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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
6
A reflective medley praises small, enduring joys found in quiet rooms. The speaker admires the lamp by the chair and books nearby, urging every woman to seek similar comfort in close, fundamental moments.
Ontario’s Hydro-Electric Power Commission expands rural service, delivering low cost electricity to farms and countryside communities. Rural customers face higher line costs, but higher usage lowers per unit charges, with five year contracts in districts approving rural distribution. More than 90 percent of Hydro farm users fall into Class 2 or Class 3, for farms up to ordinary sizes, offering 2 to 3 horsepower power alongside domestic service.
A Rural Ontario diary covers drought struggles and early rising to beat heat. Farmers describe crop delays, garden efforts, and pests while noting electricity rates for rural service and a push for affordable Hydroelectric power.
A diary fragment by Ross Farquhar records daily notes from Saturday to Thursday with brief anecdotes about a literary club, uneasy moods, a local Otto sale, and a fight between two kids. The piece closes with an asthma testimonial praising Dr J D Kelloge's Asthma Remedy as quickly effective and widely sold.
An advertisement urges treating common constipation with Kellogg’s All-Bran cereal. It highlights bulk, iron content, and vitamin B as aids to regular habits, recommending two tablespoons daily and usage with meals, claiming the cereal is safer than patent medicines. It notes availability in red and green packaging and production in London, Ontario.
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