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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1932
Page
6
Enid Clay offers a tender reflection on love and expression in verse. The speaker recalls missed chances to delight and connect, noting words fade while eyes carry meaning. The poem contrasts fleeting speech with lasting gaze and shared wonder.
In a small town garage, Walter Wright earns a wage clash with Albert Carter a liquor bootlegger who fires him after a drink demand. Walter proves his skill to bank owner Mr. Riddle who offers partnership to open a filling station and repair shop, funded by the bank, with Walter running the business and Carter’s influence finally checked.
A fragment of a vintage food column lists cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks. It details mint lemonades and a German punch with grape juice and grapefruit, plus a milk based after dinner beverage, egg nog style, and notes on worm powders for children.
The 1931 Canadian silver output reached about 20% of world production, roughly 10.5 percent of a total 196 million ounces. Canada ranks third after Mexico and the United States, with Mexico about 42 percent and the U S about 22 percent. Northern Ontario's cobalt region long led production, but output declined while Manitoba Noranda districts emerge as major contributors. The Mayo district in the Yukon yields about four million ounces annually, and British Columbia now leads as the Dominion's top silver producer with about 39 percent of output in 1938, mostly as a byproduct from lead and zinc ore at a famous mine in Kimhead.
A fragment discusses why there are more wrecks than train wrecks and questions whether the fireman is ever the engineer, hinting at language quirks and job roles.
The Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch notes 1931 production at 26 operating plants fell to 8 754 002 dollars from 13 604 743 dollars in 1930. Eight hundred seventy nine workers earned 982 984 dollars in wages while plants paid 2 899 645 dollars for milk and 134 743 dollars for cream.
A prisoner taunts a lawyer for objecting during the trial and the judge's sentence of ten years. The lawyer admits using his best legal arts and reflects on the absence of objections to the punishment.
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