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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
8
A poetic passage describes the majesty of June when heaven seems to tune the earth. Nature awakens with light and scent as cowslips and buttercups bloom, birds sing, and every leaf and clod feels a surge of life. The season floods hearts with cheer, returning life to every nook.
County Council votes $350 to Halton Battalion Band for current expenses. Knox Church Young People’s Guild hosts a picnic at Fairy Lake. Mr and Mrs Andrew Murray celebrate a golden wedding anniversary with about sixty guests. Two young men ordained to the ministry last Sunday. Acton Baseball Team lineup listed. Letters report the death of Pte. Fred Wills on May 23. Major Ballantine returns on furlough after reception. Hamilton Conference celebrates twenty first anniversary. changes in clergy assignments. Birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace. Obituaries for William Brown and Thomas Locker. An Oil of Merit advertisement extols medicinal oils and healing powers.
Strawberry time signals quick, inexpensive dessert. Betty Barclay extols strawberries and early American shortcake, offering a simple recipe with flour, sugar, baking powder, shortening, milk and berries. Bake at 475 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes and layer with crushed berries between portions.
An advertisement-like fragment touts Maud entering matrimortal market with a tiger metaphor. Persian Hains is praised for creating alluring complexions and a rubbing product that invigorates skin and preserves youth. It promises fragrance, gentleness, and protection against weather chafing.
A reflective diary recounts a broken school window and a principal’s questioning of pupils about throwing stones. The writer comments on honesty, daily routines, measles in the district, exams, and calls for more vocational education taught at home.
The article chronicles the June 16 1784 arrival of Loyalist refugees at Adolphustown Bay of Quinte after a yearlong trek from New York. It notes about 40 000 Loyalists migrated, led by Major Van Alsten, and describes the harsh journey, early settlements, and records gaps at Port Niagara and Niagara. The movement established Canada as a British dominion.
The Duke's plan to raise funds for British hospitals via a large sweepstakes was blocked by the Home Office. He appealed for one million people to donate 10 shillings each to aid hospitals.
Smithsonian expedition reports discovery of a prehistoric race of cave dwellers in the mountains of southwest Texas. The people chewed cactus leaves for juice, likened to gum chewing, and appear linked to the 27,000-year-old basketmaker culture, extending the known timeline of North American inhabitants.
Geologist Edward Richards describes snakes in Venezuela that swallow alligator eggs whole then climb tree tops and drop, smashing the shells on impact as part of their unusual breeding and feeding behavior observed during his expedition.
A company marketed 55 000 pounds of herring scales for artificial pearls in One Year earning 31 550. The piece notes social divide in a suburb with unknown tensions and suspicions.
Arthur Gibson outlines practical repellents and application methods from the Dominion Entomological Branch. He lists several Dunn and Bascom products with essential oils, camphor, turpentine, and vaseline for skin, clothing, and general use, noting tests and conditions.
A wood carver in Southampton makes pictures from three ply wood pieces. He uses 3000 pieces for a leafed tree image with grain chosen for light and shade. The joints are invisible after a clear white finish and ebony frame. The Queen reportedly admired six works in London, noting they took four years to complete.
The quotation notes that what lacks force at the start cannot gain it with time. It frames a principle about initial conditions and eventual outcomes, contrasting effort with inevitability in a concise moral maxim.
For. treatment of caked bags in cows or garget Douglas Egyptian Lin ment the quick sure remedy. Save time and expense. Prevents blemished stock. One way to get more eggs from your hens is to buy more hens.
A fragmentary window into a teacher’s guidance during hardship. The speaker recalls pressure and poverty, noting how descendants endure deprivation families once did not. The tone hints at intergenerational anxiety and the struggle to find words for distress.
Railroad timetable note shows trains running daily westbound except Sundays, with some services labeled Dally, except Sunday and Sunday only along standard time. itinerary indicates variations by day and time.
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