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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 28, 1935
Page
6
A poem by Edgar A. Gist about inheriting a father’s honored name and carrying it with courage. The speaker pledges to uphold the father's bravery, integrity, and noble standards, even after his form has passed, and to pass the name forward as a crown.
A mixed menu of fruit punches and desserts including Pineapple Rhubarb Punch and Pineapple Punch, Orange Junket Charlotte, woman-made eclairs, and a chocolate filling recipe. The page offers measurements for 50 servings, serving tips with fruit and cherries, and notes on preparation steps for the eclairs and fillings.
The tale centers on Joe Albers and Peggy Mog ers secretly marrying and leaving for a honeymoon including Cedar Rapids. Peggy confronts Celia Winglow over Joe's prior engagement, while Joe navigates jealous friends and old flames during a townwide gossip storm and plan to visit Marge and her husband after the wedding.
The Ontario Temperance Federation warns that beverage rooms tied to beer sales increase drinking and driving. The piece cites Minister McQuesten denying a direct link yet notes data from Britain, the United States, and Copenhagen tests showing alcohol impairs reaction, coordination, and concentration. It calls for breath tests and stricter controls.
Friday and Saturday entries describe party refusals and Ant Emmy’s reading of pitchers for a coming summer. Sunday recalls a Worm house construction note. Monday mentions Eloise Hoskins’s spelling PAR and meaning Far. Tuesday reports Mary Jenkins quitting with Art Blutch after a fuse issue. Wednesday notes a prayer meeting plan and a rain reply. Thursday Jon Hix ponders if rich men can enter heaven’s Kingdom.
A mother asks about the new French male teacher Gena. Lena responds that he is not polite. She recalls his remark to Y after a mistake, asking why they strive to improve on Berthovan.
The piece argues that failure is a result of choice and hard work rather than fate. It notes anxious parents and capable youths, urging students to match effort to ambition. It stresses that success requires discipline and warns against blaming circumstances.
Fragmentary OCR notes recall a White House oratorical line praising Roosevelt with phrases like In every town in every state and patiently you will wait. The readable fragment signals a patriotic tribute referencing Roosevelt’s presence or impact.
A storied quotation from Stanley Baldwin declares that all English speaking peoples confront a struggle for their life and the democratic conditions they cherish, signaling wartime resolve and unity among allied nations.
Dr Henry Marmer lectured at Glasgow University arguing that many common words such as augur cotton and taffeta have Arab origins. He noted that both layhome talk and learned fields reveal Arable or Arab origins, and warned that the burden falls on the superior to heed such influences.
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