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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
7
Poem by Jennie Wilson Howell reflects on a year’s blessings from God and questions whether souls bear fruit for the Master. It ponders opportunities, trials, and spiritual growth, urging readiness for Christ’s return and the hope of steadfast devotion.
Miss Loix Black teaches at Lorne School this term. Municipal Council members elect meet for organization. Branding Committees and Auditor appointed with $165 remuneration each. Banquet honors D J Proctor and others in Toronto. Pfc Peter McAvride of the 75th Battalion awarded the Military Medal for bravery. Died: Alexander Mann in Bannockburn Esquesing aged 69. Widow of Ralph Richardson of Rockwood dies in Guelph.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigations exposed a single maple sugar trader using fictitious names and forged labels across Ontario and Quebec. The suspect, whose real identity emerged via Quebec car records, faced a Montreal court and was fined 200 dollars with costs or two months in jail after a lengthy cross province probe.
The broom corn industry in western Ontario's Chatham district has grown rapidly with 78 Canadian manufacturers using about 6,000,600 pounds annually. The 1936 crop reached about 1,000,000 pounds from 3,000 acres, reducing reliance on imports from the United States and other countries.
A humorous slice from Ginger Farm recounts the joy and chaos of finally finding an egg after weeks without. The narrator and Partner debate how to use it while riffing on hens, a proposed new “henateria,” and small domestic trials from Orphan Annie the cow to wind-breaker making.
In Attica desert areas where plants fail to thrive, whity snails cover the ground. An expert who studied these districts found shells packed away in a warehouse, long presumed lost, and after washing them in water the snails emerged alive. They had endured years with no evident thirst or hardship.
Norway's silver fox industry grew from two foxes brought from Canada in January 101. The sector now totals about 300,000 foxes with 10,000 farms across counties and last year produced 138,707 fox skins valued at around 5.26 million dollars. Britain leads exports with Germany and France also buyers.
The passage laments how, after action, the Idealist clings to past light and questions what might have been. It contrasts forward movement with constant night hours of torment as one replays endless possibilities and regrets.
Guidance from the Dominion Experimental Station Fredericton on dry mash feeding for laying pullets. Details include grain mixes of wheat barley corn and pallets, daily fresh mash, water and oyster shell access, and seasonal shifts to more mash as production peaks.
A devotional excerpt extols Patience as guardian of faith and peace and as the teacher of humility. It describes patience subduing anger envy and temptations, guiding forgiveness, and harmonizing behavior across ages and genders.
London Zoo runs a feeding focused sign language program for two three year old chimpanzees Micy and George. Sir Richard Paget and G Stoner supervise a five week curriculum, teaching simple signs indicating food location and basic reactions.
A reflective piece recalls pleasant childhood places and moments of faith, wandering through memories of worship, sweet Sabbath homecomings, and the sense of effortless goodness guided by gracious influences toward a better life.
A humorous line exchange shows a wife requesting money for shopping and the husband offering choices between Old Nive and New One with a dollar amount. The dialogue ends with a casual purchase offer.
A village policeman questions a suspect and learns a full name swap. The culprit reveals William Shakespeare after a playful misdirection, concluding with a quip about avoiding modern slang.
As the century turned the auto era began, the horse drawn vehicle industry in Canada valued over a million dollars annually. The big factory shift now builds truck bodies while horse related trade persists in Quebec for church time and rural hauling needs.
The text extols young men cultivating friendship with noble companions to strengthen virtue and resist temptation, arguing a well knit soul grows in right aims and feelings.
An aged desert brick residence was rebuilt after a fire to house a former home. Anthony Stephenson bought a Californiе property to erect a shop, with John and family involved. Campbell, an eccentric rival, failed to gain support as a arson charge was uncertain in court. The shop later served as a horse racing venture before closure. Sandy Melnne expanded the site into a new business on the road.
An unclear OCR fragment lists day specific phrases about dally operations with exceptions and Sunday restrictions, lacking identifiable people places or events to anchor a full news item. The text appears to describe altered or incomplete delivery or service notes across days with Sunday exclusions.
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