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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Dec 14, 1939

Page

4

The Christmas Miracle of Justin Anderson

Justin Anderson, a lonely college star turned recluse after a friend's death, encounters a bedraggled Santa in a department store on Christmas Eve. He meets a red headed boy who asks for a mother, and Justin offers to become a father, resolving to adopt the child and bring him home with Santa as a companion to heal his own heart.

Westminster Court Justin Anderson Reed Ac Sclululy Winfield ‘Scott Hotel Merton Hallock Merton University Place Mrs. Connolly Hallock New England Junt Anderson Falie Justin Winfield Scott New England Hills Gally Main Street Santa Claus Bayard Street Pat Instexas Bon ' Ton Toy Department Jimmy Santa Ward

The Stroopal cancer cure fraud exposed in US mail ban

The Stroopal cancer cure scheme, started in Germany and spread to England and the United States, used powdered wood garlic as a fake remedy. It defrauded mainly German descent Americans for decades, produced fake certificates, and risked health. In 1930 actions began, and this year the U.S. Post Office Department barred Stroopal from mails, returning letters marked fraudulent and warning postmasters.

United States Germany England Chicago America Stroopal London U.S. Post Office Department

Canada Leads Lime Production Growth Across Provinces

Lime production in Canada for the first eight months reached 321 146 tons, up from 313 962 tons a year earlier. Ontario remains the top producer supplying over half the national output, with Quebec contributing about a quarter and high calcium dolomitic mines found in Nova Scotia New Brunswick Ontario and Manitoba.

Canada Prince Edward Island Saskatchewan Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia New Brunswick Manitoba Alberta British Columbia

Teletype Speeds Up Wire Messages Between Island and Mainland

The latest addition to Atlantic communications is a duplex teletype circuit linking Charlottetown and Halifax. Operators type on a keyboard in Charlottetown and messages print at Halifax as if typed there. The system allows two distinct messages to flow simultaneously over the same line.

Prince Edward Island Mainland Charlottetown Halifax

Sponge cake sourced from Mrs. Brown Smith and Jones

A humorous exchange riffs on naming and dessert. The wife explains she used eggs from Mrs. Brown flour from Mrs. Smith and milk from Mrs. Jones to make sponge cake for dessert. The light domestic joke plays on the idea of a well named hubby asking about dessert.

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Tuberculosis Control in Canada Urges Early Diagnosis and Bed Increases

Dr G J Wherrett of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association notes varying death rates by province and region. He emphasizes early diagnosis as the bed shortage noted in Quebec and the Maritimes lags behind Ontario and the West. The September bulletin calls for 2000 more beds and better after care with sanatoria and hospitals.

G. J. Wherrett Canadian Tuberculosis Association Canada Ontario Quebec Maritime Provinces West Maritimes The Canadian Tuberculosis: Association Association Ottawa John W McCullough

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