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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
6
A fragmentary poem lines reveal a speaker romanticizing beauty and a love dream. Names Uraula MacMillan appear as author in a likely archaic style, while imagery of throngs and judgment hints at social expectation and inner longing.
A playful home kitchen feature offers quick magic milk based pies and no bake crusts. It promotes drastic temper relief through easy desserts like Magic Peach Meringue Pie and Chocolate Wafer Pie Crust with simple ingredients and chill ready methods. It also suggests fruit pairings for summer salads and fruit desserts with practical serving ideas.
Ten famous quotes attributed to American leaders and thinkers arranged as a set of maxims. The list includes Washington, Patrick Henry, Franklin, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Lincoln, Irving, Holmes, Brooks, and Emerson with varied aphorisms about liberty duty and opportunity.
A diary style entry from Ginger Farm describing scents of honeysuckle alfalfa clover and garden blooms around the house. The narrator recalls a humorous weighing mishap and shares details of a hot day at a local meeting with Elsie Bell Gardner, plus family life notes on daughters sons school and time passing.
The Burlington experiment underpins Canada’s housing program. It offers tax relief and loans to spur home building, with the government covering initial taxes and incentives to municipalities. The plan targets affordable rentals, monthly limits, and protection to ensure value alignment with neighbors, aiming to lift employment and urban housing conditions nationwide.
A terse exchange reveals surprise at rumors as a neighbor notes the topic is widely discussed. One person questions the timing while another mentions a wife visiting her mother, hinting at an absence that fuels speculation.
Lucy recalls her mother’s reaction to Algy’s apology at the party. The mother said she noticed nothing unusual.
A brief exchange questions ownership dynamics and pride, noting hurry and tasks remaining as forty years pass. The speakers discuss who truly owns a modern home and whether pride matters in ownership.
The editor asks what the Premier had to say and the parliamentary reporter notes silence. The exchange hints at tensions in the session and an editor’s demand for more cogent commentary from officials.
Weekly tips and maxims for women readers from The Free Press columns. Pocket advice covers daily verses, moral reflections, domestic hints, and kitchen tips. Includes notes on health, nervous fatigue, and domestic economy.
A candid family scene unfolds with AV LIPELE arguing with a niece about vanity and perception. A mother chides Emily for constant mirror checking while the girl defends her self view amid tense exchanges at the shop.
A catalog of plant names includes Canada thistle dodder chicory hemp oxeye daisy blue weed hawkweeds common milkweed wild lettuce common burdock docks cinquefoil John’s wort wild mustards pepper creases inkweed white cockle ragweed poison ivy Russian thistle spurges and bed straw noting various weed species.
A landlady complains of a large pantry mouse and a boarder suggests shutting the door to starve it. The humorous exchange captures a thriftily pragmatic tone in a domestic setting.
A playful exchange where a tailor boasts of selling a hot coat at a grand, while the customer questions how the seller survives. The tailor retorts that he makes a small profit on the paper and string, highlighting a humorous business euphemism.
A brief dialogue features a bold fellow proposing trousers as useful and needing only mendings while a tramp assures a return in about thirty minutes.
UW advises monitoring favorite apple trees for shallow irregular bark mines on trunks and major limbs. Look for yellow grub about 1 1 4 inches long in winter and spring, remove grubs with a knife, cut with the grain, shade south side with a board, and cover wounds with wound dressing. Mulch root areas year round with hay to help orchard trees.
Capes grow in as essential beachwear for sun shy or stylish wear. The green and white cenanese rayon cape shown is worn by Mrs. Jeanne McEvoy at Allaire Beach in N J. It features color and sun-smart function for summer wardrobes.
Doctor and surgeon offices listed at corner Bower Avenue and Elgin Street with Electron Therapy contact. Solicitors and notaries public include C F Leatherland and Kenneth M Langdon with offices in Acton and Georgetown, hours and phone numbers provided.
Daily service times listed with departures at 6 04 am 0 54 am 6 26 pm and 8 10 pm plus Sunday only runs at 8 10 pm 11 32 pm Georgetown flag stop times included. Timetable uses standard time with daily except Sunday notes and several coded entries.
Timetable snippet shows coach departures from Acton both eastbound and westbound routes. Times listed include early morning and late evening slots, with multiple daily departures. Some lines reference Sundays and specific coach identifiers Te Terenio and Te Kitchner.
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