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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
3
Anne Wood recalls a summer drowning near the shore and a mysterious rescuer. Months later at a New Year’s Eve watch night service, she spots the same man across the church aisle, their shared gaze sealing a fated reunion.
Hemp has a 5000 year history as a premier fiber once dominating sails and rope. Competition from abaca cotton and jute reduced its use, with Europe and the Americas adopting hemp cultivation from Asia via colonial expansion and early laws in Virginia and Pennsylvania, centered around Lancaster during the Revolution.
An advertisement touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a safeguard against worms in children. It claims untreated infestations cause convulsions and death and positions the product as a protective remedy.
A tiny oyster narrates its journey from plankton to a large shell on the sea floor. It is captured by dredging hooks and nets, transported to a boat, displayed, and finally prepared for a dinner party in a hotel dish.
Agricultural notes advise on breeding ewes needing protein and minerals with alfalfa or clover hay and oats supplements for underconditioned animals. It discusses concentrate pricing by protein content, ensilage sunflowers as corn companions, and late harvest for storage. Also promotes Persian Balm for skin care and beauty use.
Agricultural and Industrial Progress in Canada notes birch is used more widely as a timber source. Seven native birch varieties exist, led by yellow birch from Quebec Ontario and the Maritimes, used for furniture flooring cabinet work vehicle stock and coop erage. Birch flooring exports rise to the United States, and in Britain it is increasingly used for flooring. Birch finishes mimic walnut and mahogany with new distinct appearances. Preserved birch lasts longer under severe conditions and is employed for wharves, poles, railroad ties, and motor car parts.
Canadian Government Marine Department operates radio direction finding stations on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and Hudson Bay. They provide free bearings to ships with DF gear and maintain beacons at light stations and ships. Beacons transmit hourly in clear weather and continuously in fog, with a 50 mile range, automated by a clocked system.
The Lea Valley glasshouse trade marked its jubilee with claims of high yields under glass compared to field farming. Since Joseph Rochford built a Turnford glasshouse 50 years ago, the district expanded to about 450 miles of glass, employing about 4,000 people and shaping local memory with notable figures linked to its rise.
A brief note quotes a youth eager to work and ready to start at the entrance. The boss agrees if the boy can locate the position and prove himself capable.
The excerpt outlines cheese types divided into hard pressed soft unpressed and mouldy blue varieties. It lists cheddar and analogous leaves in hard cheeses and camembert brie Limburgér Pont l Eveque Gervais Neufchatel and cream cheeses among soft kinds, plus Gorgonzola Stilton and Roquefort as mouldy varieties. It notes Oka cheese from Quebec and says Canadian cheesemakers focus on cheddar type. It adds guidance on raising fall-born heifers six to ten months old with good grass paddock in their first summer per Dominion Animal Husbandman.
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