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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1950
Page
8
A sample survey shows Bureso of Sta Indicaty shipping livestock and poultry feeds in November at about 2.483 million hundredweight, roughly 60,000 more than October and about 3 percent higher.
A British firm manufactures plastic chopsticks resembling ivory from the better class, shipping hundreds of thousands to the Orient. The new product offers a sanitary alternative to splintery bamboo for the poor.
A note to the Junior hockey club after two losses to the Miverton Lions in a best of five. The Tuesday Acton game saw a four goal lead blown, with two tough defeats leaving the series still alive and the team urged to focus, rebound, and win the next game.
Over four years a fourth diagnosis joins three known causes of blue baby syndrome. Rural infants fed well water with high nitrate can develop methemoglobinemia, presenting as bluish skin. Boiling water does not remove nitrates. treatment relies on prompt water replacement.
Ottawa researchers note U S oil firm plans a tiny vitamin capsule to start engines in 40 below weather in 10 seconds. Capsule, about one third the size of a hen egg, releases ethyl ether into the manifold and traces its wartime Alcan highway origin. Canadian efforts over 30 years focus on lubricating systems and engine heating to prevent condensation while starting in extreme cold.
A Sunday school lesson on Paul and Christ guiding obedience builds a life of faith. It cites Romans 3 and 5 and Hebrews 12 to show Justification by faith, peace with God, and endurance. The preacher urges laying aside weighty sins and following Jesus's example to finish the Christian race.
A fragment discusses newspapers and reading as a path to understanding. It cites Abraham Lincoln and WIL Rogers as examples and promotes subscriptions as a route to knowledge and success. The piece extols daily reading and keeping informed through print media.
Public auction from Walter Harbottle at a Nelson area farm on March 24 features 1 Grey Percheron mare 100 yrs old and other horses, dairy cows with due dates, 9 York hogs, 40 hens, hay grain feed, farm tools and electrical equipment. Cash sale with no reserve as the farm is sold. Hindley and Elliott, auctioneers.
The Municipal Council of Acton Ontario will meet as Court of Revision in the Council Chamber on Monday March 20 at 7 30 pm Local residents with appeals against Supplemental Assessment No 2 for the town for 1950 on notices dated March 3 1950 must file appeals by 5 pm March 20 Dated March 6 1960.
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