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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1935
Page
6
A fragmentary verse excerpt shows Said John declaring the last time he will run an errand or do chores and mail a letter, with a note of farewell to his mother and a hint of a future visit next year attributed to Kate Lawrence.
A magazine style holiday note urges braver menus with one or two novel dishes beyond the traditional turkey and mince pie. It presents seasonable recipes including Holiday Cake Cranberry Muffins Cranberry Salad and Apple Coconut Salad with detailed steps and ingredient lists for festive baking and salads.
A reflective year end column recalls a child’s plea for kindness as “boys make men.” It reviews local government, cemetery matters, school board returns, and civic notes from Milton with mentions of W. H. Storey Reeve, cemetery committee actions, entrance exam results, names of trustees, and a dedication of the new cemetery. The piece closes with best wishes for 1936.
The 1935 principal field crops value shows a 7 percent drop from 1934 overall. British Columbia Saskatchewan and New Brunswick show higher valuations while four others fall, with Quebec down about 12.6 million due to hay and clover prices. Manitoba and Alberta suffer large declines from rust and drought, Saskatchewan leads gains from a better harvest.
The diary style notes by Oliver N. Warren recounts a week of family banter with Uncle Yen and Lge Grubbs, jokes about the dip Presidency cost, a missing car, a playground argument over feathers and lead, Santa Claus wishes, and a Christmas bedtime scene with Pa and a dialog misunderstanding.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports October leather footwear production at 1,011,713 pairs from Rasaton’s network of 209 of 212 factories. Output for ten months 1935 totals 18,440,551 pairs, up 15 percent on 1934. Exports reach 237,072 pairs valued at 40,242. imports of footwear decline to 88,078. Major markets include the United Kingdom and United States.
Indian deposits of Epsom salts will be developed under arrangements with the Industrial Department of the Canadian National Railways. The salts are used in textiles for salting cotton and in leather tanning, with imports from Germany and Great Britain. Canada also has deposits of the salts.
In a terse exchange between two men, one notes his wife still living while the other reflects on having wed during a five year separation. The dialogue, revealing attitudes of the time, centers on marriage and luck through a stark social lens.
Fragmentary exchange questions if his wife has learned to drive the car. The bumper replies she has, saying it is “in an advisory capacity.”
A short quotation attributed to Albert Einstein contrasts imagination with knowledge. The famous line emphasizes the value of creativity as a driver of discovery and progress in science and life.
A quotation attributed to Havelock Ellis states that sentiment forms a substantial portion of life's reality, emphasizing mood and feeling as core elements of human experience.
The article recalls Anthony Liveno Silvenu who served 39 years on the Exquimalt and Nanaimo Railway within Vancouver Island and British Columbia. Engineer A C Wilton, a friend and union leader, led funeral rites near Silveno station at Malahat Pass, 18 miles north of Victoria.
Edsoc. R. Waite presents Alf. M. Landon's view from Kansas urging home advertising to keep money in Shawnee and reduce taxation. The piece extols advertising as a public utility that speeds production, narrows distances, and benefits communities while paying for itself.
Listings for physicians surgeons dentists notaries public veterinarians and a bookbinder in Acton Guelph and Georgetown. Includes office hours contact details and street locations for Dr J A McNiven Dr E J Nelson Harold Nash Kenneth M Langdon A J Buchanan Dr A G M Bruyns and a bookbinder service on Wyndham Street.
An insurance firm advertises life health accident automobile windstorm plate glass bonds annuities and general lines of insurance. The text highlights a wide range of coverage types and the agency’s specialization.
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