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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1936
Page
7
Fragmentary verse urges resilience in struggle with a call to keep a motto in living light. It contrasts victory with justice and urges courage for workers facing a strong foe. The text references discipline, faith, and that no question is settled until settled right.
Sleeted notes from Acton recount local charity by the Women’s Institute shipping Belgian aid worth 317 dollars and a military parade with a 164th Battalion turnout. Social events include Knox Guild lecture, church anniversaries, and a 50th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Graham. Dated items list births deaths and local notices.
Tourists increasingly flock to Canada’s National Parks with 710,778 visited in 1024-35 up from 1933-34 figures. Since 1914 travel has surged over 1,200 percent, and a 1038 season analysis shows 43,100 campers using 207,812 person days and 11,783 motor vehicles parked.
The narrator and Partner discuss farm income from cows, grazing, and decisions to sell stock. They recall floods with drought or water shortages, assess risks from storms, and compare local seasides and cliff landslides along England’s East Coast. The piece blends farming deliberations with vivid coastal memories.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1934 tobacco output valued at 664400493 with cigarettes leading production at 38 18 22 million and 4 843 470 thousand units. Chewing tobacco and snuff also sizable. industry employs 4 150 and involves 127 establishments.
The article notes Japan developed an electrolytic chemical treatment to prevent corrosion in aluminum kitchenware turning dark green brown. It details sources of aluminum raw materials from Canada Norway France and Switzerland with Canada supplying about half, and mentions U S and British India supplying Serap aluminum. It also covers Japan's aims to source bauxite from the Dutch East Indies and Manchuria and to use aluminum in utensils and foil for war needs. It ends with an unrelated beauty product promotion for Fragrant.
The passage describes full fury against the water front flooding the promenade and beyond. breakers splash street level and apartment windows while pedestrians must dodge spray or run. Children treat the spray as a game though salt water stings the face after washing with fresh water.
A Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus call to service, noting the rich young ruler went away sorrowful because his riches claimed his heart. Earthly wealth fades or disappears, while heavenly treasure endures. the question remains where our affections lie and where our treasures are.
A guide to smooth social interactions in a company with tips on tact and presence. Uses quirky examples like a grandfather starting low and yawning with a closed mouth. Mentions a fictional Douglas Egyptian ointment for relief and calming effects.
A historical notice asserts that Mother Graver's Worm Exterminator works without any additional medicine. It claims no need for amistance or external aid for effectiveness.
Fragmentary note cites a Qur an quote and a riddle about what never gets chilbinins and mistletorc with unclear source context. No clear persons organizations places dates or events to anchor a full news item.
Mrs Mary Morton presents recipes using leftovers such as Potato and Cheese Puff and Banana Betty along with household tips on labeling medicines, safeguarding poisons, and budgeting. The column includes a luncheon hash and variations for lent dinner planning.
A housewife uses a morning washing machine to clean tennis and gym shoes while advising not to use water that is too hot.
A Dionnettes head in a fall watches a photographer wondering if she should cry or smile, weighing sympathetic attention as she faces the camera in a candid moment.
Daily except Sunday schedule shows trains toward the East with a Sunday only service. The Chicago Miler runs at 9 31 p m and reaches Georgetown by 9 40 a m.
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