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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1933
Page
2
The Acton Free Press outlines subscription rates and cancellation policies with instructions for change of address and payment methods. It details advertising rates for legal notices readers notices and small ads, and notes liability limits for published ads with conditions for proofs and corrections.
A letter from Milton Legion backs MacKenzie for Clerk of the Surrogate Court while Capt Ferry and Col Scarth urged a returned man. The piece questions age excuses and alleges political influence in Halton appointments, naming Hillmer Elliott and MacKenzie and urging fair play for returned soldiers.
A mass demonstration in Toronto planned by unemployed groups failed to materialize. The circular listing demands calls for a voucher system, rent payments by the city, gas and fuel supply, single men housing vouchers, clothing aid, and school lunches, urging noncontributory unemployment insurance. The piece critiques the feasibility and notes many jurisdictions face deficits while some adjust successfully.
Questions arise over Milton Legion support for the MacKenzie appointment and whether letters reached the Attorney General's Department. The note urges Mr. Price to justify his appointment choice and calls out perceived party bias in Halton County regarding soldiers and oaths of allegiance versus rewards from the Conservative executive.
An official June 1932 count tallies horses 3,088,630 cattle 8,511,100 sheep 3,644,500 swine 4,639,100 hens and chickens 59,842,800 turkeys 2,478,300 geese 948,000 ducks 810,700. Cattle rise 520,100. horses down 40,370. sheep up 36,500. swine down 77,600. poultry up overall 246,000 turkeys 44,400 geese 50,700 with hens down 1,729,200. Provincial gains seen in cattle. poultry rises in several provinces with some declines.
Editorial notes report 500000 celery seedlings grown in Eastern Canada sent to Bermuda for maturation and return to Canada for late winter consumption. Alberta has four first class air ports, each 160 acres, at Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, plus ten emergency landing fields.
The Bowmanville Statesman celebrates seventy eight years as a leading weekly newspaper. For over fifty years the James family has guided its destiny and community role remains strong and active.
The narrator contemplates starting a ginger farm chronicle for the new year and muses on the impossible idea of a clean slate. They describe a rosy dawn on New Year’s Day, contrast it with 1932’s stormy start, and imagine humorous resolutions for friends, creditors, and even farm animals to improve quality and behavior in the coming year.
A fragmentary scene shows a carload of visitors and a speaker saying farewell as New Year resolutions begin. The tense moment captures festive mood and a sudden farewell to the gathering.
Kellogg of Canada Limited announces a new addition to its London Ontario plant. Construction starts January first with Pigott Construction Company as contractors. The 54 by 100 foot unit will house the machine shop departments stores and restaurant and aims to boost capacity while matching existing structures.
A Market Street Railway conductor in San Francisco returned a passenger wallet and papers after reading a local loss ad. The owner reported the loss, the conductor declined any reward, calling it part of his job. The piece highlights the value of small ads to connect finder and owner.
Two men discuss their children’s education with a remark about an octogenarian. The fragment notes a light exchange on what Toby will become after schooling. Strong entities are limited by the unreadable text.
A Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Commission review notes 1932 as the fourth year of declining butter prices. Canada saw steady storage stocks, rising provincial production, and heavy imports earlier, with forced selling further weakening prices. Saskatchewan up 48.1 percent in December 1931 vs December 1930.
A quoted dialogue sketches three girls debating men, each preferring different time frames. The first praises a man with a past for intrigue, the second favors a man with a future, and the third values a present so costly it enhances her interest.
A dairy ration for cows in milk provides about fifteen pounds daily of pea and oat hay with crushed oats and barley at one pound per three pounds of milk. If roots are available, include them. otherwise add bran. When hay is mixed timothy, add a protein supplement such as oil cake meal cottonseed meal gluten feed or fish meal at 40 to 100 pounds per 300 pounds of grain.
Feeding experts from the Dominion Department of Agriculture say pigs and breeding stock relish fibrous matter and will eat straw if nothing better is available. Regular small amounts of vegetable matter, such as second cut clover or alfalfa, improve growth and health, with benefits paying back the small feed cost.
Uncle Tobias shops for a Christmas horn with a friendly salesman. He asks for a horn he wants and tells the seller to wrap it up, thinking of his sweet little nephew.
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