Society Notes Reveal Weekend Visits and Engagements
Miss Helena Mann visited relatives in Toronto for a few days last week. Mrs AL K Mann was at Owen Sound over the weekend visiting her mother. Miss Olive McMurchy of the Western Hospital staff in Toronto visited her sister. Warden A Mason and other Acton guests attended the Warden's Dinner in Milton on Tuesday. Florence Corn Smith and William Hindley announce their engagement. The Leavens Hollingshead wedding at Fonthill was attended by Charles Landsborough and others. Mary Caroline Laidlaw engages to Manson Frederick Hall with a January wedding planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Mann
Toronto
AL K Mann
Owen
Sound
Olive McMurchy
The
Western Hospital
Callen
A. ‘Mason
Reeve
HL Harrison
Measrs
B. G. Arnold
A. A. Dills
Acton
Milton
Frank Smith
Lower Nichol
Florence Corn
William Henry
John Hindley
Brampea
Charles W. Landsborough
Leavens-Hollingshead
Fonthill
Richard Leavens Arid
Wolland
Abron Laidlaw
Norval
Mary Caroline
Manson Prederick Hall
Manson Hall
Reader Dialogue Sparks Historical Trivia Banter
A playful exchange contrasts curiosity about Babe Ruth and Drg Dean with a jokey dig at history knowledge. The brief vignette centers on misheard names and a stumbling reply, highlighting humorous miseducation in a casual conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Drg Dean
Immediate relief joke about mouth burn
A humorous caption presenting a doctor advising a young woman who asks how to treat a coffee burn. The doctor responds with a blunt swear line as an absurd remedy, reflecting a dated punchline style.
Trainload of Dates for Christmas Table
Christmas fare is appearing in markets with quantities of dates for the holiday table. A consignment of Baghdad dates filled an entire train and was sent by the Canadian National from the Atlantic seaboard to Montreal Toronto and Chicago. The dates came from Basrah Iraq and a region thought to be the Garden of Eden. These dates are being distributed in big cities and widely needed in households across provinces and the central United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagdad
Atlantic Seaboard
Montreal
Toronto
Chicago
Basrah
Uraq
Provinces
United States
Canada chief source of seed potatoes
Cuba cannot grow seed potatoes due to soil conditions. Seed potatoes are imported mainly from Canada, especially the Maritime Provinces, with some from the United States. Two crops are harvested yearly, the first mid January and the second in April and May, with imports entering Cuba between September 1 and May 20. Edible potatoes mostly come from the United States outside Cuba's domestic crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Maritime
Canada
United States
Agricultural Department
Canadian National Railways
Kapok Fibre From Natives Becomes Modern Insulation
The article explains how kapok, a fibrous vegetable fibre from tropical trees, was found by Europeans in the Dutch East Indies as randuoo Alas. It became a valued material for stuffing, insulation, and life saving gear, with the United States as the main buyer since World War I and Holland as a major importer, followed by Australia and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Haat Indies
Java
Holland
Kanok
Amsaterdam
Volland
United States
Wholland
Australia
Singapore
New Zealand
Spain
Great Britain
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Old Pupils Revisit Nassagaweyn School Concert
The Nassagaweyn No. 7 school held a Christmas concert attended by a packed crowd including ex pupils from Weston Hamilton Georgetown Acton and others. Former students Mrs Joyce Mrs Prank Mr Sylvester Vanfleet and Mr Wim Prank traced their No. 7 days while Mrs Ichmoch Walker Miss Allee Yume and Mr Joseph Prank recalled half a century past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassagaweyn
G. June Prank
Wm. Anderson
Guelph
Norman Bralda
Bob Parkinson
Acton
William Frank
Dorothy Frank
Andy Frank
Jean
Joan. Frank
Brookville
Linus McMillan
Weston
Hamilton
Georgetown
Wi. Joyce
John Prank
Sylvester Vanfleet
Wim. Prank
No. 7
Kmoch Walker
Allee Yume
Joseph Prank
Beggar Seeks Work in Quiet City Window
A beggar tells a lady of the house he is not afraid to work but there is little going on in his particular field. He asks for a window-box weeded as a task in the exchange.
Canada's Electric Brailway Marks Growth of Street Cars
A historical survey notes Canada's first electric street railway at the Toronto Exhibition in 1885 and the spread to St Catharines 1887 Vancouver 1890 Ottawa 1891 Montreal and Toronto 1893. By 1920 passenger traffic peaked at 833 million. 1934 saw 600 million despite a downturn. Investments total about 225 million with hydro power as a key feature.
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Canada
Toronto Exhibition Grounds
Montreal
Toronto
St Catharines
Ontario
Vancouver
Ottawa
Caradais
Year End Council Proceedings and Clerk's Accounts
The council approves relief and road funds totaling 245.01 and 1 117.77 and passes by law for nominations and elections. Treasurer and collector bonds are renewed with a 10 000.00 and 5 000.00 value, and officers are thanked for past service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Murray
N. A. Robinson
FY. CO
Thompson
R. HL Winter
A. E. Wilkens& Company
L. L Mullin
W. A. Wilson
George Currie
Lorne L. Mullin
W. G. Murray
Reeva
Larne L. Mullin
W. A. Wilton
George
Notice to Creditors in the Estate of Annie Diana Parmer
Creditors of Annie Diana Parmer who died November 15 1935 in Acton Ontario must send full details of their claims to Executor Harold Nash Farmer Box 315 Acton Ontario by January 20 1936. After that date the Executor will distribute assets to those entitled and will not be liable for claims lacking proper notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Diana Parmer
Acton
Ontario
Untitled Speech Echoes After Dinner Orators
Fragmentary lines express a wish to have the gift of speech like after-dinner orators. The text appears as a garbled quotation about someone named Ike and Pete, with a humorous tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Dom
Water Rat How Many Cattle Do You Have On The Place
Dialogue shows a farmer questioned about livestock. answer reveals three tractors and two automobiles as assets, implying limited or misinterpreted livestock knowledge. The exchange reflects rural speech and property basics on a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterrat
Burglar Bird Accuses Hag of Stealing Husband
In a comic exchange Mrs Bird calls for Jumen as Burglar Bird proclaims the hag has taken his husband. The dialogue sketches a farce of mistaken marriage and mismatched alter egos with playful tone.
Red Lights Farce Ends With Cautionary Warning
A fragment shows a dialogue where a father questions his daughter about a young man’s speed. The girl asserts caution, implying the peril of elopement or a hurried romance. The snippet hints at social character and parental oversight in a stalled plot moment.
Prospects for British Columbia Salmon Pack Rise
Prospects show BC canned salmon output far above the 10 year average. Through mid October 1935 they had produced about 1,425,600 cases, with year end likely near 1,600,000. Sockeye output may reach about 350,000 cases, while overall canning trends show gains in fillets and declines in springs and certain species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Department of Fisheries
Gregory Theatre Week Preview With Ted Lewis Band
Gregory Theatre announces holiday shows from December 20 to 26 featuring Ted Lewis and his Band with Virginia Bruce, a comedy Restless Knights, Burns chapters, Curly Top, Shirley Temple autograph giveaway for 300 paid admissions, and cartoons including Bird Scouts and Popeye in a billed sequence of musical and comedic acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhraday
Ted Lewis
Virginia Hruce
Restless Knights
Barnes
Curly
Shurley
Pemple
Shirley Temple
Curly Top
Gregory Theatre
Shirley Temples
Shirley Aings
Shirley
John Boles
Millonaire
Duck
Rochelle Hudson
Miss Hudson
No sale note in fragmented exchange
A damaged OCR fragment shows a casual chat with greetings and partial sentences about no lending and a vacation, lacking concrete event details or identifiable entities.
Putty Nalimello Hum a Trimmer-Say Incident
A chaotic exchange ends with a threat to strike. Authorities report a confrontation involving multiple individuals and a weapon, with no injuries confirmed and ongoing tensions at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nalimello
Various Interesting Items of News Keno Winners list and local staff moves
Keno winners at the Keno Club include William Bradshaw Armour Duval Flowers Langdon E Patrick Jack Robson Norman Broida Mrs Bishop Jack Dennis Thomas Gibbons Jr Chester McBain Jr Miss Bf Gibbons Ford Mrs McGeachie Rockwood N BH Agent Transferred Herb Milne cycles to Elorn as Rockwood DNAL agent after 12 years. Leon Trevilin covers Milne’s post temporarily. James Ross, Winchester Press former Reeve and Vancouver pioneer, dies at 76. he founded The News in 1884 and later ran a Winchester printing shop after notable early career in Belleville Montreal Toronto and Smiths Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keno Club
Wm. Bradshaw
Armour
Wm. Duval
Miss Flowers
Miss Langdon
E. Patrick
Jack Robson
Norman Broida
Bishop
Jack Dennin
Thomas Gibbons, Jr
Chester McBain, Jr
Bf. Gibbons
Ford
McGeachie
Herb. Milne
Rockwood Dnal
Elorn
A. W. Blackwell
Listowel
Rockwood
Newton
Georgetown
Wingham
Leon Treviln
St. Mary’s
Mr. Milne
James Ross
Winchester
Winchester Press
Belleville
Smitha’ Falls
Lve
Sleepwalking remedy sparks caution from reader joke
A humorous exchange suggests disorienting a sleepwalker with tintacks on the floor, but the reply is impractical and unsafe and should not be followed in real life.
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Jack
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Bella Stephenson
Dundas
Bilas Geraldine Edwards
John Edwards
Robin Shaw
George Wallace
Clothes
Yonge Street
J. Sanford
Bocoml
On -Sreer
Crescent Street
Ughts
Board of Health
J. McLeod
Harold Nash Farmer
Johnny
Jenny
Weath ‘Arkington
Glurring W
Welds
Bing Croaby
Joan Mennett
Sportlight Cucktall
Rob
Old Man
Ming
Keno
James Hoas
Poinsettias
Begonias
Creeen
Pure Clover Honey
Woodhall & Musselle
McLaren
Fuleyemediint
Carnation Music
Amnll
Comport
W. Nesbitt, Prop
Young SY
Eveready
China
Symon Hardware
Pererrectervernery
Mill Street
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