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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
8
A fragmentary verse by Rie Seely describes cats tails, bloomers, and blue skies. It moves between rural images and longing for a bright landscape and a simple meal, ending with a reflective note on home and care.
Mercury topped ninety degrees several times this week. Lieut. Mervyn Wrenedy, recently wounded, arrived home in Georgetown on Tuesday evening. Knox Ladies' Aid hosted a successful Arden Party in the Park. The Laur ie Boys and their sister and LeRoy Kenney shared a pleasing program. The potatoes yielded 280 dollars total. The Kingston Road link to Montreal was cast as Ontario Government took over the section between Toronto and Oshawa. Conaoln will have no daylight saving legislation. Sir George Poster submitted the bill with two exceptions facing opposition in the House. Birth notices include Colebok at The Maples Calbeck on July 10 1917. Waterhouse at Acton on July 1017. Annie McTavish of Ospringe on Friday July 20 1917.
A US safety survey endorses Ontario’s hand and arm signal method for traffic. Kansas City editor W. Laurence Dickey pushes nationwide adoption, while Ontario’s minister T. B. McQuesten urges courtesy signals for stop, slow, left, and right turns with clear driver responsibilities.
A writer critiques free delivery as not free and argues delivery adds overhead. He notes higher service demands raise store profits and calls for reasonable public expectations, plus seating for country customers and fair delivery costs. He reflects on changing shopping habits and urban convenience versus rural realities.
After ten weeks Margaret Vernal of Meondon was told her eye’s sight had been saved by a rare operation at the Royal Eye Hospital. Born nearly blind, she faced possible loss of long sight as surgeons considered grafting corneal tissue from another patient with matching conditions using modern scientific methods.
A juvenile diary style record recounts a rough week with injuries, chores, and social mischief. Entries reference Jake Jane Dilsters Emmy and Uncle Hen as characters, noting minor accidents, earnings of 20 cents, and small pranks around a town setting.
The guide explains home canning of berries including blackberries currants gooseberries raspberries and strawberries with steps equipment sterilizing methods hot water bath steam pressure oven and steam cooker times and a reference to a canning manual from Ottawa for nuts and vegetables.
A historical exposition explains cancer as uncontrolled cell division. It contrasts normal growth governed by body control with cancer’s rapid, unregulated cell replication. It notes that cancer begins from a single cell and emphasizes the eventual search for a solution.
Miss Winifred Lamb of Fitzwilliam Museum reports excavations at Thermi on Lesbos showing a Bronze Age town beneath five ruin layers. Evidence includes a fire scarred site and pottery dating to about 120 B.C. suggesting pre Trojan War connections with Achilles raid and cultural links across the water from Troy. Earlier layers show 3200 B.C. with stone houses and early animal husbandry.
A fragmented report notes Canada’s per person intake of meat poultry and dairy from 1933 to 1936 with shifts in pork, mutton, and butter. 1936 meat and egg figures are cited, while cheese remains steady to down. The text ends with a nonsensical dream-tinged anecdote about a missing watch drifting into the night.
Screen Stars figure John Montague known as a mystery man and confidante of many socialites was arrested in Los Angeles on a New York warrant accusing him of participating in a Toadhouse hold-up seven years ago under the alias Laverne Moore. Close associates Binny Crosby and Oliver Hardy declined to support the arrest but kept faith in him.
An Ontario notice urges drivers to practice safe driving and courtesy by helping others on the road. The account depicts a young woman in a roadster preparing to turn left while a truck driver from a high vantage warns of hazards.
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