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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1933
Page
8
A brief death notice honors Sarah Ann Walker beloved wife of Dennis Walker, noting her passing and the family grief. The fragment indicates a July 23 1933 date and local observance.
The week mentions repairs to Brock Avenue bridge by municipal officers and summer leisure at tennis courts and bowling greens. It notes Acton Fair directors canvassing for a special prize list, the Cana dian National Exhibition featuring Cavalcade and Vimy Ridge, plus local weather and fire incidents and community campaigns.
Late blight and tuber rot threaten potato crops with up to twenty five percent yield loss. The disease inflames leaves and tubers, spore rings form on undersides, and infection spreads via soil during rain. Bordeaux mixture spraying with copper sulfate and lime is advised, with thorough preemptive spraying before blight, before rain, and full coverage of above ground plant parts.
Amy Galton’s brother recites a playful verse about three suitors for Amy. The scene at the White front gate shows Bobby’s antics and farmer Colton guiding him. Amy laughs on the porch as Dirk Blithen and Hughie Brown clash, then Dirk leaves after a confrontation.
Quotations for Toronto butter creamery solids No 1 grade range 21 to 00 with 20 percent allowance to retail trade Greymnery No 1 quotes around 23 percent to 33 percent and No 2 around 18 to 00. Listings show delivered Toronto pricing and varying discounts for shipper contracts with multiple grades.
A reader comments on Letters to the Editor practices and publication timing, then shares memory pieces about family reunions in Halton Peel and Acton. The note applauds efforts to restore Acton burying ground and praises local community volunteers, referencing Fairview Cemetery and Knox Church Cemetery as connected sites.
A federal census shows 1 636 manufacturing establishments in British Columbia and the Yukon in 1931, employing 34 750 people with output over 175 million dollars. Saw mills lead, followed by pulp and paper, electric power, fish processing, meat packing, refining, publishing, brewing, metals, coke gas, distilling, and shipbuilding.
Manitoba holds a major inland fish industry centered on Lake Winnipeg. The lake spans 280 miles by 57, with 8,500 square miles, feeding a bounty of white fish and other species. Last year catches totaled over 5.38 million pounds of white fish alongside hundreds of thousands of pounds of goldeyes perch pickerel pike sauger tullibee and more.
The article argues that Americans will not revert to old, less sanitary and poorer transportation systems, praising electricity and modern improvements. It notes critics push unwise economy and anti progress measures, but asserts progress will continue as leaders change and the nation grows brighter and busier.
A royal descendant as Oxford freshman spent his allowance and fell £10 into debt. He sought an advance from Queen Victoria, but received a lengthy rebuke and thrift advice instead. He later claimed to be heeding the guidance and sent a note to a collector for £25.
In a recent interview Winston Churchill discusses his father Lord Randolph’s quickness in debate. He recalls a House of Commons incident with a liberal opponent where his father loudly challenged a rash statement and pressed for a blunt reply.
Oswald the beaver and his mate Sophie live near the 16th green at Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course. The story recalls seven years of golf lore including Major Brewster’s mishap and a bear clawing and swallowing a ball, highlighting wildlife antics on the course.
A heated court session centered on whether Mrs Brown had spoken. The defense pressed the witness while opposing counsel objected as irrelevant before the judge let the question be asked. The witness replied that Mrs Brown said nothing.
Dialogue reveals a domestic quarrel where one character resents being treated as a stranger. The exchange references a former nickname Daisy and the shift to Mrs Brown signaling distance and tension within the relationship.
New Canada wide horticultural notes report progress at the Dominion experimental Farms. Promising apple varieties include Edgar Formac Grover Stonehenge Macford Bancroft and a yellow corn named Dorinny. Ruby rhubarb and ornamental plants show rising popularity with new rose and iris varieties listed.
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