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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1937
Page
6
A physician warns a patient against burning the candle at both ends and advises balance to avoid wrecking the system. The verse parodies self-righteousness and hypocrisy as people preach virtue yet neglect own principles.
A vintage style kitchen piece lists cake standbys and other cake family members with notes on dressings and sauces. Recipes include condensed milk lemon glaze cocoa mocha frosting baked corned beef and several cherry and raspberry preserves and syrups with step by step methods and serving tips.
Retrospective reminiscence traces Adam Cook who bought Ezra Adams farm lands in Acton about fifty five years ago. It notes Cobble Hill’s ascent, the waterworks tower on Alain Street, and the Cobble Hill survey opening Victoria Avenue and Church Street. The piece highlights builders Jimmie and Tommy Gibbons and William Campbell shaping Acton housing, and recalls Myrtle Cook's later life and family changes.
Julian admits he kept two models of the invention and plans to inform the president about the theft. The professor questions him while Julian vows to do the decent thing, supported by Terry as they enter together.
The forests form Canada’s third major industry after agriculture and mining with exports around 210 million dollars in 1936 and total forest product value near 185 million. Pulp and paper dominates manufacturing employing over 94 thousand workers and a 336 million payroll. Saw mills number about 4,600 producing roughly 60 million in output, while logging camps sustain thousands of jobs and tens of millions in wages and supplies.
The passage recounts a famous spring east of the Nickitn home in Acton that provided refreshing drinking water. As new surveys and building work began, the spring was neglected and its source disturbed, leading to its eventual drying up. Residents include the late Adam Cook's children, Gordon, Yerb, and Miss Helen.
In the early clash of the Spanish Civil War German warships shell Almeria in retaliation for a Loyalist bombing. The pocket battleship Deutschland is bombed near Crete as 23 crew die and 63 are wounded. Germany condemns the action and withdraws from the non intervention committee with Italy joining the withdrawal and warning of force to defend its vessels at sea.
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