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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
7
A mother recalls a bright little boy who asks when tomorrow will come and learns to live in the present. The child, Eddie, chases tomorrow as night falls and ages, until the lesson sinks that today holds the day. The tale blends warmth with a gentle moral about living in the moment.
From Twenty Years Ago the alus of The Free Frees of Thursday June 15 191e. The new Daylight Saving scheme will take in two weeks to elown to even running. Rev Mr Gardiner Knox College preached at Knox Church Sunday. Councilor Hendersons pew law milk ready for the season but delayed by new electric motor. James McDougall bought Dr E D Aults residence at Frederick Street. Lieut Thos D Henderson landed in England with his contingent last week. Mrs Cassius Campbell learned her son Lieut Kenneth C Campbell was killed in action. Editor and Mrs Wf Moore attended Camilla Preasj Association session and excursion to Port William and Port Arthur. Miss Elizabeth Wilton resignation accepted at Board of Education. MARRIED WALKER COOK At the Methodist Parsonage Acton June lath H D Warvey Walker to Hattie Cook.
A women’s column recounts a long home spring cleaning effort. The narrator shares mishaps from varnishing a dining room floor and tracking footprints, while noting the effort to keep a house tidy without decorating. It blends humor with domestic struggle and a reminder of women’s persistence.
Canada’s 1934 forest production valued at 105.55 million dollars, up 12.5 percent from 1933. Pulpwood led the value chart at about 39 million, followed by wirewood over 31 million and logs and bolts above 29 million.
Canadian mining shows an upward trend in the first four months of 1936 with higher production and value across metals and non metals. Base metal exports rise from 1935 to 1936, gold output up 15 percent, and plans for near 7 million dollars in expanded facilities. Non metallic minerals such as asbestos clay products and cement also increase, though overall 1936 value may not exceed 1935 levels, with a projected output near 350 million.
Household hints by MESMary Morton promote March culinary uses of maple syrup and sugar in a Maple Spice Cake with baked icing. The piece includes tip on fresh green salads and beet skin removal, plus advice on keeping vegetables crisp and cool.
A cryptic instruction mentions washing, spreading on a table, and scrubbing a ribbon binding with a colt bash dipped in foamy nails URLs with mild soap. The fragment blends hazy steps and improvised tools, lacking clear purpose or safety context. The readable bits imply care or restoration actions rather than a cohesive procedure.
The Rev P J Spooner recounts two visiting parsons at a farm during progress and anniversary events at a Nonconformist church. The farmer’s wife serves dinner with chickens improvised from leftovers while a banquet of golf talk dominates. One guest jokes Bevin would be proud as two sons serve in ministry.
A Hite girl who cannot comprehend concords criticized the audience after a children’s concert where she helped sing a chorus. She exclaimed on the way home that no mistakes were made yet the audience made them sing it all over again.
A brief devout note cites James 1 12 praising those who endure trials and receive life’s crown. The verse emphasizes steadfast faith and divine reward for perseverance.
A fragmentary vignette presents Johnny predicting a move after breaking a window and hearing no maternal rebuke. Dialogue touches superstition and a sunlit bird speaking of riches as “orsiriches” in a rural, folksy register.
Timetables show trains at Acton with daily and Sunday services. Eastbound and westbound schedules list multiple departure times in standard time, including morning, afternoon, and evening runs.
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