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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
7
A collection of early 20th century home cooking notes offers lemon flavored vegetable dishes with celery cabbage and turnip recipes. It includes lemon buttered cabbage, turnips in cream, turnip cups, and lemon goured milk bread with variations and serving ideas alongside a brief trolley car joke.
Soft woollen suits remain desirable for wear under fur coats and later appear in spring. The model features a mono tone plain fabric with hair-line stripes in blege red and black. Four diamond shaped jackets with plaid in another diamond, long jackets with dark red buttons ready for next spring.
James Edward Dodd, a Canadian National freight conductor from Port Arthur Ontario, uncovered Norse artifacts near Beardmere along the CNR line. A 900 year old grave yielded a rusted sword and shield handgrip with a battle axe later identified as 11th century Norse weapons now housed in Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum. The find supports Vinland exploration theories placing Norse activity along Hudson and James Bays shores with hunting grounds reaching Lake Nipigon.
A reflection on Old Sam a thrifty former alderman who voted against public spending yet was repeatedly reelected. He argued private business sense could guide public finance and warned retrenchment could threaten taxpayers. His city now boasts low taxes and small debt. The Printed Word.
A historic ship log shows a captain insisting on recording the exact truth despite a mate’s drunken claim. When the mate returned to sobriety, the captain’s note contrasted with the prior entry, while the mate later wrote the captain was sober that day.
A column for women covers daily moral maxims and recipes. It includes pie crust tips from cold shortening handling and dough rolling, plus a note on the Eastman Kodak Company using silver and a humorous line about requiring police and fire candidates to attend church.
Traffic through the Welland Ship Canal and related routes reached a November high of 1 651 241 tons, up from 1 229 350 tons last year. Wheat led gains with a 9 272 899 bushel rise, while corn iron and steel and soft coal also increased. Saint Lawrence canals moved 989 456 tons, and Sant Ste Marie Canals saw 4 466 104 tons, as Canada continues to expand its inland water transportation system from Lake Superior to the Atlantic.
A rural family confronts a modern schooling demand as their twenty six year old son must wear a collar to attend class. The father jokes about using the collar on the horse if he buys one. The scene unfolds with humor and hometown bluntness.
On New Year’s Day the Ginger Farm diary records a quiet start as heavy snow traps the lane. A daughter fractures a leg riding a bicycle but recovers with rest and doctor’s orders. A broken water pump and a hard winter stretch two days into 1939, with water carried by hand and warmth sought by a coal fire despite the cold.
Investigations by the Forest Products Laboratories and Mines and Resources in Ottawa show blue stain in lumber costs losses but can be curtailed. Clean seasoning yards free of decayed wood and debris, well separated piles, open drainage, wide alleys aligned with prevailing winds, and optional chemical treatment at about fifteen cents per thousand feed board can prevent staining caused by fungi and wind-borne spores in sapwood pine.
Indian agents in Ontario promote reforestation on reserves with suitable land. At Six Nations Reserve Brantford about 20000 trees were planted last spring around homes. Tyendinaga Reserve Deseronto saw 6000 trees planted with spruce pine maple elm and willow, all taking root and growing. Individuals on reserves also planted trees around their homes.
A passenger jokes about a dime while handing a ten dollar bill to a conductor. The conductor assures the woman she will have ninety nine of them in a few minutes, in a light exchange reflecting period humor.
Visitors flock to Quebec City and Lac Beauport as major ski centers with courses on Saint Castin and Tourbill on the slopes. Pauli Gstrein, a renowned Austrian instructor, will teach the game this season. The Chateau Frontenac hosts visitors amid a growing winter sports scene with easy access to city sights and trails.
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