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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
7
Poem extols giving as a universal law. rain and land, sun and moon, light and warmth mirror the cycle. It celebrates small acts, kindness, and generosity as enriching to giver and receiver alike, despite scarce dollars. A call to joyful aid and compassionate deeds remains timeless.
Twenty years ago March 22 1917 reports motor cars on the Toronto Hamilton Highway in the county. James Ranmishaw sells the Mill Street Lake Avenue blacksmith shop to move his family to Brock Street. John S Coleman sells Willow Street residence and resigns as janitor. Hubert McPherson home on leave from Heav ers Battalion Toronto. Blow and Overholt plan a new machine shop in Acton after purchasing HF Caldwell’s goodwill. Prices from fifty years prior listed for groceries. Obituaries note Margaret Justin Blackley and Christina Linklater both passing in 1917 aged 1? and 73 respectively.
Government backed program under Indian Affairs aims to fit Indians for self support. Emphasis on fur trade as core industry, trapping skills for hunting regions, fur care and trading practices, health and education via government doctors, and creation of native hunting preserves in the Northwest Territories and Yukon to restrict white trapping licenses.
A diary style reflection examines how letters about marriages struggling with jobs and finances reveal broader questions about happiness. It argues happiness comes from building a shared future, not mere pleasure, and urges couples to stay together and shoulder responsibilities.
Growers of seed potatoes should select superior varieties and seed to improve quality. The Seed Potato Certification Service has advocated this, stressing true to type, high yield, and free of diseases. Emphasis on tuber shape, skin color, eye characteristics, and standardized excellence guides planting and selection practices.
A collage of quips contrasts national character and wartime wit. It gathers remarks on English, French, German, and Armenian stereotypes, noting their humor, honesty, passion, and misperceptions across cultures.
A civil life joke lands as the Major jokes about the Ex-Captain and his wife remarks that he was never very civil after leaving the army. The playful exchange hints at past service and current domestic chatter.
Canada hosted about 15 million American visitors in 1936 plus extended tourism from other nations, bringing total travel to roughly twice Canada's population. Conventions reached 861 events with about 21.96 million dollars in city revenue, as travel and convention business steadily recovered from earlier economic downturns.
The piece describes a Scotaman arriving at King's Cross in Glasgow with Cockney companions. A small youth, nicknamed Sandy, persuades him to carry two heavy suitcases after a long walk. Sandy offers a single coin and asks his companion to walk ahead, declaring thanks and requesting a head to settle the matter.
In a humorous anecdote a boy returns home with a pail of trout and, facing his minister, declares that fish entice worms on Sunday. The tale plays on the idea of trout catching worms turning a Sunday outing into a comic incident with religious overtones.
The notice lists daily time tables with Sunday exceptions. It includes morning and evening departures such as 7.05 am 10.07 am and 6.13 pm 7.19 pm going west with additional Sunday times like 8.59 am 2.23 pm 7.05 pm 12.40 am and 11.32 pm.
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