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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
5
Dozens of residents and relatives traveled from Toronto Detroit Welland Hamilton and other places to spend Christmas in Acton. Families including the Kenneys Browning Greens and Mowats hosted or visited relatives and friends during the festive week. Several locals returned from study or work abroad to join in holiday gatherings.
Concessions to rail travelers allow one month round trips with stop overs at intermediate points without price increase. Canadian Pacific and Pacific Railways officials receive promotions, plus a Maple Leaf contest honors and a major passenger trip to Ottawa. Cruising options include the Empress of Australia itineraries with multiple continents and Egypt stops.
A fragment shows a dialogue about where to place a ring during an engagement scene. One speaker suggests the proper setting, while the other resists suggesting not the place. The exchange hints at etiquette and social expectations around a marriage proposal.
A playful exchange imagines a telephone kiss as a dream of waking to hunger. The dialogue contrasts a desire for affection with a craving for food, framing the moment as lighthearted and surreal.
A quarrel erupts over figures and a wife’s figure as the modiste confronts Mr. Booksmith. He insists numbers prove the truth while she accuses deceit, highlighting a disputes over appearance and accounting.
A humorous exchange imagines a moth inside a gentleman's overcoat with a witty reply about the coat's capacity. The light quip reflects casual banter and a playful misunderstanding.
A terse exchange reveals a struggling young lawyer being urged or pressured, with a sharp quip about his effort to escape. The fragment hints at interpersonal tension and career strain within a legal milieu.
Hortense instructs Mlle Hortense to contact Mrs de Billion regarding Fido while Carlo signals a desire to bark through the telephone. The scene suggests a social or domestic setting with pet dialogue woven into a formal tone.
Review of 1934 activity in Acton includes Memorial Building plans and YMCA, municipal work on garbage, taxes and tenders, school results, baseball wins and losses, deaths of Allan McLean Mrs M R Moore Angus McDonald John H Anderson George Simpson, and notes on fairs, Remembrance Day, and local council actions. Memorial Committee meetings with Y M C A officials and Public Trustee noted.
The Gregory Theatre lists December 28 shows Peck's Bad Boy with Thos Meighan and Jackie Cooper. Also The British Agent with Kay Francis and Leslie Howard. December 31 Servants Entrance with Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres. Matinees at 3 00 include Broadway Through a Keyhole and various novelties and shorts.
PBists Play Patience as Healgh Returns. The article describes patients at three Toronto tuberculosis hospitals playing a form of Patience while hospital life continues. It notes over a thousand patients receiving care, steady gains in weight and strength, and ongoing reliance on voluntary gifts since many patients cannot pay for their keep. George Reid, Treasurer, Gage Institute, 223 College Street, Toronto 2, is asked to receive contributions.
Dundas Christmas Night wreck led to fifteen deaths and over thirty injuries and prompted a retrospective survey of major Canadian railway accidents from 1857 onward including Desjardins Canal 1857 and other losses at St Hilaire Belleville Torontos Grand Trunk St Thomas Wanstead Webbwood Queenston Drocourt Ver million Lake Capreol and more with fatalities ranging from 9 to 63.
A playful exchange about a second dance in a vintage tone. The speakers joke that both will be gone by the eighteenth, exaggerating time to spark a smile. The quip reflects light, social banter in a bygone era.
An advertising column extols advertised products as trustworthy, vouched by responsible firms. It asserts that ads indicate quality and value and that science and discovery bring new items ready to help readers save money and improve living standards. Reading ads introduces useful products and potential “friends of the family.”
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