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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
6
Betty discovers a hidden green door revealed by ivy in a red wall. She reopening it leads to a quaint garden square filled with blooming flowers and a starry group by a gray stone, a bell shaped bloom swinging alone, and many white gold crimson and blue blossoms.
Betty Barclay offers hot day recipes and household hints including Manhattan Pudding Orange Fluff Salad and ginger pear as well as blueberry and pineapple jams. Directions cover preparing syrups, jams, and chill-and-set desserts with step by step boiling and cooling notes.
The tale follows Cathy and companions as they rescue a man trapped beneath a beech log after a bee tree accident. The crew frees him, a physician treats injuries, and the narrator notes the stubborn bees required smoke to subdue. The section closes with a reflection on honey harvest and a brief product plug for Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
A recipe outlines making junket with milk sugar vanilla and chocolate sauce. Instructions cover chilling the junket then serving with two to three tablespoons of sauce per dish and detail mixing cocoa sugar and milk for the sauce slowly to avoid lumps.
An excerpt discusses the June 19 1924 editorial by L Exporteur Francais detailing French wine growers actions in Canada during 1923 as a pivotal moment for the anti prohibition movement. It notes Manitoba Alberta Ontario and Saskatchewan shifting toward repeal and credits the Wine Export Commission with broad influence.
A customer hesitates to buy a dog because her husband dislikes pets. The dealer persuades her by noting the husband can be replaced but a dog like the one offered is rare, implying the dog’s value and affection.
An advertising piece endorses Kellogg’s All-Bran as a full bran product for constipation relief. It warns against cereals with only a fractional bran content and explains that the bulk from bran absorbs moisture to form a soft mass that clears intestinal wastes. The notice promotes Kellogg’s All-Bran as the plain bran option, with added vitamin B and iron, and advises buyers to read package wording and look for the all bran label.
A private lunatic asylum's new superintendent walks the grounds weeks after appointment. An inmate raises his hat and says he and others prefer the new leader to the last superintendent because he seems more like one of them.
A wife asks if the husband will object to her desires and he reassures he will let her have anything she wants, promising support and obedience in their relationship.
To separate two glass dishes stuck together simply pour cold water into the top dish and place the bottom dish in hot water. In a few minutes the ice cold and hot contrast loosens the grip and the two pieces come apart.
Commodore Robert Gilmour Latta retires after 30 years as commander of the Empress of Britain with 38 years at sea. Captain R. N. Stuart named second Commodore of the Canadian Pacific fleet, taking command at Southampton on July 7.
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