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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
5
A playful verse by Marion Deattic describes a sunshine closet with toys and crafts that open on rainy or sick days. It urges children to create sunshine days indoors when the weather is poor and mothers cannot provide amusement.
The item reports on construction and improvements in Acton including a new porch, two dwellings on Church Street, and a transformed church site. It lists residents starting or ending work, a bowling tourney in Niagara on the Lake drawing many players, a crowded implement shop, a silver cup for competition, a local marriage Moore McKay, and a death notice for Frank Gibbons.
Mary and Sally improvise a remedy for an unexpected guest trio. They move rooms and rearrange sleeping space while crafting a quick, cozy meal plan. Sally recounts how adopting a flexible, optimistic stance transformed her view of household emergencies.
Sunday School lesson on Ezekiel’s visions and the stream flowing from the sanctuary. Explains the stream’s growth eastward, the Temple focus, and symbolic healing powers extending to the Dead Sea. Concludes with gospel themes of enduring fruitfulness and inner purity as the church expands.
A collection of handwritten style dish ideas and directions including meat a la marne style servings, ice box cake, shepherd’s pie type leftovers, Boston steamed brown bread, vanilla custard fluff, and parsley butter sauce. The notes mention ingredients, quantities, and steps such as lining pans with lady fingers, steam baking, and serving with whipped cream.
Mrs. Maxson accuses a club member of stealing her new rubber shoes after a mix up at a reading club. A gentleman returns the rightful pair, explaining the swap, and Mrs. Maxson thanks him, resolving the incident with polite notes and a wrapping.
An ad touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a simple inexpensive remedy for inflamed swollen feet and bunions. It promises quick improvement with nightly and morning applications and urges asking for a two ounce bottle while warning against other products.
A daily timetable notes a Toronto terminal at Keele Street and St Clair Avenue. Special express freight is delivered to Acton with cars leaving Toronto at 6 00 pm on weekdays and 00 pm on Saturdays and holidays, arriving times to Acton listed. Freight can be picked up at any address in Toronto.
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