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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1930
Page
6
Fragmented verse evokes a child’s arrival and welcome during New Year. Imagery shifts between gaunt winds and warm hospitality, urging open hearts toward a newborn presence. The piece blends rustic tenderness with spiritual undertones about bearing or blessings.
Recipes for pin wheel biscuits and buttermilk biscuits with sugared pecan filling. Includes directions for molding fruit salads and beauty salad molds as New Year salads. Holiday luncheon sardine centerpiece ideas with parsley and radish decorations.
A Vancouver reader writes about Acton BC churches asking not to forget the Disciple Church there. He recalls local families, a baptism, and the church’s influence alongside Methodists and Presbyterians in the town’s history. He also notes the building’s later conversion and argues for remembrance.
Mrs. W. A. Freeman of Ardenaode Alberta, a Wisconsin native, runs Canada's largest turkey ranch. She projects a $10,000 revenue this year from sales of turkeys and eggs, with 4,500 birds on her 300 acre farm and plans to expand to 6,000 next year.
An anecdotal reminiscence on paying admission to lectures notes a lecturer who calls fools plentiful and claims control of the audience. It recounts Mark Twain mentioning a time he paid and attended a lecture late, with a street encounter and a line about paying to hear the lecturer. It ends with a health ad for Miller's Worm Powders.
The piece urges young readers to pursue and explore life beyond the familiar. It argues that moving from youth to age thrives on seeking new ideas and experiences, and warns against settling down too soon. It emphasizes continual discovery as essential to a worthwhile life.
A quirky old weather remedy promises relief from chapping windburn and maghness, claiming gentle rubbing absorbs completely without stickiness. It also allegedly smoothes skin, refreshes, and preserves natural beauty, leaving hands softly whitened and subtly charming.
The article explains calories as heat units measuring food energy and discusses choosing foods by caloric content rather than weight. It notes sugar as highly concentrated energy, and mentions tomatoes and carrots as low calorie options versus candy, with emphasis on energy needs for cold weather and children's lunches.
A Yeston woman gives six dollars weekly to a poor mother and her three daughters. The eldest asks to speed the money to Friday for rent and fuel. She explains a bargain in kid gloves offered four pairs at seventy nine cents each saved four dollars eighty four cents, prompting questions about motive and need.
Auction style listing highlights 1920 Ford Coach and 1920 Wessex Coach with small mileage. Includes 193 Easex Sedan and 1028 Essex Coach with a bargain price of 180.00 dollars. Indicates Ford and Chevrolet options from $85.60 up.
The Rev. Mr. Wella's operation prompted alarm among his congregation. Doctors insisted on a second procedure a few days later. An elderly lady sent a small book to comfort him during the long recovery.
A compact business directory listing physicians dentists a notary public conveyancer and a bookbinding service in Guelph Ontario including Dr J A McNiven Dr J H Johnson A J Buchanan P W Pearen and a county firm offering mortgage money lending and binding services at Wyndham Street over Williams Store.
A festive New Year greeting wishes happiness to all friends and customers and expresses appreciation for their support during the past year.
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