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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1931
Page
5
A long list of residents and guests describe Christmas and holiday visits. Names include Anga Kennedy, Harold Kennedy, Charles Symon, Wilma White, Grace Skilling, Laird MacDonald, Frank Terry, Annie Somerville, Mamie Mainprlea Li Yomea, Ver a Landsborough, Vera Irurat, Florence Violmes, and many others visiting Acton, Georgetown, Guelph, Toronto, and nearby towns from December through New Year.
A list of residents and guests from Londons Toronto Guelph Windsor and Acton spent Christmas Day with relatives. Nurses and hospital staff visited home. a funeral for the nephew’s wife Mrs. Momor Swackhamer was held at Hultonvale with service at the Swackhamer home.
A student convention opts to send sixty to eighty youths abroad yearly to study, aiming to foster international understanding. It notes that modern memorials may favor education over grand structures, citing Carnegie libraries and Rockefeller Institute as enduring monuments to sacrifice and unity.
The article surveys various Japanese fans from ancient war fans used for defense and signaling to water cooled bamboo fans, cooking staffs fans and ornamental court folding fans. It notes different materials leather iron bamboo and lacquered surfaces and mentions portable fans seen in daily life on Tokyo streets.
The article argues that many young people feel held back by teachers and employers and they blame prejudice. It suggests self-examination to discover internal factors behind perceived bias and warns that self-blame may mask real obstacles.
A quoted writer laments sensational crime headlines and the neglect of the ordinary man. The piece argues newspapers chase shock value while genuine Americana dies unseen, urging readers to measure up to everyday decency despite media sensationalism.
The passage warns a rising worker to study the operations below him while noting the risk to a company when a single switchboard operator is absent. It argues ambition should drive interest in lower-level tasks as part of career growth.
Toronto market notes list quotations for dairy products poultry eggs vegetables dressed meats and byproducts to shippers and retailers. It includes creamery pasteurized creamery butter chums and egg prices, wholesale meat prices, hides wool grain hay straw and potatoes with delivery terms and ranges for various grades and weights.
A reflection on the power of spoken words and silence. Wise speech heals while careless comments deepen wounds, urging readers to hold their tongues, offer comfort, and avoid needless quarrels even when unable to compose perfect words.
A Western stockman reporter discusses Dependence in cattle herds and humans. He notes weak cattle after being lifted by the tail and urges self reliance, warning that reliance grows from small indulges and missed duties.
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