconut Fruit Filling, plus Lemon Coconut Filling. It provides ingredient lists and steps to create frosting for layered cakes and fillings for between layers, with quantities and preparation notes included.
British colonial notes dating to 1770 and 1370s were found in the Cincinnati Board of Education Library hoard. A Maryland note promised payment in London in gold or silver at four shillings sixpence per dollar, and a New Jersey bill for twelve shillings. The notes warn that counterfeiting means death. The discovery puzzles how they reached Cincinnati when the area was sparsely inhabited by white settlers and far from trading routes.
Oliver N. Warren records a week of a child’s diary style notes from school life. Entries cover Unkel Hen, Mo driving, foods and vitamins, a gram-pa tale, and a tunnel joke with Mister Simpkins, ending with a curious ad for Persian palm tones.
Johannesburg to build a temporary artificial rink for the Empire Exhibition running September 14 1930 to January 1 1937. Local private interests may operate it after the show. Officials explore Canadian teams from Johannesburg area as cheaper alternative to a touring Canadian squad.
A rookie private mishears orders to have a horse shod. The lieutenant waits three hours as Rooney repeats the mishearing causing a string of garbled responses and embarrassment. The scene ends with a comic realization of the miscommunication.
A quote advises employers to judge honesty by eyes chin hands and nails while noting tongue shows experience. It warns that an applicant from another city may dislike the town not because of fit but because of poor performance.
The Torres Strait Daily Pilot is a tiny single sheet newspaper published on Thursday Island between Australia and New Guinea. It measures 12 by 9 inches and covers shipping news, Australian and cable news, and advertisements with weekly subscription for locals and higher rate for non subscribers.
M Katayama of the Manchukuo Forestry Bureau says protective laws for wild birds will be promulgated in Harbin. About 1,000,000 birds are trapped or shot yearly in North Manchuria. Russian officers at Harbin Museum have urged protection for years, but no action until now.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist and sociologist Edwin S Bur dell argues that married men are less likely to commit crimes or go insane and are more protected from poverty and premature death, making marriage the best insurance against social ills.
A short rustic scene describes Walter the chicken as happy and content with nothing to wish for, a quiet domestic moment in a rural setting.
A letter quotes a user praising Kellogg’s All-Bran for alleviating constipation and recommends daily two tablespoons with meals. The note cites safety, vitamin B content, and bulk as benefits, and suggests consulting a doctor if relief isn’t felt. The product is sold by grocers and made by Kellogy in London Ontario.
Directory style notice listing Dr J A McNiven physician and surgeon offices at Corner Bower and Elgin Streets Acton Ontario with phone 22 P O Box 3B. Also Harold Nash farmer M A Barrister solicitor notary public conveyancer Acton Ontario details hours and addresses. Includes Kenneth M Langdon barrister solicitor offices Acton Georgetown and contact numbers. Also A J Buchanan D D S dental surgeon with office Leishman Block Acton hours and after hours by appointment. P W Pearen D D S L D S moved to Byman Block Mill Street Acton. Boekbinders account books bound and periodicals bound in Wyndham Street Guelph Ontario.
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