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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1938
Page
6
The poem argues that faith and science support a single truth of life. It credits ancient beliefs shaping science and urges faith and reason to learn from each other. It frames enduring patient inquiry as harmonizing with science’s doubt to reveal a final Truth of life.
A brief guide explains that different necklace materials require specific cleaning methods. Pearls should be laid in powdered magnesia overnight before gentle cleaning, coral beads need milled ash and oil, amber reacts to olive oil and polish with polish, and other stones call for tailored treatments to avoid damage.
Betty Nearclay presents orange based recipes including Holiday Fruit Cup, Orange Sauce, Orange Toast, Orange Ambrosia, Fruit Cup Dessert, California Poinsettia Salad, and Date Bars. The instructions mix fruit, juice, rind, sugar, and coconut with sugared garnish and serving tips. Contains playful travel quotes at end.
An illustrated reflection on starting a new year with order. The author notes unfinished writings and stray papers, then emphasizes keeping accounts to manage family finances and strengthen partnership. Advice includes loose-leaf ledgers, tracking assets and liabilities, and recording addresses for practical help.
A review of two books from Thomas Nelson & Son on Canadian perspectives in foreign policy. William Strange analyzes Canada’s place in Asia-Pacific affairs, Japan’s economic path, and the impact on Britain and the Empire, with emphasis on Canada’s independence and strategic choices. The essay notes Canada’s limited resources and coastal defense concerns, and hints at broader implications for world history.
The text presents a January calendar with moral maxims and daily prompts, a nurse’s home hints on household care, a recipe note about soup simmering, and an article on cooperative forest fire prevention between Quebec and Maine. It highlights cross-border firefighting cooperation, border lookouts, and joint conferences between Quebec wardens and Maine officials to combat forest fires.
The article highlights new prints for resort wear and home dresses featuring bright red brown blue and black backgrounds. Peasant motifs in cotton and embroidered textures appear on coats frocks and beach outfits with velvet ribbons and puffed sleeves. It urges thrifty shoppers to buy fresh materials early in the year for spring and summer sewing projects.
Pennyivana Railroad marks short wave radio use as engineman John Hicks receives messages from the conductor via a two way radio in the engine cab. The new system signals the death knell of fog lanterns and whistle signals, replacing old signaling methods with wireless communication.
A scanned directory segment lists physicians surgeons veterinarians and legal officials with office locations and contact numbers. Names include Dr J A McNiven Dr RB Nelson Dr WM Cullen C F Leatherland Kenneth M Landdon and A J Buchanan among others with offices in Acton Georgetown Milton and Brookville Ontario and hours vary or by appointment.
Schedule fragment lists daily times with exceptions for Sunday and letters nonstandard. Entries include 700 am daily except Sunday 934 am and 26 pm Sunday 104 pm, plus 848 am and 24 pm daily except Sunday, and 707 pm with Sunday exceptions.
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