This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
7
Practical guidance for canning fruits at home. Emphasizes clean jars, proper precooking, avoiding crowding, and correct water bath processing. Includes a time table and methods to test seals and store finished jars.
The survey of Canadian homes shows 55 percent of village houses and 40 percent of farmhouses need repairs with overcrowding a key issue. It records that only new houses will fully address some rural housing problems, while variations exist between farms and urban centers in plans, heating, and electrification.
Police constables, African clerks and schoolboys act as teachers in a major education drive in the eastern Provinces of the British African Colony of Nigeria. The District Officer and his wife lead a scheme using a hall set aside for teaching adults reading writing and basic subjects, with about 300 adults already enrolled in evening classes.
Handicapped boys participate in scouting activities across facilities such as the Queen Alexandra Solarium Mill Bay B C Schl for the Deaf Saskatoon Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children Winnipeg Home for Incurables Toronto J O D E Preventorium Toronto Sick Children's Hospital Thistletown Ont and the School for the Blind Halifax N S.
In Gwenedoline Clarke’s diary from The Actes Free Presa, a hydro outage ends as power and lights return. A washing machine arrives the same day, lifting spirits. visit from England and family milestones follow amidst busy farm tasks and guests.
A 14 year old handicapped Scout, employed as an efficient watch repairman, works at the Home for Incurables in Toronto. In reply to a photographer’s query about charges, he stated he would not quote a price until he has examined the job.
London reports on September 4 1940 the opening of 200 Citizens Advice Bureaus in Britain. There are about 1 060 bureaux now and an estimated four million questions answered. More than 10 000 men and women staff the centers with 80 percent being voluntary workers.
A mobile team from Britain's Ministry of Health Blood Transfusion Centre at Davis collected blood from 20 donors in a single day between 9 am and 1 pm. It is the highest daily total ever handled by one team.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.