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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
3
The article explains scurvy prevention through Vitamin C from citrus fruits berries tomatoes and cabbage. It notes cooking destroys Vitamin C, suggests serving foods raw or minimally cooked, lists daily needs for children, cost estimates, and practical combos like orange juice with cabbage or tomato juice with turnip.
Practical tips on preserving vitamin C while cooking vegetables and fruits. Use minimal water and save cooking liquid for gravies sauces or drinks. Add lemon juice at table for extra vitamin C. Peel and dice oranges suggested. incorporate grated vegetables and raw greens for nutrition. Store peeled carrots or turnips in refrigerator jars for quick nourishment.
A Ginger Farm Chronicle recalls a two day windstorm in Gateriol. Despite outages and smoke from a failed stove electric power was restored by afternoon and hydro by 3:30 pm. The author notes little damage beyond shingles and branches, praises farmers’ resilience, and contrasts past hard times with improving farm prosperity and higher living standards.
Reports from Milton Magistrate's Court detail multiple drunk driving cases. Donald McIntyre, 80, Aston, received seven days in jail, six month license suspension, and $33 costs after pleading guilty to December 18 intoxicated driving. William Cox, owner of the vehicle, fined $30 plus $14 costs for being drunk in a public place. Kenneth McMullen, Milton, fined $25 and costs or 15 days in jail for careless driving after a Crewerons Comers crash. Police noted intoxicated driving, vehicle swerving, and injuries to several occupants.
Two Newport News doctors report in JAMA that aureomycin relieved shingles pain within four hours in some patients. In two cases the rash disappeared in five days and in others within seven days. the condition, herpes zoster, showed notable improvement.
Experts from many nations will assemble in Britain next summer for the World Power Conference in London in July to exchange views on how to use world sources of energy to best advantage.
The piece argues that farmers seek improved living conditions and stability for the next generation. It notes better prices and a decade of changes reducing rural outmigration, with farm families enjoying a higher standard of living and more excitement at home. It cautions that future mood shifts could threaten progress unless better-equipped defenses are available.
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