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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1931
Page
5
Residents share weekend visits and travel between Toronto Kitchener Guelph and Waterloo. Names include John Precious Bertie Speight Grace Bhilling Clarence Henderson and Hussell Ander. An English dining custom and a wartime anecdote through Edward Bok and H. G Wells appears in the discussion.
A narrator recalls 1865 grief as crowds gather at a post office and a red faced man erupts in laughter proclaiming Lincoln is dead. He hurls a scale weight through a window, both man and weight vanish, leaving a quiet, tense scene followed by reluctant laughter among patrons.
In Soribner's Magazine Mary Leo Davin notes two women burned to death from cleaning silks with gasoline in winter. The friction of material in a gasoline bath can create sparks in electrified air causing explosions. The writer warns washing indoors is dangerous and outdoors washing is advised.
Health note urges eating vegetables daily with half uncooked to boost minerals and vitamins. Highlights phosphorus from potatoes beans and peas calcium from cabbage carrots and turnips vitamin A and B from greens and tomatoes vitamin C from cabbage broccoli and spinach. Encourages backyard gardens and simple quick recipes for raw or lightly cooked vegetables.
Acton Juniors and Georgetown clash in a high tempo junior hockey game at the local arena. Georgetown jumps ahead 3 1 halftime while Acton rallies with two goals in the third period to briefly seize a lead before Georgetown lifts the final score.
A girl debates how to write to her mother, seeking to entertain rather than merely inform. She imagines details from daily life and school, realizing her mother cares about her handwriting and presence, while longing to share vivid, personal moments. The scene ends with a memory of a humorous remark about a professor.
Doris, confined by illness, resolves not to whine and vows to help others. With Dr Christio guiding her, she becomes a bright, active presence, running an informal information bureau that connects people to services and ideas for Christmas gifts and community events.
Dominion Department of Agriculture notes resumption of export cattle trade to Britain after a lapse. Manchester Commerce sent 120 head in the first overseas shipment, cattle from Toronto yards averaging about 1100 pounds. A further 200 head from Alberta is en route for direct shipment, reflecting renewed producer and steamer cooperation.
Provincial Police recovered two horses stolen from a Nichor Township farmer after arresting a Dufferin County man, Joseph Berry, near Grand Valley. The mare and colt were found on a neighbor farm. entry was gained by lifting a section of fence. Berry faces charges of theft and burglary in connection with the Decembers night theft from Robb’s barn.
Quotations to shippers show butter creamery No 1 pasteurized 31 to 30 cents. eggs and poultry prices range with live dressed spring chickens to 34 percent and heavy chickens to 33 percent. Wholesale vegetables list potatoes 1.16 per 100 pounds and dressed meats with hogs and mutton priced per hundredweight. Hides wool grain and straw figures from Toronto wholesale, with grain on the Toronto Board of Trade showing No 1 Northern 60 percent and No 2 Northern 69 percent.
A playful account suggests the sandwich name arose in the lifetime of the Earl of Bandwich born 1718. It claims a royal connection and that a sportsman ordered slices of bread with meat, prompting the habit of calling the meal a sandwich.
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