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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
6
A ginger farm diary notes a cold week before Christmas with storm windows on the north side, coal in the cellar, and a woodpile. The writer contrasts the cold with sunrise and moonlight, comments on farm routines, milking, and a debate with Partner over dairy cows and milk production.
A fragmented excerpt shows an awkward dialogue line about a kiss in a kitchen and an unclear visitor described with broken phrasing. Names and specifics are not recoverable, leaving the scene as a cryptic domestic moment.
In Ottawa the Commons endured an eight day surrogate battle over a Bretton Woods ratification bill. Social Credit protested the IMF and World Bank plan, urging royal commissions and a defeat while others supported passage as needed for global trade and employment.
Shelburne Ont hosts returning World War veterans adjusting to civilian life. Many are new to town or returning workers taking up fourteen business categories. Seven veterans start ventures including an all air force pirate supplies outfit headed by Shelburne native Jack Stoddart as president.
Peppercorns and the black and white peppers derive from a single climbing plant native to the Malay Archipelago Indo China and southern India. Black and white peppers come from the same berry. white pepper is produced by removing the outer skin of the peppercorns after soaking in water. Major supplies come from Java Siam and French Indo China, explaining wartime shortages in Canada and elsewhere.
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