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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1931
Page
6
A nostalgic tract extols newspapers for detailing birth, school honor rolls, graduation, career choices, marriage, births, and family milestones. It highlights local progress, boosting enterprises, advertising value, and urges citizens to support papers in every possible way.
A list of old fashioned puddings and modern adaptations includes Yankee Rice Pudding and a Klorned rice dish. The article provides measurements and baking steps, plus a Coconut Nut dessert and Neapolitan dessert instructions. Also mentions Millers Worm Powders as a health aid for worms.
A speaker shares how hard work and enthusiasm replace luck, recounting a Guelph Acton copybook motto “Luck is a fool, pluck is a hero.” He recalls lessons from youth about diligence, the value of purposeful effort, and finding interest in one’s job, plus anecdotes on persistence and small daily improvements.
An elder brother speaks to observation and experience in a brief obituary note. The fragment hints at a humane reflection on familial bonds and guidance from an older sibling.
Readers learn of Wolfe’s Cove historic site set for a major Canada history milestone. A 1951 plan details a $2,000,000, 4,300 foot concrete quay wall and five rail tracks linking ship to train via a tunnel under the battlefield to Montreal. Disembarkation will occur at a two storey shed with stairways to the train.
A home lawn greatly boosts appears by proper beginning and soil. Do not rush seed. prepare surface and subsoil separately, add three to four inches of quality soil, and ensure uniform grade with good drainage. Fertilize with a 4-8-0 mix at one ounce per square yard and apply two to three late composts yearly for aging lawns.
A fragmented humor piece presents a doctor questioning Pat with exaggerated dialect. A Richmond- area preacher tells a parable about Adam made of wet clay and drying by a fireplace, prompting a humorous exchange about the fireplace and its origins.
The Chicago Tribune recalls a rare simple corner-stone laying amid stories of fortune. Aged anecdote describes a man discussing another’s luck and a clever business gain from buying and selling goods at high markups.
Medical authorities note nine tenths of stomach trouble stem from excess hydrochloric acid. They warn against artificial digestants and recommend Magnatia or Magnia powder or tablets after meals to sweeten the stomach, prevent excess acid, and ease sourness and pain.
A dialogue set aboard an elevated train captures two stenographers discussing a man named Egout. They remark he is not bad just stubborn, insisting words can only be spelled his way, revealing a small social snarl over language and bias.
A humorous exchange at a Gwinn christening ends with the clergyman asking for the child's names. The father suggests Steak and Kidney but the mother corrects him with Hate and Sydney.
Reads as a mixed directory item listing individuals and professions in Acton Ontario. Includes Harold Nash farmer M A Narrister Notary Public Conveyancer and a Perry man mortgage lender on Main Street plus Dr J H Johnson dental surgeon with office in Acton and phone numbers.
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