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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
4
A homemakers column provides step by step guidance for jelly and jam making. Instructions cover selecting fruits like currants grapes and berries, using pectin, preparing juice, and testing for doneness. Methods include draining pulp, boiling juice with sugar, and sealing in sterilized jars.
A household journal describes making mixed fruit jam with apples plums and peaches then shifts to a calm afternoon as cows wander from the hayfield. The narrator sits on a tree stump watching cows return to pasture while noting rain and crop conditions. The piece ends with anticipation of a friend’s return from England and reflections on long friendship.
Readable text notes that coal can yield useful liquid fuels while reducing smoke nuisance and preserving most of the heat value.
Erin Harry Short reports his office was entered during the night with doors damaged and the till forced. Money orders and cash stolen. D C Kirkwood's grist mill also broken into with money taken. Kirby C Tarzwell dies suddenly at Kit Chaner parade. Workmen clear underbrush for new municipal building. Theaker, a 40 year old North Amaranth downahle farmer, found dead July 7 in his kitchen. two horses, cows, calves and 400 chickens left in a barn. Theaker was unmarried and lived alone.
In Edmonton Alberta at St Alphonsus rectory on June 26 Evelyn Mary Phillips of Edmonton married Albert Kemshead of Georgetown Ontario. Earlier Georgetown mourned the sudden death of Joseph M Cox from a heart attack in his sleep on July 1. A Shorthorn bull bred by J B Miller of Georgetown flew from Buffalo to Bogota Colombia to be sold to Caja Farms, one of two Ontario bred bulls in the shipment.
Commercial fishing grows on Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories supplying whitefish and trout. Local operators expand fleets and processing capacity to meet rising demand from regional markets and export channels.
The text notes shale processing for oil is being reshaped in several nations with new methods. It discusses broader adoption, tech changes, and potential impacts on production and energy policy.
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