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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
6
A reflective meditation on church seating arguing over end seats being coveted by early arrivals. The speaker wonders if occupying the end yields greater absolution or benefits and questions the motives behind clinging to these seats.
A vintage breakfast menu offers cheese biscuits scones and a vanilla coconut junket. Recipes include 450 degree baking, orange rind with raisins, and coconut toppings. Makes 24 biscuits or 15 scones. Junket served ice cold with coconut.
Indoor kids can safely make no cook candies with two recipes using sweetened condensed milk. French Cocoa Balls mix cocoa and sugar, add chopped nuts, moisten with milk and vanilla, then roll in a cocoa sugar coating. The caramelized version blends condensed milk with confectioners sugar and vanilla, then drops onto toasted coconut or nuts and chills into patties.
A brief column by Jane Spense titled Another Short Story reveals local tensions at Mallams. The piece hints at a pending decision affecting shoppers and town life with a wry tone.
Alice Mallam endures a brutal morning after as JimmyMallam’s drunken assault leaves her with a bruised eye. She hides in fear, packs a weekend bag, and exits to start life anew away from his violence and her mother’s pressure.
Public auction from A W Stillman near Guelph City limits on December 11, 1934 at noon. Livestock include Holsteins and Jerseys with many registered animals, plus horses and farm implements. Catalog lists numerous named cattle and equipment, with credit terms and sale order notes.
The speaker recounts meeting Jake Powers and going with him to his gym to take boxing lessons “just in case,” portraying a casual morning encounter and a preparedness mindset.
Federal officials voice concern as opium smoking increases in the United States. Stuart J. Fuler, American delegate to the League of Nations advisory committee, notes opium is smuggled mainly from China and Manchoukuo. Seizures in 1933 doubled those of 1932, and early 1934 shows growing frequency and quantities.
If you hear roaring or buzzing in the ears and risk deafness try Parmint double strength mixed into hot water with sugar. Take a tablespoon four times daily to ease head noises and open clogged nostrils. Simple, cheap remedy likely to relieve chronic catarrhal ear trouble.
A nostalgic diary style entry recounts daily musings about local figures including Mrs Cress named as popular club woman, Emmy’s letter from Madison County, a preacher’s antics, and family notes on finances and marriage superstitions. It closes with an advertisement praising Persian Balm for family use.
A playful riddle phrase about scales on a wall and a fish. It uses a pun on scale to suggest a joke rather than a news item.
The article explains that cheese is easiest digested when paired with bread or other starches such as potatoes or macaroni. It warns against heavy meals with cheese at the end, notes overheating toughens protein, and states cheese is thoroughly digested and used to build tissue and energy for both youth and adults.
A country policeman arrives at a cottage seeking information about a murder tip. He tells the girl he has been sent to investigate a reported killing of Wagner. The dialogue shows confusion as he pursues clues from an adjacent house and the referenced “little affair.”
At 2.00 a.m. an irate chemist exclaims a penny bottle of bicarbonate of soda would have sufficed for the patient customer who leaves after the exchange. The quip ends with a cordial Good morning as the customer departs.
Public auction Wednesday December 12 1934 at 100 p m offers for sale the 200 acre farm of the late William Neilson Esquesing Township Halton County located four and a half miles from Milton with brick seven room house bank barn drive shed good well orchard and about 100 acres hardwood on the property 10 deposit with balance in 30 days. household furniture and farm implements also sold. For details contact The Guelph Trust Company or George E Elliott Milton solicitor for the administrator.
For persons over thirty good health is a business matter requiring self checks and prevention. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to raise red blood cells and haemoglobin, improving vitality and nerves. A 40 person clinic test reportedly shows improved blood counts with a 50 cent full size box available.
Advertisement for Harold Nash farmer and M A Barrister Solicitor Notary Public Conveyancer in Mill Street Atton Ontario with hours 9:30 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday 12 noon closing. It lists contact details and office location.
Over T Seynick's Cafe Main Street, appointments by phone Acton 65 or Georgetown 88. Office hours Tuesday and Thursday 1 15 p m to 4 30 p m evenings on request. Hours 9 a m to 6 p m evenings by appointment. Gas for extractions. Closed all day Wednesday. Phone 148. Graduate veterinary for 27 years successor to late Dr H A Coxe. Night phone 66 day phone office same quarters as late Dr Coxe.
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