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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 21, 1932
Page
5
A motor accident victim identified as a colored man died. An insurance adjuster asked to verify residence, and a sobbing widow named Nessah insisted she is the next of kin and requested to see the remains.
Acton dropped another game as Gibbons sore arm lingers and Barkour of Hillsburg seizes a card with Acton. Milton and Acton vie for top spot with Georgetown close behind as White and Terry swap spots. Beaumont and Hepburn spark offense amid heavy sluggers and fielding miscues on a lively ball diamond.
A study of rural youths seeking success in towns and cities. A country clerk rises to general manager after joining a progressive drug firm, while a Ontario village general store owner expands with a booming summer trade. Opportunity is found close by when effort aligns with change.
Acton won 8 to 5 over Guelph in a six inning game as Acton collected 11 hits to Guelph's 7. Chalmers started, then Hall relieved, Red on mound for Guelph three innings, Roy Leader struck out with bases loaded in the fourth. Matthews and Barber debuted for Acton with timely hits. Umpire Kaley.
Grain dealers at Toronto quote higher prices for bay ports on track while Manitoba wheat lists No 1 hard at 60%c and No 1 Northern at 58%c. Ontario grain values include wheat 38c to 41c, barley 35c to 40c, oats 29c to 30c, rye 45c, buckwheat 45c, corn 48c to 52c. Livestock and poultry prices list various hides, calves, veal, tallow, and eggs with mixed regional quotes.
Canon Newholt comments on growing dullness with age and contrasts it with a joy in work that propels a man forward. He describes the absorbing pursuit of an ideal across invention labor and art, and even holiness, as the force sustaining progress.
Dialogue snippet shows a mother asking about romantic kiss with a young man after he traveled to hear Mary sing. Mary replies that he came to listen, implying affection and performance significance.
A tenant complains the roof leaks heavily as rain drips onto their head asking how long it will continue. The landlord retorts with a jokey jab about weather forecasting.
A Salvation Army questionnaire across the Southern area gauges liquor related relief and its effect on dependence, poverty, and children. Reports from Richmond and Birmingham homes note no liquor driven admissions or needs, while other Southern cities show limited liquor influence on relief and transient poverty, suggesting a shift since earlier eras.
The Ontario Prohibition Union reports over sixteen months of relief work with more than 1 102 545 unemployed men helped. It claims 99.92 percent were drink free and notes women seeking aid are under 1 percent, unlike past years.
L E Kirk a Dominion Agrologist in Ottawa explains that a crop must deliver solid hay yield and seed quality along with good feeding value and disease weed resistance. He adds winter hardiness drought tolerance and short season maturity affect usefulness and varieties vary in satisfaction.
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