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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1933
Page
8
In memoriam notice for Longstreet Murray Clayton, husband of Ena Lane, aged 43. The obituary notes his passing on a date around 1932 and honors his memory in a concise memorial entry.
Various notices from 1933 era report the inaugural meeting of Acton Council held on Tuesday evening. Updates cover school reopens after holidays, January sales, tax fare subscriptions, and Week of Prayer services in Acton churches.
A child asks for the last station name as a train stops. The mother, absorbed in a story, admits ignorance and dismisses the question while noting the younger boy exited at that stop. The vignette captures a quiet domestic moment with gentle humor and casual neglect.
A playful item presents tongue twisters and Spoonerisms aimed at readers. It ponders if a Hottentot tot can talk before tottering and whether a Hottentot tutor would get hot teaching the tot to hoot and toot.
The Dominion Experimental Station at Fredericton and the Rotary Club organized land plots donated for a community potato field. Families grew lettuce onions peas and more with seed fertilizer and expert advice from federal and provincial specialists. Despite a few lazy participants the rest produced a thriving harvest and renewed morale, inspiring plans to expand the program in 1933.
The Dominion Experimental Farms Division of Animal Husbandry presents ten facts on barley as livestock feed. Barley is Canada grown and cheaper than corn, readily available, high in total digestible nutrients after wheat and corn, and most useful for swine feeding. It pairs with oats for dairy and lamb fattening, and is safe for work horses when rolled or bruised.
The Dominion Fruit Branch promotes celery as economical and healthful. It notes that the leafy greens can be eaten as greens and the fibrous butts add aromatic flavor to soups sauces and stews.
A sharp exchange unfolds as a wife declares she married to prove her husband’s lack of insight, while the husband retorts that realization should have occurred earlier. The terse dialogue captures a tense domestic moment.
Bronte Village Commission and Guelph Mayor contests produced large turnouts. LeRoy Bargant topped Bronte polls with 142 votes, while L. M. Bray and L. L. Thirston won seats. Guelph elected Beverley Robson mayor by 563 votes over F R Ramsey, with 18 council seats filled including Templeman and Mahoney. Daylight saving, a ten member Education Board, and city control of Guelph Street Railway were approved, plus two by laws for Aberfoyle Manufacturing and Guelph Soap Company assessments.
A vintage guide explains why fish should be prepared beyond frying and how sugar can brighten dishes. It shares two attractive recipes: a fish chowder with pork, potatoes and milk, and a molded fish dish using gelatin and mint fish meat served with crisp lettuce and mayonnaise.
In Ottawa at the Central Experimental Farm the thirteenth annual Ontario Egg Laying Contest shows Egg size predicting performance. Pen No. 7 Barred Rocks entered by A J Urquhart leads with 63.1 points from 56 eggs, ahead of 8 Pen White Leghorns with 54.3 points from 52 eggs. The top birds to date list sizes around 38 points from 33 eggs and similar figures with 33 to 34 eggs. Egg weights continue rising. The item also notes a quotation from Andrew W Mellon about resignation.
Experimental work at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa shows barley can be used to smother gut mustard. Barley sown at 3 bushels per acre proved most effective and heavier seeding also increases grain yield per acre.
The Live Stock and Meat Trade Review shows a nine month shift in Canada movement. Cattle and calves total 69 962 head, 22 000 below 1931 eastbound volume. Hogs rise to 272 468 head, about 30 000 above last year, while sheep increase by just over 2 600.
A playful exchange highlights a pun as one character asks about the humor in the word wholesome. The other quips that removing the whole leaves some, turning milled meaning into a light linguistic joke.
A historical roundup traces the world wheat championship from 1911 to 1932, noting Canadian dominance. Herman Trelle of Wembley Peace River Alberta won the 1932 title, with multiple Canadian winners in earlier years and a long line of champions including Seager Wheeler and J C Mitchell.
A young mother proclaims the name Euphrosyne for her newborn daughter while her husband, tactful, approves with cheerful humor. He recalls loving someone named Euphrosyne and suggests Elizabeth as a second option honoring his mother.
A class discusses a diplodocus, an extinct slow creature, when a student mishears it as diplomat. The mentor corrects the term and explains the dinosaur’s prehistoric origin and name.
A brief dialogue contrasts Abe asking if someone plays golf with knickers and Levi replying that he does not with white people. A second exchange shows a salesman and a prospect arranging a future meeting, both unable to meet on Friday.
Advertises boys rubber footwear matching men’s quality in sizes 1 through 5 priced at 1.59 dollars per pair.
The Canadian dairy export trade shows a general decline in recent years despite higher production. Milk output rose 115 percent from 1900 to 1930, with 37.6 percent exportable in 1900. 1922 to 1930 growth could yield about 200 million pounds of butter. Mussolini quotes on peace appear in the record.
Leeds Mercury editor William Linton Andrews argues markets are people not formulas. He praises advertising as the key to reaching users, noting newspapers’ universal readership expands pull and lowers costs for sellers and distributors.
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