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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 09, 1939
Page
5
Gwendoline Clarke recalls a Sunday morning at Ginger Farm as warm air hints spring yet snow falls by dinner. Sparrows forage on ground, a hopeful plan for outdoor chores is thwarted by a snowy lull.
Wireless reports from Ottawa confirm the first native managed herd of Teniderr, nine hundred strong, moving from the Mackenzie Delta to a winter range east of Es kitho Lakes. The 150 mile overland drive took twelve days under government supervision, with grazing good and wolves absent. The herd will shift toward the Arctic coast for summer grazing as natives continue careful management under the Department of Mines and Resources to support permanent native livelihoods through reindeer ranching.
Canadian Indians Affairs Branch outlines manual training in residential and day schools to boost independence. Boys learn agriculture carpentry tailoring and building while girls receive cooking dressmaking and textiles. Pupils repair school facilities and craft items. broader programs expand across regions and schools. The piece also notes debate on lie detector use and its practical limits.
The Free Press weekly women’s pages outline daily aphorisms and observations from March 9 to March 15 with themes on strength, neighborly love, self-reliance, and social conduct. Nurse Elgram is cited, plus a Did you know note on a watch marathon at Teddington and toll data from the Thousand Island Bridge.
Two Irishmen hunt in the mountains. Pat warns Mike not to shoot as the gun seems loaded. Mike insists the bird won’t wait and urges action despite the danger.
Navy wool crepe dress with pink and navy chalk print creates a popular little girl appearance. The two piece frock features a bodice that buttons to a wide waist and a yoke sleeves look formed in one piece. Hank credits his wife for the style while joking about a bankruptcy.
Nostalgic guide extols smoked fillets from Fin nan Haddi and similar markets offering easy recipes. It covers smoked fish fillets in cream with milk, onion, bay leaf, pepper, then baked 30 minutes at 330 degrees. Also features creamed salmon and peas with butter flour milk and peas, finishing as a toast topping.
It has been discovered that a certain fire brigade in a midwestern state has no telephone. It is noted that calls transmitted by mail were answered promptly.
A garbled obituary style reminiscence credits Pope Pius XI and Pope Pius XII with mountaineering fame and ties to Alpine peaks. It mentions a future papal ascent, a calfskin collection of Rockies phrased as a gift to Beatty, and courteous leadership, but many phrases are incomprehensible. The fragment style hints at a tribute to church figures and mountains without clear dates or events.
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