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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
5
Sam Purdie hunts a half grown deer after wolves steal his quarry. He drives a dozen wolves from behind with his axe and escapes to his cabin where he cooks the venison amid a silent, freezing landscape.
The article traces the world’s oldest banks from Sweden to Italy and England, noting 1668 to 1694 as early milestones. It describes central bank roles including France and Germany, and explains the Bank for International Settlements emerging from the Young Plan and Basel meeting of April 22 1930 as a Swiss chartered institution serving external administration and fund mobilization for creditor nations.
The peppermint crop yields about 10 pounds of oil per ton of plants. Found wild across Britain and cultivated in southern counties. Distillation produces a piquant oil used in candy, medicine, and exported for perfumery and other uses.
Miss Ruth Gibson spent the week end with friends in Guelph. Miss Anna Wright with Mr and Mrs F Roney. Mrs B M Wilson attended the funeral of W T Wiggins at Norvell. Ernest Hall family of Kitchener spent Sunday with Acton relatives. Mrs Johnstone in Weston while F A McLean tours South America. A Kelly of Vancouver visited Mrs A Reesor. Mae Chisholm and Grace Gibson holidaying with S V King Georgetown. Mrs R F Johnstone of London visits her mother bedridden Arch McPherson.
A vintage cooking excerpt offers cold weather menus with cranberry and prune based desserts. It describes lemon cream junket with cranberries, a savory meat loaf, baked oysters and a fairy sponge cake with orange icing, including ingredient lists and baking steps.
The Intermediates lose while the Juniors tie and fall in a late period. Guelph extends its defense as Acton battles to an even game despite injuries to E Marzo and other skaters. Byrne, Klein, Jones and Curly Brill feature for Guelph as Teasdale and Siebert regulate the action.
A man dining well tries to fit his key in a door and sings. A voice from above warns him he is at the wrong house. The fool retorts that the other is looking from the wrong window, highlighting a comical mix up.
The piece discusses to what extent a person should alter beliefs in light of new reasoning. It argues that stubborn consistency harms national pride and that admitting mistakes and rectifying them is a virtue. It notes both youth and age struggle with changing minds.
A reader correspondence reflects on Rev D M Johnston’s career in American Methodism and mentions Rev Bishop T W Warne and Rev Dr W P Leek. It cites events at Georgetown M E Circuit and Morristown with notes from Stevens Point Wisconsin dated January 6 1938.
The speaker scolds youths for claiming optimism without work or planning. He warns crossing streets against signals shows reckless optimism, labeling such belief as a comfortable superstition rather than true foresight or preparation.
The piece argues self confidence and self-control must be equal parts. It warns that high confidence without control leads to poor study habits and failure to resist late night parties or indigestible refreshments. It concludes that self-control relies on self-confidence and should be kept fifty fifty.
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