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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1943
Page
3
A buoyant outlook on outdoor lunches blends with practical cookery tips for picnic fare. Readers learn sandwich ideas with varied fillings and breads, salad accompaniments, desserts, and fruit options. The page also offers recipes for sandwich spread and a custard balance, plus a question column on bacon cooking and jelly from chicken feet.
A diary style reflection describes wallpapering three rooms solo while partners handle hay chores. interruptions from the barn, ceiling work woes, and a humorous neighbor mix with reflections on July 10 1943 and the European invasion. The narrator muses on Election Day, soldiers voting, and a coming electrical storm before tending chickens.
Chinese women in Winnipeg contribute to the war effort by knitting sweaters mittens and sewing quilts for the Red Cross. Led by Miss Daisy Ross the group supports Chinese refugees and combines craft with fundraising through a tea event to aid Madame Chiang Kai Shek and allied relief efforts.
Private Bessie Forbes of the Canadian Army lost her purse on a waiting room floor. Messengerette Nora Wright, of the Canadian National Telegraphs, found the wallet and reported it. Forbes thanked her in a pleasant letter for recovering her belongings.
A devotional couplet by Barnard Barton urging reliance on divine grace as a guiding light. It emphasizes that God is light and accompanies the believer through a thorny journey toward clarity and truth.
New black fashion lines debut after 5 p m with sleek, minimal trims and sculpted silhouettes. Dresses feature draped fabrics in rayon crepe and satin finishes, black yokes with chiffon or net accents, and varied necklines from U to bateau for versatile evening outfits.
In Baton Rouge, 16 years after B H Singletary found a strange pea stalk, Singletary peas become a self propagating crop yielding peas, pasture, hay, and soil nitrogen. Farmer Neal McHenry says the peas have boosted his income more than any farm crop. Agronomist R A Watson estimates planting a million acres could add 35.5 million dollars in value to farm outputs.
Dublin reports a poor potato season with no prospect of a strong harvest and last year’s crop short by about 300000 tons. The staple crop for Ireland remains severely limited this year.
Meat rationing spreads across Canada and the public learns oats help both people and pets. S P C A in Montreal serves rolled oats meals for dogs and cats, while readers are given oat based recipes like Simple Fruit Pudding and Baked Corn and Tomatoes for meatless days.
Editorial urges readers to fight stress and taxes by living one minute at a time to gain peace of mind. It argues that choosing resilience leads to happiness for the reader and those around them despite burdens like work anxieties rationing and costs.
The Greek god Eros, though tiny, is powerful and on display in the Royal Ontario Museum. A large statue features a fragment of him at the stairs, with two tiny gold pendants resembling Cupid appearing as earrings. The gift hang from floral rosettes set with red stones, reflecting the enduring allure of Eros in June.
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