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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
6
Summer menu ideas by Betty Barclay for cool, healthful meals using fruit and green vegetables. Includes suggested soups, salads, orange meat salad, lemonade iced tea, and a lemony dessert. Provides preparation tips and pantry notes for hot days.
Health authorities alert hikers that poison ivy is common in many Canadian regions. Recognize the three leaflets and look for greenish flowers and ivory white fruit later in summer. Wash exposed skin with coal tar, alcohol, or ethyl gasoline if contact occurs, and avoid touching vines or brush to prevent severe reactions.
The text highlights a small plaid wool coat with green navy yellow and white, diagonal plaid accents on cuffs and pocket flaps, a white pique collar and navy bow. It notes high-button front, flared back, and matching hat. plus fall fashion forecasts of long hair furs, high crown hats with feathers, boleros for wool dresses, and doll-cise hats.
The weekly Garden Graph warns maple trees may drop many leaves this year due to the maple leaf stem borer. The pest tunnels into leaf stalks, leaving lower stems attached, and is yellow and about one third of an inch long. Control by collecting and burning infested debris. Watering advised as heat continues to prevent mildew and black spot.
A salmon caught on the Pechora River near Archangel carried a silver band with a celluloid cylinder bearing the words Letter inside. The fish was sent to Leninared Ichthyological Institute where the message asked to forward the letter and cylinder to the Zoological Museum in Cal Alo with date place and method of catching and samples of anatomy if available.
A Morning Glory weekly feature lists inspirational quotes for each day from Thursday July 21 to Wednesday July 27 including admonitions on work tools silence and friendship. Home hints cover adhesives piano keys whitening and jam tips while a Did You Know section notes Canada’s 1937 Atlantic fish trade with lobsters cod sardines haddock and herring valued at millions.
The Ginger Farm diary describes a failing well water supply for two days with cisterns dry, cautious cleaning of the well revealing only debris, and continued use of ginger ale. It recalls haying four fields, a standing hay sale turning into quick harvest, a thunderstorm endangering grain, wind damage, army worms, and a rare motor trip with friends.
Vancouver Sun weighs in on a New York magistrate who ordered a 16 year old boy to be paddled as an alternative to jail. The column condemns cruelty yet notes lingering questions about corporal discipline and its claimed effectiveness, arguing for no replacement for a firm upbringing.
The piece compares speed to danger, noting tires as padding, eyes bright in darkness, and a catlike purr. It asserts higher speeds dramatically increase fatal risk, with ninefold power to harm at seven miles per hour, and far greater stopping and turning difficulty.
A reflective diary-like piece contrasts a Belfountain trip in rain with farming life notes. It covers berry yields, garden success, and opinions on frugality and domestic management among farm women, ending with thoughts on prudent family finance.
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