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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1931
Page
8
Died at his home Oakville on Friday July 10 1931 William Dick beloved husband of Agnes Dick. At Limehouse on Monday July 13 1931 Helen Lindaay beloved wife of Dr J G Rutherford.
The district notes announce that Civic Holiday will be the upcoming public holiday. Reports mention local events, garden notes, and plans for the Canadian National Exhibition in two upcoming weeks.
David Young, longtime supervising principal of Guelph Public Schools, will stay on as an advisory staff member through year end after originally planning retirement. The board aims to appoint a new principal before summer vacation ends.
Erin My and Mrs Hurren and family joined Mr and Mrs D McDonald at Inglewood. John Smith and family of Swansea visited Mrs James Hunter. Stephens Jesnop family held their annual reunion at Riverside Park in Guelph on Wednesday. Emerson Tolton Lola and Bruce of Allenford visited Mr and Mrs J A Stephens. Austin Fines Thorton and Hrett of Scotsguard Bask visited relatives here. H Lyons family spent Sunday with relatives at Mount Forest and Hanover. Margaret McMillan of North Bay vacationing with sister Mary McMillan. Dr Abbott and family visited Mrs McKechnie at Paisley. John Walker family of Weyburn visited Yorner’s mother Mrs Ella Walker. BD W MacMillan’s descendants honored Juin Smith and Barbara McTouvinh on July 1. Len Matthews returned to Ottawa after visiting relatives. joined by Jan Hamilton, Mbuel Herthy, Wilmilton, and Kiwanor Barbour touring Montreal.
The Scriptural association of ink and heavey has been demonstrated to be practical and tested by the ite Division of the Canadian Government Experimental Warm herd. Trials feeding bees on aggar and milk increased honey yield with milk-fed colonies averaging Ud pounds more honey than those on antuary diel. If scaled, this could boost Canadian honey production which is already large.
Marguerite Turron, an American wartime correspondent, spent ten of eighteen months in Fuad in 1920. She aided prisoners by delivering food and clothing and, in a famed anecdote, bought and bartered footwear with rubles to provide for inmates. Her actions underscore American enterprise aiding detainees under Bolshevik rule.
An old column explains using a cricket as a thermometer. Count chirps in fourteen seconds, add forty, to estimate the ambient temperature. The grasshopper is noted to stop chirping below a threshold, while two crickets are cited as reliable thermometers.
A July 14 1031 letter from a church member expresses deep appreciation for a tribute to H P Moore. The writer recalls Moore’s influence and faithful church attendance, saying Acton benefited from his life and work as a community leader.
Reports from Ottawa indicate red clover survived winter well and shows unusual growth in Eastern Cuba. Second cut hay timing by late June may yield promising seed. Canada should favor home grown clover and alfalfa, fetching premiums over imported seed due to government-identified foreign seed.
A fragmented passage argues about the supposed value of a man by body parts noting value from chin to feet and from chin to top of head. It vaguely contrasts earnings power with facial region and mentions a spree and nose area in an unclear context.
A vintage beverage guide by Barbara B Brooks outlines making frosty drinks from buttermilk fruit juices and tea punches. It includes lemon grapefruit blends, sugar and honey sweeteners, and a series of fruit punch and iced tea recipes with color enhancing ice cubes for summer gatherings.
In a Christmas tale from The Companion a little girl Mary Ann befriends neighbor Emily and forms a Helping Hand Society. They collect funds for Mary Ann and buy three fifteen cent gifts for Mary Ann’s relatives, spending all the money and ending the scheme.
A fragmentary courtroom or prison exchange shows a superintendent questioning a prisoner. The prisoner claims to be a traveling salesman while a craftsman and trader appear in the dialogue, hinting at a historical labor or arrest context.
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