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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1935
Page
6
Wedding Breakfast Desserts and Sausage Dishes Featured
A dated menu item highlights a strawberry tart dessert for a wedding breakfast and a cream mint ice dessert with grape coloring. It includes two sausage recipes, a baked apple sausage dish, and a worm powder advert. The tone is promotional and instructive for home cooks.
Judge New Cashier Refuses Check Over Identity
A judge new to the cashier job at a local bank rejects a man’s check citing insufficient identity. The man protests claiming familiarity and past deeds, but the cashier insists on proper verification before paying out money.
Gift ideas for a wealthy elderly aunt in old conversation
A clerk suggests oor wax as a humorous gift idea for a wealthy aging aunt who can hardly work, prompting a playful exchange in the dialogue. The line reflects a light, columnar tone and a focus on quirky, thriftless humor in gift selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olerk
Uses of limestone and notable Victoria Cross winner Michael OLeary
Limestone has broad uses from cement and glass to paper and rubber. It is a key raw material in Portland cement and calcium carbide. The article also notes Michael O Leary, the first Irish Victoria Cross recipient, now a carriage attendant at the Mayfair Hotel in London, who distinguished himself in 1915 at Gulnby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mfiller
Dorgas
Neaf
Canada
Iron and Steel
Michael O'Leary
Mayfair
London
Michael
Gulnby
Anonymous donor funds Westminster Abbey chapel gift
The Dean of Westminster reveals an anonymous donor paid half the cost for Warriors' Chapel furnishings in Westminster Abbey. The donor, a bachelor who died before seeing the work completed, asked to remain unnamed. Mothers worldwide sent 800 to the altar via the Mothers Union, and Miss Hennett, Westminster’s late mayoress, raised substantial funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyade Wardacn
Westminster
Poxley Norris
Westminster Abbey
Prince of Wales
Mothers Union
Hennett
New Signal Code Makes English Basis of World Communiques
After two years of study an international committee unveils a global signal code for ships and aircraft with English as the base language. SOS gains official recognition as a distress call and Mayday becomes an anglicized official term. An emergency medical symptom table appears for ship doctors.
Montreal notes on travel, flora, and Saint Jean Baptiste eve
J. S. Coleman writes from Montreal recalling a fishing trip and local flora including bridal wreath and tulips, observers of a velvet plant tale, and the influence of floral culture. He reflects on war memories, Rev. J Lavelle Smith pledges against war, and describes the June 24 Saint Jean Baptiste parade with French Canadian and English participants, crowds on Sherbrooke Street, and the Atwater avenue procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Mt. E
Stevens Point
Wis
Liverpool
J. Lavelle Smith
Fonmer Acton
War's- Horre
Nare
Smith
Lavelle
Chassidhoe
Baint Jean Baptiste
Johny the Baptist
John the Baptist
Sherbrooke Street
University
Secreed Fot
Hisrard
Lfe
Jacques Cartier
St. Catherine
Atwater
Viible
Charming on Did you enjoy your ride last evening
A fragmentary exchange references a ride with a young doctor and compliments the charm of a roadside diner. The text reads as conversational notes with stylistic quirks and incomplete wording.
Slats Diary by Rogs Farquhar and odd notices
A diary style entry records daily musings from Slats including teasing at Priday Jane, garden plans with nickel-sized lattice, concerns about curtains and nosy neighbors, and a note on an insurance agent held up. The fragment ends with an ad for Persian Balm claiming beauty benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priday
Jane
Saterday
Carl Fudge
Goa
Teasday
Joe Hix
Miley
Ubel
Wensday
Libby Wort
Witch
Control of Ants in Homes and Food Premises
The article describes common Canadian ants from red tin ants to large carpenter ants and lawn ants. It explains their nesting habits indoors, colony structure with workers and queens, and how they invade kitchens seeking food. It recommends soilunt fluoride powder for control, with precautions to keep it away from children and pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phargoh
Tropics
Feminine of bachelor joke told by a boy
A classroom quip centers on language gender. A teacher asks for the feminine form of bachelor and a boy replies with a pun calling the feminine “lady-in-waiting.” The exchange plays on expectations of traditional titles.
Two Steps Too Long and a Hiker’s Misread Cue
After a 20 mile hike the athletic director asks hikers if anyone is too tired to continue. Everyone steps forward except Smith who interrupts with a joke claiming he is too weak to take two abopa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Kelloggs Avy Baan cereal promises relief from constipation
An old health ad urges happier days and guard health by using Kellogg's Avy Baan cereal to banish constipation. It claims the cereal provides bulk and vitamin B plus iron, comparable to leafy greens, with two tablespoons daily as a general dose and advice to consult a doctor if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg's Avy Baan
Waderley Kellogg
London
Local Professional Directory Listings for Acton and Guelph
A scanned page lists multiple professionals including doctors Dr J A McNiven and Dr E J Nelson with practice locations, Harold Nash farmer, M A Barrister Notary Public, and Ken M Langdon barrister with offices in Acton and Georgetown, plus a dental office in Leishman Block with hours and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ve Phons
Harold Nash Farmer
Notary Public
Corneyarmer
Eta
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Helyfol
Buckinghamshire
England
Henry Kousd
Montreal
Dear Pace
Paris
Beck
Coleman
Wilop Avenue
Rogs Farquhar
Keepon
Aebloggy
Alebran
Business Directory
J. A. McNiven
Dormer Bower Avenue and
Elgintreet
E. J. Nelson
Mily, Street - Acton
Kenneth -M. Langdon
Holletier, Notary Public Offices
Georgetown
T. Seynucks
Main Street
Leishman
P. W. Pearen
J. M.bell
MI Street
A. G. M. Bruyns
Ontario
Ofice
Mil Street
E. N. Harrop
B. V. Sc
Bower Avenue
Francis Nunan
Wyndham Street
Guelph, Oni
F. M. Eagleson
Ontario and Dominion Land Surveyor
Orangeville, Oni
General Insurance
Boller_— Fidelity Bonds
Fred L. Wright Acton
Msfe
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