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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1931
Page
12
Sunday visits span Rockwood to Toronto with many relatives gathering. Alfred Honistreet wed in Toronto. extended families from Erindale, Wiarton, Guelph, London, Milwaukee, Chicago attend or travel. The Statham and Reed families mark anniversaries. a nurse-in-training begins at Gt Joseph's Hospital.
A French violinist wished lessons from Professor Auer but lacked funds due to war. He joined a ship orchestra between a French port and New York, visiting New York monthly to earn money for his study. The piece argues many complain of limited opportunity yet are unwilling to pay for it.
The article outlines federal rules for rural mail routes, stressing roads must be passable year round and carriers are not responsible for clearing after storms. Boxholders should assist by keeping approaches clear and showing courtesy to ensure timely service.
The Acton Intermediates roster highlights players led by Lorne Walters and Clarence Kentner. Notable members include Joe Woods, Henry Arbic, Fred Keniner, Gordon Hoyeman, Neil Guibong, and Ned Dawskins, with Garden handling management duties and Will Ecolipshall guiding equipment and medical care.
The obituary notes the death of Herbert Strausser a supervisor for Edison Company in Detroit after a fall from a pole while at work. He died Friday in Detroit at age thirty seven leaving widow Marjory Giggins Strauser and young son Frederick Harold. Funeral held Monday with interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Fergus fans traveled to Acton for a hockey matchup watched by about 1,400 to 1,500 spectators. Acton led early, Stratford slipped in, Acton won the round but both teams showed effort. local figures like Curmey Byrne and Wm. I Tuy highlighted in coverage with notes on team coaching and community interest.
Toronto wholesale prices list quotations for creamery butter eggs poultry vegetables hides wool and grain. Includes No. 1 pasteurized creamery butter, fresh eggs and poultry ranges, wholesale vegetable prices, hides and wool rates, and grain quotations from the Toronto Board of Trade with No. 1 Northern wheat and Timothy hay prices.
Fragmented prose reflects on perfection, work life, and disappointment in relationships with notes of humor. A child asks what barberium means, answered simply by a father as he strokes the child’s chin amid other stray lines about charm and Americaneseness.
A clipped dialogue shows Rufus discussing his wife with light humor. The exchange mentions her back bathing and concern over new clothes, reflecting a rural speech pattern and domestic routines.
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