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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
6
After the festive season housewives can repurpose meat and poultry scraps into croquettes, hash, stews, and pies. Use bones for stock, gravy and gravy scraps for soups, and cold roast beef or tongue for jellied dishes, sandwiches, and shepherds pie.
A reflective piece recalls the impact of war on society and extols peace as a birthright. The article wanders through local histories of Acton including the Ebbage pump shop, Zimmerman's tannery, Parmer family, and the Sons of Temperance hall, detailing early industry, notable residents, and community memory.
Canada expects forest industries to contribute about 250 million dollars to national income as news print output rises and lumber exports grow, especially from British Columbia. Exports in 1946 are projected to exceed recent years, aided by housing and home improvement programs. A Dominion Forest Service studies forest management and product marketing, with laboratories in Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver.
A dedicated pastor arrives in a small Scottish mining town and oversees growth including a steam heating system and a completed meeting house. To obtain a bell, he asks outside donors for funds. A miner sarcastically questions elevating the church and suggests using a whistle instead.
A dusky highwayman steps onto the road and orders a Negro to raise his hands. The reply cites rheumatics and suggests he has “automatics.” The exchange ends with the terse line Yo wins, brudder, yo winny.
In a clipped dialogue, Patricia relays that her brother-in-law has been declared terminal by four doctors, each giving him three months to live, while Pat questions the impact on their marriage and prospects.
The text asserts that nature rules humanity through sovereign pain and pleasure, directing both our duties and actions. It states pain and pleasure determine what we ought to do and what we shall do, binding moral standards and causal outcomes to their rule.
The speaker urges sales departments to adopt a prosperity psychology to exploit a forthcoming boom. He cites Babson data showing profits are not automatic in booms and stresses hard work to secure profits or avoid losses, noting four crossings of the normal line in his 35 years of study. The closing advice: start anew and stay ahead of the competition.
Francis Nunan offers bookbinding and accounting book creation services in Guelph. He handles periodicals and custom orders with neat ruling and prompt completion from Wyndham Street.
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