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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1936
Page
7
The verse reflects a pilgrim journey through a brand new day with hopeful resolve. Pay Inchfawn style hints at daily wonder and personal readiness to meet whatever comes.
Sugar prices rise 10 cents per 100. School inspector J M Denyes reports 69 teachers and 4 463 pupils with 2 873 average attendance in the county. average salaries 816 for gentlemen and 595 for ladies. New brick store contract on Mill Street. Baptist church anniversary draws large crowds with Rev. Clark from McMaster. Obituary for John Murray of Crewsons Comers. survived by two sons James A and William A. Marriages: Chisholm Smallwood Acton. Murray Crewsons Comers. deaths: Rev Richard Hobbs in Toronto.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics data show Canada's 1935 mineral output at $308.164 million, a rise over 1934 and second only to 1929. Gold output reached 3,290,664 fine ounces valued at $115.8 million, copper set a record at 1,? pounds, nickel at 130,104,348 pounds, coal output rose to 14,105,718 tons, and non metals plus fuels posted gains across the board.
Quebec reports up to 40 percent growth in asbestos gold and silver output in the first eleven months of 1935 with calendar year figures expected to show about a 30 percent rise. Best production totals include 14 240 tons of ore and 423 497 ounces of gold plus AUD silver gains.
A reader recounts a week in Toronto after leaving home for a thawing journey. She visits Loew’s to see A Tale of Two Cities and Mutiny on the Bounty, laments crowded stores and tramcars, admires a baby, and muses on public seats and city life while noting pockets of hardship and humor.
A quirky diary recounts a week of school day mishaps and mischief from Monday through Saturday with names like Jake and Jane and comments on behavior and minor pranks. The entry blends classroom scenes with odd adult ad copy about a perfume at the end.
December saw Canada export fresh fruits worth 1 550 710 dollars while imports totaled 1 096 388 dollars. Main exports to Great Britain included apples and berries with shipments valued at 1 504 211 dollars. Principal imports were oranges mandarins and tangerines totaling 751 167 dollars. Other imports included grapefruit 65 434 dollars grapes 37 671 dollars and lemons 103 538 dollars.
In a fragmentary exchange an auntie scolds about lending a scooter to a little brother while Preddle defends a watchful approach. A playful riddle asks what teeth never bite, with the answer being the teeth of a comb.
A father jokes that hard work never killed anyone while his son complains that is the trouble. The son seeks danger and asks about the fate of old ladies, turning a playful exchange into a wry, satirical moment.
Quote from George M. Cohan reflecting on the enduring public role of theatre and a mother daughter exchange about discipline and daily life.
The article describes a rumored Italy Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria alliance with Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Romania and possibly Belgium Britain backing liberal democracies against Russia and communist influence. Germany leads with pacts signaling a defensive anti Communism front as Spain faces a faltering government.
Train notices list the Chicago Mier service at 9 31 p m and 9 40 p m for east Georgetown. Westbound daily except Sunday. Through stops and through passes noted as standard timetable entries with Sunday only services.
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