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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1932
Page
7
The column describes a yearly school Christmas concert with dialogues songs and drills. Pupils in neat dress will perform on concert night for the audience. A small tree will be decorated with presents and the gleam of lights excites the children's hearts. The bell will ring and the pupils will come in as the plans are shared and a merry din ensues.
Twenty years of growing demand in Acton sees the municipal hydro system expand with new service lines and night and day power. The milestone notes Niagara Falls supply since 1912 and a planned reopening of the chopping mill under hydro electric power within weeks.
Worm powders claim to expel worms and foster a healthy system where worms cannot thrive. The product asserts it relieves a child’s restlessness and pain by removing the cause of suffering with its effectiveness.
Population counts show 3,115,582 horses nationwide with Saskatchewan leading near a million and Alberta and Ontario following. Milch cows total 3,510,000 rising 8.72 percent. Ontario has most cows, British Columbia fastest growing. Sheep 3,622,000 on 130,000 farms. swine 4,687,000 up 40 percent. poultry over 65,000,000 up 51.62 percent with Ontario largest stock and BC fastest growth.
From a recent Dominion Bureau of Statistics report the Economic Annalist notes Canada has 327,306 automobiles on 728,623 farms. About eighteen thousand farms report more than one car. Other figures: 48,402 trucks, 105,059 tractors, 75,560 threshing machines, 8,925 combines, and 16,628 electric motors on 14,638 farms.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a hesitant exchange about self reference and first person usage. Details are unclear. no definite event, date, or participants are legible enough to identify.
Reading highlights Jesus call to follow and daily cross bearing Luke 9 23. Emphasizes prayer life home habits family altar public virtue and duty to country and peace through Christ’s kingdom. Ends with a note on remedies from Douglas Egyptian Liniment for toothache sore throat and quinsy.
Two brine-freezing fish plants to be built on the Gaspe coast by the Quebec government aim to open before 1932 end. The facilities will include separate fillet and whole-fish systems plus scallop freezing, with a capacity over two tons daily and a new method to rapidly freeze salmon using salt brine.
An essay contrasts two kinds of pride. One stems from an inability to find desired work and reliance on a widow mother’s income, the other from supporting one’s family. It cautions against pride tied to appearances while praising pride tied to self-respect as a trustworthy guide.
A colored preacher compares the church to a ship and asks what fills sails to drive the vessel toward the harbor. Deacon Simpson replies simply, Wind. The pastor and Brudder Simpson exchange a rousing moment as the audience shifts to collective action.
A terse dialogue scene shows Miss Gmatte warning that a woman’s gaze can shift quickly. Drumm’s status and mannerisms imply social ranking in a light, wry exchange.
Holiday guide offers candied orange and lemon peel steps plus turkey croquettes and a festive relish. Includes candied peel variants with spices and coloring, plus a Christmas pudding and fruit gelatin mold recipe. Also notes Balm product for skin care.
A fragment recounts a joke about the Englishman the Scotchman and the Irishman. Four wreck survivors on a South Seas island are two Scots and two English, later picked up by an American steamer. Sandy and Donald share their tale of island life and rival loyalties.
A club member announces that a felon has escaped from a lunatic asylum, prompting another Scots member to identify a suspect among the group while MacPherson remains unfazed as drinks flow.
A curate with a volatile temper made clumsy remarks during a clergy gathering at the bishop's palace. On the journey home a senior curate, his companion, rebuked him calling him a donkey and urging silence, noting their brotherly bond.
An exchange at a social event centers on baldness and success. Jenking boasts about being bald as a sign of achievement, while a young woman quips that successful men usually come out on top, turning the moment into playful ridicule.
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