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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
6
A vintage lemon dessert feature outlines several lemon pies and pastries, highlighting a maxie lemon meringue pie as a standout. It lists crust tips, a crumb crust method, and a lemon souffle pie option, with basic ingredients and baking guidance.
Preliminary figures from the Commissioner of Customs in Washington DC show imports of Canadian Irish seed potatoes into the United States under the Canadian Trade Agreement quota from December 1 1937 to May 1 1938 totaling 610 571 bushels. This amount equals 68 percent of the annual allowance for Canadian potatoes entering the United States.
A puzzled teacher asked for an example of carving while a city boy offered a cryptic line about an Indian and an austere steerage cart. The verse fragment reads as a jumble of misheard images and miswritten phrases from a craft lesson.
Hints on fashions by Lishete note pleated fullness adds charm to a navy rayon crepe frock with a navy sheer coat and white organdie flower at the V neckline. Bags return in linen and rayons with rope handles, and baby angora sweaters top dresses as summer wardrobes lean feminine.
For year after year the grape leafhopper plagues commercial grape growers and home gardeners. The pest is pale yellow with red spots and feeds on leaf undersides by sucking sap, causing leaves to yellow and vines to weaken. Control centers on nicotine sprays or dusts, with nicotine sulfate added to Bordeaux mixture if used. Apply spray as newly forming grapes touch.
A readers column titled Our Column Items of Particular Interest to Women offers weekly topics and advice. It schedules a series of daily prompts from Thursday to Wednesday and includes practical tips on cooking and salad storage along with a note on a long oil pipeline project and its irrigation potential.
A man asks a zoo keeper the name of a baby deer he sees. The keeper replies with a rebuke about the man's own name. The exchange ends with the man muttering a confused response.
Tobacco growers in Joliette district show activity as flue cured tobacco is produced. A co operative, formed early in 1938, planted about 1000 acres this year and secured a $100000 loan from the Provincial Government to build plants and carry on operations.
A theatrical banter joke contrasts male and female bargaining. Porter claims men pay two dollars for a one dollar thing they want while women pay one dollar for a two dollar thing they do not want.
A pithy exchange between a progy congressman and Henry Clay features the urge to represent posterity over the past generation. Clay replies that the speaker is determined to speak and that his audience will arrive.
Colonel Bogey, golf club president and elder member, urges golfers to apply on road discipline the courtesy and safety rules they practice on the course. He cites driving after drinks, signaling, and waiting for the front, linking golf etiquette to highway safety and fewer accidents.
The National Parks Bureau displays Canadian wildlife at Glasgow Empire Exhibition. Mounted animals and birds, illuminated translites, and oil artwork show Canada’s national parks, featuring grizzly bear, Rocky Mountain goat, bison, beaver, coyote, mink, porcupine, and various birds.
A reflective column covers aging, literary figures, and local life. The writer praises Grey Owl and discusses reading habits, then shares a domestic vignette about a daughter’s adolescence and motherly advice, highlighting daily papers, co reading, and appreciation for distant writers.
The Youth Hostels Association spreads in Canada and worldwide since 1911 origins in Europe. By 1937 Canada joins as the twentieth country, with Banff and Alberta hostels forming a growing chain. Hiking and cycling offer affordable recreation and cross border cultural exchange.
The Danish system credits imports to the country of purchase, so Canadian wheat bought in New York is counted for the United States. Canadian statistics show Dominion exports to Denmark valued at 61,088,507 for 1087, roughly double what Denmark credits to the Dominion.
The article recalls Sir Richard Hawkins loading distilling gear on his 1609 voyage from England to the West Indies. It contrasts with modern liners that stock fresh water before departure. It mentions a Canadian National Steamships liner named after Admiral Hawkins’s wife and connects to England’s West Indies history.
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