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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
7
Motivational verse urges immediate effort and steady work. Emphasizes not delaying goals or promising future changes. The message warns against idle days and postponing improvement, urging decisive daily progress before the year ends.
Snow shoeing grows popular as icemen harvest the season’s ice crop. At Milton's first Seed Fair on January 5 RB N Brown Acton won third prize for A V oats. Trades and moves include A J Murray relocating to a farm near Acton and Mrs RL Mortimer presenting colors to the 14th Battalion in Hamilton. BORN CAMPBELL: a son born to Hugh D Campbell and wife in Nassdyuweya on January 2, 1917.
The piece notes hopes for better crops in Western and Ontario after droughts in 1936, and discusses price movements, world markets, and trade barriers. It cites improving UK and US demand, domestic recovery in Canada, and a forthcoming publication The Agricultural Situation and Outlook for 1937 available from the Department of Agriculture.
Imaginative essay describing geese as heavy birds with meat and feathers. The narrator notes a geese head tilt, limited singing due to dampness, and a round stomach balloon to keep afloat. Some geese have curls on their tails and male geese do not hatch, just eat and swim. The speaker would rather be a geese.
A Ginger Farm diary entry notes heavy rain and slush, affecting travel and town goods. It contrasts farmer hardships with a hopeful forecast for 1937, citing high feed and grain costs, taxes, and the farmer town interdependence, ending on an optimistic sunrise note.
New Brunswick leads Canada's sardine catch with a 1935 market value exceeding $1.535 million and canned sardines valued around $1.18 million. As of October 1936, catches surpassed 1935 totals with two months remaining, and cans outpaced last year’s full production though many sardines are sold fresh. Exports in 1934 reached over 5.4 million pounds to numerous markets.
Ontario dominates Canada's grape acreage with 15 950 of 16 150 total. Niagara Peninsula accounts for 92 percent of Ontario's grape land, with Concord and Niagara the key varieties. The 1951 census notes Ontario’s share and 1936 estimates show a wine industry rooted in a newer Canadian vine history.
An electric blanket with a headboard control box and transformer delivers gentle warmth over a large area. It maintains the set temperature as room conditions change, using a twenty three volt supply to prevent shock and overheating. Operating cost is about four cents per night.
A customer drills down on guarantees after buying a car. He asks the seller to replace any broken item and then demands a new garage door as part of the deal. The exchange emphasizes warranty expectations and possible remedies.
The speaker muses on fleeting sunlit glimpses and the memory of brightness carried through clouds. They contrast optimism with weather as a metaphor for farm life and question whether farm people always feel dissatisfied or seek constant improvement.
The Acton Sons of Temperance hall story depicts a strong temperance movement beginning in 1870s Acton, its growth, and eventual decline. Notable events include Strawberry festivals on Dominion Day and the hall’s relocation to Main Street. The piece notes the hall’s sale and transformation into two homes, ending the temperance chapter and linking to the California tavern tale.
In every service a man must qualify himself by striving early and late, by working desert and soul, might and main. The quotation emphasizes perseverance, discipline, and steadfast effort as key to worthy service.
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