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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
6
A verse by Berton Braley expresses a plain wish to win with a steady smile and without complaint. The speaker seeks true friends and simple pride in fair effort, avoiding whining and showy posturing.
A list of molded salads and desserts prepared by the Milk Utilization Service and the Canadian Dominion Department of Agriculture. Recipes cover Crabmeat Salad Molded Chicken Salad Tomato Cheese Salad and three Canadas grown apple pies including Russian Apple Pie Mother's Apple Pie and English Apple Pie with instructions for gelatin setting folding in cream and serving on pineapple lettuce and chilled molds.
An Urshinandma signs the hotel register and is recalled for omitting nationality. He writes Trish in protest. A Scots guest adds a quirky entry: megrely and fond of it. The text also mentions Douglayn Egyptian Linicient as a remedy for Hoof Rot with several applications.
A young woman in a drugstore uses two phone booths to arrange a secret call with a lover as a fraught scene unfolds. The elderly druggist observes a tension between a frivolous blond and a scheming husband, ending with a sharp, moral moment and a brief note on an old legal brief.
The document recalls a Christian minister’s fifty two year journey from Arthur Ontario to Windsor and the London Conference of 1906 when he was elected president. He reflects on gratitude to the Methodist Church, long service, and the prospect of revival at the General Conference year 1930. He notes election to the General Board of Missions Quadrentum and ends with farewell sentiments as his work nears completion.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Canada reports in a letter to shareholders that despite industry price cuts and dealer rebates, 1935 earnings are expected to exceed 1934. Total dollar sales across all products also rise, with figures to be presented at the annual meeting.
A man tells an insurance agent about a fire claim for a door lost thirty years ago. The agent asks when the fire happened and damage, and the man explains his wife pressured him to report it, joking the door was buried and he could no longer stand it.
A brief comic exchange has Maurice teasing Maureen about his mustache while she jokes that its arrival is still awaited. The moment captures playful banter between the two.
A concise quotation credits Emerson noting that true energy lies in calm repose and cheerful demeanor as the mark of a refined man.
The article commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Hospital for Sick Children noting a history of growing service to Ontario’s youth and the occasion as a milestone in its ongoing care and community impact.
A visitor observes a young man living at home who resents parental control yet relies on them for money and daily needs. The onlooker notes a mixed independence, with growing resistance to authority but little personal responsibility beyond staying in school.
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