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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
6
A homemaker friendly feature offers practical Canadian inspired recipes. It suggests baked potatoes with cod and melted cheese, codfish cakes with hot milk and butter, and a milk enriched clam chowder. The piece emphasizes easy heat and serve meals and a hearty family dinner.
A mauve wool fur trimmed cloth coat is showcased as a smart winter outfit. It features astrakan fur dyed to match on the collar and front, a bloused top, a belt joining the skirt, high-shouldered sleeves, and a muff with a center fur panel.
Yellowknife Northwest Territories led Canadian mining activity in 1938 per the Department of Mines and Resources Ot awe. Some 3 500 claims raised total Yellowknife region to about 5 000 with the first commercial gold production at Consolidated Mining and Smelting Companys Con property. A second mill nears production at Negus Mine with a 1 ton ore flown from Pensive Lake fifty miles away. A thousand plus residents form Yellowknife Bay settlement as 40 acre townsite with 126 lots, forty buildings and a government radio station.
Vital Statistics Branch reports a national population rise of 58 000 in the first half of 1938 with 113 025 live births and 54 935 deaths. Death increases centered on typhoid summer fever and diphtheria while influenza and tuberculosis fell. Ontario and Quebec show divergent mortality patterns with Ontario higher in heart disease and cancer, Quebec higher in infectious diseases. Quebec leads in live births with 30 066 followed by Ontario 33 624 Saskatchewan 14 72.
In a doctor’s office two men recount a quarrel that started when one allegedly threw beer on the other. The larger man says he struck him with a bag of tools and the other cut his head with bottles before the fight escalated.
A column offering weekly topics for Women In Whith, including daily scripture readings, quotes, and reflections. It shares a letter from a former member in war torn China praising daily worship, the Upper Room readings, and Madame Chiang Kai Shek's work with refugees, ending with a light joke about a beach boy and an umbrella.
The Ginger Farm writer contemplates the new year and the difference between wishes and purposeful plans. She recalls her son earning a driver's permit, the risks of unlicensed youth driving, and the balance of independence with safety. A daughter’s visit, skating, and a hectic day of chores, meals, and an Institute meeting follow.
Canada reported a record gold production in 1938 totaling 4,679,685 fine ounces valued at $164.56 million, up from 4,096,213 ounces and $143.33 million in 1937. The year saw new mines come online in Northwest Territories and British Columbia, a new 100 mile CN rail line linking Senneterre to Rouyn, and a peak monthly output of 421,000 ounces in July.
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