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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 09, 1933
Page
3
The Free Press outlines subscription rates at 200 dollars yearly in advance, addresses changes, and cancellation preferences. It details advertising rates for legal notices, renders, notices, and small ads, with free memorials and poems, plus liability limits for published errors.
Canada’s exports to the British Isles were valued at 178,171,680 in 1932, surpassing exports to the United States by 15,540,901. U S exports stood at 256,942,045, with Britain trailing by 85,407,223. Britain’s 1932 value rose by 6,636,858 from 1931, and 1932 half-year exports to Britain from June to December totaled 116,487,568, up 13,953,759 from the same period in 1931.
An educator who studied childhoods of four thousand American millionaires found that only twenty began life wealthy. He also noted that among sons of rich families only one in seventeen died rich. The lesson: learning money value early, often via poverty, is essential for financial success.
Hon. W. A. Gordon reports in a radio address that over 10 000 workers are employed in Canada’s gold mining and more than 5 000 on B C placer deposits, with about 17 million dollars in annual payroll. In 1932 Canada produced over 3 million fine ounces of gold valued at over 63 million dollars, the second largest globally after South Africa.
The piece muses on grudging givers and critical recipients who pair off in negative exchanges. It notes that those who grumble when giving deserve no gratitude and that receivers who nitpick gifts also fail to appreciate generosity.
A skating carnival ended amid damage as decorations were torn down and flags loaned to the committee were destroyed. The paper notes two thermometers at the Free Press building damaged by matches and bulbs broken, urging a public example to deter senseless vandalism by youths and others.
Editorial notes discuss the move away from the gold standard, banking holidays in the United States, temperance debates in Canada, and Canada’s export growth in 1932. It cites Boy Scout enrollment, Girl Guides numbers, Workmen’s Compensation data, and rural population statistics from the census.
The writer compares town and farm footwear costs detailing what each family member needs. He describes cost, durability, and wear for rubber boots, work boots, rubbers, dress shoes, and children's shoes, noting the seasonality and the impracticality of economizing on footwear while laments about dirt and travel to town.
Harold Nash, farmer from MOA, is listed as barrister, solicitor, and notary public. The notice references Perry man blocks in Acton Ontario and mentions mortgage lending hours from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays until noon.
A fragmented ad lists Kenneth M. Langdon barrister solicitor notary public with offices at Acton Georgetown over T Seynuck's Cafe Main Street. Appointments by phone with Acton numbers, hours show weekday and evening availability.
In Leishman Block the dental office operates 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with evenings by appointment. Gas for extractions is unavailable. Closed all day Wednesday. Phone 148.
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