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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 18, 1932
Page
6
Fragmentary poem contrasts dying moments with enduring love. It hints at death gently approaching without breaking the heart, imagining a world where love remains steady even as sight and voice fade.
A reader collection of home recipes and food tips presents CHERTNUT PUREE with chestnuts and stock, plus a peanut batter soup method. Also features two macaroons recipes Coconut and Chocolate, a Spinach with Lemon dish, Cold Slaw with Lemon Dressing, and a Mother Graves Worm Exterminator advert note.
An American investigator asserts Cotentin cows of Normandy lactate strongly, predicting forty pounds of butter per month during much of lactation without special feeding. The essay describes their long angular build, heavy heads, varied colors, and notable horns.
The column recalls Eramosa Township events from February 1882 including the Old California Hotel fire, lamp lighting costs, school salaries, and local governance. It contrasts then and 1932 life, mentions droughts, cash orders, and a census mix up, and previews more fifty year recollections.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Miller's Worm Powders as an effective remedy for infantile stomach and intestinal complaints caused by worms. It claims the powders attack the root cause, expel worms, and restore orderly body function for strength and improvement.
A keeper explains to a visitor that the zoo’s new gnu named Newman is not the old animal. The exchange highlights the arrival of the fresh gnu and the staff’s confirmation of the replacement.
Jean claims she prayed not for herself but to have her mother tolerate her mischief. The mother accepts but the twist reveals the child’s clever use of prayer to influence behavior. The brief scene ends with a playful moral about childlike wit.
Ross Farquhar presents a diary of daily notes from Friday to Thursday detailing gossip, family matters, and small events. Entries describe pay with notes, a trip from New York to Atlanta, a dance incident, a planned scolding, Basemint cleanup disputes, a job loss, and a shift toward religion as a child abandons competition for money.
Chauncey Depew, famed after dinner speaker, credits humor as a self defense. He says worry shortened his elders lives and jokes kept him vigorous to age ninety four. He urges the younger generation to find the funny side and share it to ease anxiety and boost effort.
The notice states hours 9 to 5 with evenings by appointment. It lists gas and extractions services and notes Wednesday closed all day. Phone number 149 is provided.
A period advertisement claims URATABS quick relief from bladder and kidney problems that trouble people past age forty. It features a testimonial praising Dr. Southworth's URATABS and urges readers to buy with a satisfaction guarantee or money back.
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