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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
7
A fragmentary obituary in verse laments a country correspondent who never sought fame or wealth. He chronicled sociables and dances in Happy Valley and covered local events from fowls suppers to training horses, while living in a small hamlet poised for expansion. His work ends with a final note of completion.
Highlights include John W. Bilton buying a dairy business and adding two delivery rings, Ruth Taylor purchasing the double store and dwelling on Mill Street, the Nasagaweya Presbyterian Church service by Rev J Wilson, and Breslau’s Mr Anderson moving to Beardmore tannery sidings on Willow Street. Also noted are a school theater performance Our Minster’s Bride, Pte. George McLeod’s death in action, and obits for Smethurst daughter born at Limehouse and Laura Gertrude Reid aged 16 at St. Catharines.
The article credits Laura C. Pepper of the Dominion Agriculture department with highlighting butter as a long used but recently valued fat. It praises butter for palatability and high food value, noting its heat production, easy digestion, vitamin content, and role in bone and teeth development, especially in cold weather.
Fragmentary chat recalls a claim about a dominant figure described as the Old of Power facing allegations from a spouse. The text notes the referenced character’s supposed electric oil is not claimed to cure all but touted for general pain relief and tested by users.
A young wife bursts into tears over a letter meant for her husband. She laments an insult from his mother, but the husband detects the mix up. The postscript explains the mix up as the note instructed her to hand the letter to George.
A Ginger Farm columnist recounts inventive wiring to move a radio speaker for music around the house and a comic tale of porridge thickening using corn starch. The piece also covers a perilous alarm clock incident and a Winter Pub ride, ending with a humorous misread of time and a rushed breakfast.
The Q and A offers a pun about jewelry and ear rings. It suggests a misdirected question and a jokey answer implying both parties use an ear ring in a humorous way.
A sleek town car stops by Martin Jewelry as a stylish woman in a tan coat and parasol scams staff and customers. She distracts clerk Mr. Martin while slipping diamonds into a pile and planning to flee with accomplices, but Patrick O Day intervenes as the getaway unravels in a rain soaked street chase.
The Central Experimental Farm reports honey improves moisture and flavor in baked goods, with one fifth water content requiring a one fifth recipe reduction. The Fibre Division notes growing North Ireland demand for Canadian flax seed since 1928 29 30 seed trials, forecasting strong future for Canadian threewax seed growers and continued assistance.
One of three burglars who raided a private bathing establishment at Welmieh near Cairo is caught after pausing for a hot bath and soapsuds. He drops his loot including a child’s tricycle and is arrested while the others escape.
A brief anecdote recalls Walter Poze as a magazine lector who criticizes a writer for a short test story. The submission is four pasted pages and Poze quips that he does not read every bit at once to avoid spoiling his appetite for discovery.
A country fair gatekeeper offers front seats at fifty cents, rear seats a quarter, and programs a nickel. A young lady purchases a program with a nickel and exclaims her thrift.
A brief, fragmentary exchange shows Mrs Joyner pleading against seizing her husband’s memory as the minister asks if he has joined the Great Majority. The dialogue hints at mourning and social attitudes in a small community.
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