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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1935
Page
8
Obituary column lists marriages and deaths with free memorial notices. Including George Somerville of Guelph and Mary Ganday of Nassigaweys Parish, several entries reference locations in Ontario with dates in January and February 1935. The fragmentary text preserves names, places, and ages from local notices.
Slippery roads in town this week and February like weather. the local Arena is near full schedule with hourly bookings. Provisional Board of Directors of the B M G A to meet Friday and Monday. painters near completion on a new building interior. Directors elected for a three year term at the Haitian Union Partners Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Canadian government medical officers traverse Arctic coasts by airplane boat and dog sled to help Eskimo Indians and other natives. Eight doctors work year round to prevent illness, teach diets, improve infant feeding, and reduce deaths from diet related conditions as contact with civilization expands.
Fragmentary OCR shows a mother urging Ethel to bedtime at seven and a lighthearted morning scene where the child repeats phrases about birds waking. The text captures quaint dialogue reflecting domestic routines and language of the era.
Readable notices praise the film as a refined musical with Grace Moore cited as a revelation. Contemporary reviews from Liberty Magazine American Weekly New York Daily News and others describe the production as charming intelligent and near perfection in its musical presentation.
Experiments at Dominion Experimental Park Nappan show boiled potatoes can replace barley in bacon hog rations. Across two trials, potato fed hogs had similar daily gains to barley fed hogs but used less meal. Potatoes saved about 62 pounds of feed per 100 pounds of barley, valuing roughly 16.9 cents per bushel at 1934 prices. With protein supplements, potatoes may substitute much of grain in finishing blends.
A newspaper snippet notes Morton and his young wife after their wedding receiving a belated telegram of congratulations a month later, which the couple refused to accept. The fragment hints at lingering social awkwardness surrounding the marriage.
Utilities Commission data show 37 318 1 120 Killowatts used in 1934 for pumping. Approximate hours of pumping in year 12 166. Approximate hours of pumping per day 3 167. Cost of pumping 1 000 gallons 3.2c.
Dr G P Crowden notes many people are functionally deaf without realizing it. He cites 2,500,000 Britons with below normal hearing and about 40,000 totally deaf. He warns middle ear disease and related issues cause frequent discharge and impact daily life, work, and education.
A playful note on a horse joiner tale hints at counting skills and a spelling bee curiosity. The fragment suggests a whimsical scene with animals and a school event.
A Washington Star article explains hedgehogs are small animals with mixed spines and fur, roll into balls when attacked, and feed on insects and plant matter. Porcupines are larger, up to 35 to 40 pounds in North America, with quills covering head back and tail, feeding on bark and leaves, and more easily killed by club.
A Cleveland Plains Dealer article recalls the 1777 killing of the Native chief Cornstalk at Point Pleasant, prompting a cycle of wars and atrocities across the frontier. It notes the murder of Cornstalk and his kin by a prisoner-guard incident, and argues the tragedy ended prospects for white and Native reconciliation after years of conflict.
Edison sought cures for rheumatism by testing every drug combination. He placed uric crystals in thousand glass tumblers and filled them with solutions of known drugs. After three days five tumblers dissolved the crystals, leading him to present those five drugs to the physician with the claim to try all possibilities.
Upton Close in Cosmopolitan Magazine notes that Japanese weddings lack religious elements beyond ancestral reference and that bride name changes and protection by the husband’s ancestors occur. The state’s role is limited to civil registration, with divorce needing family consent and a similar registration, per the article.
Welsh love spoons from Aberyntwyth are carved as tokens for lovers. Many spoons are ornate and include panels and motifs. some doubles as small knives and pockets.
The text lists U S navy yards in various locations including Portsmouth New Hampshire, Boston Massachusetts, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Norfolk Virginia, Charleston South Carolina, Mare Island California, Bremerton Washington, and Pearl Harbor Hawaii, noting naval gun factory sites and related facilities.
The Acton council continued interviews with deputations and approved several accounts. They adopted the report after discussing arrears taxes and authorized seizing rentals for collection. They debated copyright music use at Town Hall and planned inquiries for fees. Leave of absence granted to Councillor A Mazon for three meetings.
An old man recounts a period of seven weeks out with illness. Wells and Smith speak of not having seen him, noting the man has been in bad shape with flu and a crash, reflecting a sharp, clipped exchange from a local scene.
A grimy park orator proclaims loyalty to the soil and a heckler replies with a biting jab about a father on the speaker’s hands, revealing tension in the crowd and a sharp social clash.
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