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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1935
Page
2
The Acton Free Press lists advertising rates including legal notices per line and readers notices, with charges for memorials poems and display ads. It notes cancellations for subscriptions, remittance methods, and liability limits for errors in advertisements.
The Acton Free Press celebrates sixty years of publication dating to July 2 1875 noting five editors including Right Rev Dr T A Moore and founder H P Moore. The piece praises community loyalty and teamwork while recalling a student act of responsibility at a new public lavatory.
The Dominion marks sixty-eighth anniversary of Confederation with a holiday mood and bright weather. Officials note good years, shared difficulties, and an outlook of optimism as Canadians reflect on past progress and face present challenges with confidence.
The June 25 prairie crop outlook shows Manitoba and Saskatchewan favorable, Alberta lagging slightly. Rain is needed in southwestern Saskatchewan and urgently in southeastern Alberta, with late crops in northern Alberta needing warm weather. Peace River crops are late, grasshoppers threaten but cause no major damage. Pastures and livestock fare well in Manitoba.
The Supreme Court ruling on the Ontario Temperance Act could justify closing beverage rooms in Peel Huron and Perth counties. If appeals to the Privy Council occur the expense falls on those seeking intoxicants and benefiting financially. Three dry islands in the province may attract, but counties remain under the Canada Temperance Act until voters act.
The 1934 Canadian production of electric refrigerators reached 30 175 units, up from 16 649 in 1933. The Canadian Radio Commission will survive until next March, allowing another license fee collection. Turning to accidents and holidays, fatalities rose with waters causing more deaths than roads. Cheques cashed at branch banks rose 6.9 percent in April after seasonal adjustments. The piece notes appreciation for Rev. Poole and eight years of his United Church pastorate in Acton.
A reflective study of Moses as a formative figure born into slavery, called by God to lead the Exodus, and organizer of religious, political, and social reforms. The lesson traces three forty-year periods from Pharaoh’s court to desert exile and finally to leadership of a new nation under divine guidance.
Off Canada's Atlantic coast the region hosts the world's largest lobster fishery with over 300 canneries drawing supply. Annual canning in Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island and Quebec averages 137000 cases of 48 ounce cans, while most lobsters are canned rather than shipped live under stringent Meat and Canned Foods Act inspections. Canada supplies nearly the entire global output of canned lobsters.
An early temperance style notice touts a worm exterminator for children. It invokes religious promises and biblical excerpts to claim divine blessing for the product and its users, contrasting faithfulness with human wilfulness.
Analysis notes that women and men read advertisements in newspapers to meet needs and desires. Women scan fashion, food, home items while men plan purchases like clothes, hardware, and grooming. Advertisers who invite customers attract steady business.
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