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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1934
Page
7
The verses praise pumpkins Beans onions cherries lettuce radishes potatoes cabbage corn and berries. It imagines a garden safe from rain frost and fog and ends with the punchline that the garden lies in a seed-man's catalogue.
Twenty years ago the Free Press notes a Southampton bowling tournament with Acton bowlers taking part. An Acton picnic at Berlin and a Children’s Aid Society outing in Brampton are also mentioned. The Acton baseball team splits a league game, winning 16 to 3 over the G T R Office Staff. Miss Ena Pearson and Miss Francis Bricknell join the Acton teaching staff. Swackhamer, Christopher, aged 89, dies at Churchill residence near Acton.
The lettered advertisements tout Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as powerful for both incipient and chronic cases. It claims the genuine Kellogg's remedy benefits all sufferers and urges buyers to choose the trusted product.
Three substances are essential to a good jelly pectin sugar and acid Pectin is the primary jellying agent It varies in fruits Analysis shows how readily pectin deteriorates To retain capacity pick fruit when just ripe and use soon after picking Sugar influences texture flavor and yield Best jellies are about 66 to 68 percent sugar but amounts vary with fruit Too much sugar weakens jelly Too little makes it tough Acid provides active acidity If too high sweating occurs If too low the jelly won t set A balance of 0 2 percent acid 0 5 percent pectin and 67 percent sugar gives a very satisfactory product
A village plans a grand feast by filling a huge communal cask with wine. Each villager contemplates pouring water instead, hoping no one notices. On the day, the barrel yields only water, revealing that small deceptions by many undermine the whole event.
Canada produced 39 667 747 pounds of creamery butter in January to April 1934, up 4.2 percent from the same period in 1933. April 1934 output exceeded April 1933 by more than 6 percent, with New Brunswick showing the largest rise about 48 percent. Other provinces posted gains while two declined slightly.
A farmer reports a busy week with raspberries cherries and currants, noting jam making and a cherry shortage due to starlings. A Sunday School beach picnic follows with hot sun cool lake swimming and a sunset boat ride before anticipating an early harvest and hay cut.
An advertising claim asserts the powder is a pleasant medicine for worm infested children and will be accepted without objection. It promises safe use if directions are followed and claims rapid removal of worms and restoration of health without harmful ingredients.
A witty quote notes the harshest man is one who won’t propose once a woman has decided to refuse him, reflecting a sharp take on romantic rejection.
Dominion Experimental Farms reports a rise in poultry production as farmers seek more pullets due to steady revenue. However the spring hatch shows poor results with early pullets scarce and uniformity lacking, signaling a fall and early winter pullet egg shortfall. Water quality is stressed for egg production as heat increases needs. Parasite control advice covers lice and mites with blue ointment and coal oil mixtures. A note promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a household remedy on the farm.
The Game and Fisheries Department stocked 3 800 000 pickerel fry this spring across 25 Manitoba lakes in the province’s largest distribution to date. Twelve varieties of game fish are recorded including jackfish yellow perch pickerel lake trout Arctic charr Arctic grayling speckled trout and others in eastern western and northern regions.
Canadian scouts, supported by the Ontario Lands and Forests department, planted close to 400000 trees over six reforestation camps in Angus and other locations. This year 89 scouts at Angus planted 1000 trees, with similar efforts in Stirling Stirling areas and Nova Scotia where Halifax Dartmouth troops joined Arbor Day activities.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that the Maritime Provinces have low farm debt. In Prince Edward Island about one third of farms are mortgaged to roughly 11 percent of value. Nova Scotia shows under 11 percent mortgaged with debt at 8 percent overall. New Brunswick reports 17.45 percent mortgaged to 8.45 percent of farm property value.
Canadian newsprint production in May 1934 reached 243 539 tons, the highest since November 1929, reflecting a more than 40 percent year over year gain. For the first five months, output totaled 1 031 996 tons, about 44 percent above 1933’s same period, though five months of 1929 remained higher.
Canadian hardwood sales to Great Britain doubled in the first quarter of the year. Output rose to 1 206 000 cubic feet from 604 000 cubic feet a year earlier as flooring furniture and automobile bodies use more Canadian wood.
A compact collection of reflections from Gibbon Goethe and peers. Includes lines praising peace at home and criticizing mutual faults. Observes courtesy as an unseen cushion easing life’s jolts.
The Chicago filer trains run daily except Sunday with eastbound service at 9.35 p.m. stopping at Georgetown at 9.44 p.m. Westbound service operates daily except Sunday with Sunday only departures at 8.55 a.m 2.23 p.m 7.00 p.m and 11.13 p.m Standard Time.
A young lawyer argues the line between accident and assault while describing a blackened eye. The magistrate replies with dry humor, noting how one might justify the incident to friends rather than to authorities.
Readable ads invite customers to buy goods and services from local businesses. The notices emphasize ready assistance and competitive pricing for shoppers.
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