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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1935
Page
6
A fragmentary verse portrays a beloved woman whose voice and charm endure beyond time. The speaker notes a lively hue and tender tone akin to Bella, with imagery of summer and evergreen beauty. He imagines growth and transformation in beauty that time cannot destroy.
A playful kitchen page offers Lemon Cream Scones using cake flour, with steps for shaping and glazing, plus modern takes on spicy pudding and steamed fruit pudding. It invites quick, minimal-effort desserts while preserving traditional Scottish flavor.
A reflective piece honors the ordinary man and notes how local papers overlook everyday citizens who do right and contribute to community life. It recalls Acton items from fifty years ago, including Council members, a skating race, a tannery accident, and local notices, contrasting local warmth with national headlines.
The ad claims asthma drains health and strength but offers Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a universal remedy with a long relief record. It asserts the product is sold widely.
Valerie attends a Valentine Day party hosted by Roger and his parents. He gifts flowers resembling an old-fashioned bouquet and reveals his parents’ wedding anniversary motive. He confesses his mother wore white organdie on her wedding day and compliments Valerie as a vintage Valentine.
A humorous clipping describes a golf beginner who after hitting the ball pockets a piece of turf displaced during the shot. A bystander protests the act and urges replacement, while the novice insists the turf is for sending to a friend to illustrate the course.
Feeding hens to optimize fertility and hatchability boosts profits in hatching operations. Good breeding stock, high vitality, and peak production during the breeding season are essential. Dominion Experimental Station trials in Fredericton NH show cod liver oil milk or milk powder and alfalfa leaf meal as promising supplements, with cod liver oil at 2 percent in mash and daily leafy greens aiding best results.
The passage compares pearls formed from an irritation inside an oyster to human achievement. It argues that misfortune or something out of place spurs growth and value, with greatness arising from overcoming the difficulty and acquiring experience, the pearls of great price.
The fragment shows a boy explaining his father beat him for nothing and asks a visitor what was thrashed for. The tone implies a terse exchange reflecting a domestic conflict. No further readable context or names are provided.
A humorous strip presents teacher and pupil exchange about a black eye blamed on avoiding math sums. Johnny appeals for mercy as teacher questions the cause. The punchline revises the injury as a misadventure from numbers practice.
A Baltimore Run tale recalls a taxi driver who received a Dutch half Gulden from a churchgoer and, after realizing its value, sought to pass it off as a quarter. The driver warned the passerby that the coin came from a "good church-going Christian" who offered it in bad faith.
Wille, a boy who bites his nails, stares at a stout man on a bus and is warned he may grow as fat as the man opposite. A very fat woman boards, and Wille stares at her, claiming to know her from her habits. The woman says she does not know him, and Wille replies he knows what she’s been doing.
In November a pale underweight girl improved after 30 days of Dr Williams Pink Pills treatment. A blood test showed rise in red corpuscles and haemoglobin, she gained nine pounds and regained rosy health and vitality.
A readable listing shows multiple Acton Ontario professionals. It includes medical, dental, veterinary, legal, and business directors with addresses and telephone numbers. Notable names include Dr J A McNiven, Dr E J Nelson, Harold Nash farmer solicitor, Kenneth M Langdon, P W Pearen, D D S, and veterinary services at Mill Street.
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