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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
7
Fragments recall a tender scene with a child and elders, noting tears and smiles. The speaker, Mabel Earle, reflects on affection, warmth, and hopeful New Year resolutions amid household memories.
Twenty years ago notes outline elections, re elected councillors and social events. Women’s Institute banquet planned, lantern to be shown public at Town Hall. Parish social at St Alban’s Hall marks first use of new lantern. Knox Sunday School program praised. Rural Route No 4 delivery contract awarded to Alex McDonald, Acton Speyside. Clock erection contract for Post Office tower awarded to Reeve Hynds. Died Heatley at Guelph General Hospital Martha wife of John Heatley Nassaga.
Dread of asthma haunts sufferers with nightly attacks and constant anticipation. Dr J D Kellogg offers an asthma remedy claimed to end attacks and ward off future ones, bringing peace and happiness. Sold cheaply and widely.
The St Lawrence River corridor shifts shipping to Halifax and Saint John until April as Montreal repairs and upgrades its harbor. The river remains a major trade power and tourist route, with the Seaway region preparing for inland navigation to reopen in spring.
A damaged OCR fragment shows garbled text with no clear event or names. The readable parts imply a miscellaneous note or column excerpt rather than a complete report.
A reflective column explores embracing the New Year amid modern winter quirks, contrasting old and new fashions, and valuing sincere greetings. The author muses on holiday rituals, watchnight services, and the warmth of thoughtful gifts, even practical ones like lamps or books, as symbols of affection.
Early-season guidance on planing summer crops and using manure and commercial fertilizers. Practical notes cover seed cleaning for lettuce and carrot, market focus on poultry routes, and keeping wool clean with proper feeding rack construction.
In a New York Police School lecture, a man entered the room spoke briefly to the lecturer and departed. The instructor urged 42 pupils to write a lightning description of the man, noting how he held his stick. Seventeen described using the left hand, twenty two used the right, three could not name the band. the man earned no stick.
A displaced South African farmer returns home to news of catastrophe as his household, baboon, cattle, and even water-carrying horses perish in a fire and mosquito outbreak. The tale blends rural bravado with tragic loss impacting family and farm animals.
Within 24 hours, every U S reader could know what the NRA was and what it proposed. Newspapers carry messages from presidents and advertisers alike, shaping public knowledge of national movements and commercial offers.
An advertisement touts Persian Balm as an unrivaled toilet requisite for women. It claims to soften the skin, whiten hands, cool and refresh, and absorb without stickiness, delivering delicate fragrance and true feminine distinction.
Saskatchewan relies on farming but fur trade remains a key revenue source. For the year ending April 30, 1933, raw fur production reached 872 475 pelts valued at 1 006 700, up from 587 042 pelts valued at 850 109. Major pelts include muskrat weasel red fox coyote and mink.
A physician gives an informal physiology talk noting that the human body contains sulphur. Students in blue and white blazers react, asking how much sulphur is in a body as the discussion continues with varied amounts mentioned.
Readable portion shows a speaker advising about marrying a strong man and contrasts with a preferred option. The text is incomplete and contains garbled phrasing, hindering full context.
A fragmented timetable lists daily schedules with limited readable stops. Eastbound service calls at Georgetown at 9.44 p.m. and identifies multiple morning and afternoon times for other legs, with “Going West” and inconsistent annotations.
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