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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1934
Page
8
In memory of Ada Anderson who passed away March 5 1931. Sadly missed by the family. In memory of Hazel Mason with verse about loss and remembrance. Ever remembered by Barb, Edgar and Lorraine.
Amid March’s onset in 1934 Acton notes longer days and the approach of spring. Local items include Peter Smith Trophy returning to Acton, Milton sewerage denial, ice harvests easing, and Knox Church Ladies’ Aid meeting progress. Cambridge connections feature Guelph studies and William Wrigley Jr. quotes on commerce.
Wholesale poultry and eggs prices list young turkeys roosters ducks and rabbits with per pound or head figures. Dressed meats and carlot wholesale ranges for beef pork and mutton. Potatoes hides wool hay straw and grain quotations from Toronto board of trade with regional price bands and ton rates. Live stock prices show steers milk calves and veal with price bands for different weights.
A fragmentary quote shows a customer asking about debts to a salesman as a door opens to a woman, with a terse reply about early conflicts. The text captures a terse social exchange in a presumably historical newspaper snippet.
In 1932 Canada produced 4 16 957 930 in non-ferrous metals with seven groups led by Ontario 304 factories and Quebec 87. Ontario output 84 994 386 52 percent, Quebec 55 164 189, British Columbia 24 plants 13 899 189. 1933 imports reached 21 642 024 US share 74 percent, Great Britain 17 percent. Exports in 1932 valued at 48 130 177 with the United States receiving 18 762 808 and Great Britain 15 071 899.
Dialogue excerpt shows Iisa asking for a pair of shoes for his daughter, clerk guessing black shoes, and Idza demanding the purchase. The quote ends with a call to mind one’s own business.
Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson recalls his 1909 budget reply before the Viceroy's Legislative Council in Calcutta when the heated room and a clumsy maiden oration caused every member to drift to sleep. Disraeli reportedly enjoyed the odd moment as the Duke of Devonshire yawned during theCommons speech.
Heavy rainfall swamped British Guiana in early January with 18 inches in eight days, after 27 inches in December. The Canadian Trade Commissioner says the flood will affect the colony’s entire economy for the coming year. A quote from E Everett Hale appears in the text.
A Trafalgar Township farmer Gordon Chisholm reports a remarkable set of births with four ewe quadruplets and three sets of triplets among his flock. He expected four lambs but found thirteen youngsters, highlighting rare multi birth feats in his herd. Meanwhile a convict, Manackerman, tied to a 1922 escape, faces trial after being recaptured after twelve years. He escaped from the Ontario Reformatory in 1923 and was later committed to trial in Guelph. He allegedly dropped from a fifth story window using a blanket rope and hid until later detention. He gave no reply to evidence as police recounts details.
Miss Ann Hickey recovering after operation at St Josephs Hospital Guelph. Mr and Mrs J B Mackenzie attend Lumbermen Convention at the Royal York Toronto. John T Moore 74 of 26 Buoy Point Road Toronto injured when his parked car was struck by a truck on Dundas Street West York Township. Fire damages rear of McGibbon Howe block including Clarkson groceries and C J Buck butcher. Buck shop front undamaged. repairs underway at owned premises by S H McGilbon. Herold reports.
Charles Klainika reports several chickens killed by dogs with owners identified and potential prosecution. Mrs. Thos Hannibal broke her arm on Elgin Street and is recovering. Doc Turner remanded after Toronto arrest for theft of stock certificates. Tax Collector Hicks suffers a stroke while driving. his wife aided by a neighbor. Good Cheer Sewing Club honors Mr and Mrs Ruf with a silver butter dish on their twenty fifth anniversary.
A Geordie comments on insurance agents after a visit claiming to pressure customers into policy purchases. The wife asks for clarification and he explains agents insist you may die soon to push policies while they pretend you will live many years before you can acquire one.
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