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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1935
Page
7
A speaker reflects on delaying God’s request and learning to trust divine timing. The narrator recalls past doubt and insistence on waiting, urging immediate obedience once a task is set, and noting each person must complete the Lord’s marked work in their life.
A mixed item listing quick desserts and savory dishes such as coconut banana snow and Swiss steak includes directions and serving notes. The text also touts Dr J D Kellogg's asthma remedy as a universal cure with claims of freeing a generation from asthma, sold widely.
Fifty years back featured maple syrup tastes, factory notes on Mr. James Moore satchels and new goods, prize winners at a carnival, school Easter exams, and spring plans. Reminiscences blend with local business updates and enduring friendships across town.
A fragmentary account describes the Torpedo and related electric fish wandering coastal waters near Nova Scotia and Monterey. It notes the batterylike device and mentions the Yedo eel as a powerful but non eel species in the Pacific region.
The oil is advertised as a standard remedy for prompt treatment of scalds burns cuts bruises and sprains. It soothes pain speeds recovery and is claimed to relieve inflammation and assist healing for both humans and animals.
Sturgeon, a large weight fish, is often fished commercially in several Canadian provinces. In British Columbia some anglers use rod and line to catch smaller sturgeon, not the hundred-pounder giants. The 1933 catch totaled 60 728 hundredweights nationwide, with caviar produced as a by product in Ontario.
The saying mantle of Elijah signals a worthy successor to a famed master. Examples include Mitt the Younger succeeding his father Harl of Chitham, and Richard Cromwell taking Oliver’s mantle. Elisha also picked up Elijah’s cloak, proving himself a true successor as waters parted. The prophets witnessed and proclaimed the spirit of the lord rested on Elisha.
The text argues that man is the architect of circumstances rather than a mere creature of them. It claims character creates existence from the same material, noting towns rise as palaces or hovels depending on the designer's intent and skill. Bricks become buildings only through purposeful design.
Alberta continues the Yeend exchange program for 1935 to extend pure seed use in wheat oats and barley. Farmers can exchange grain for seed at established rates with freight paid by government. Seed growers receive premiums over track prices based on seed grade and quality. Last year about 51 carloads totaling 60 000 bushels wheat 24 899 oats and 1 661 barley were distributed.
A dictitian offers a minimalist daily diet of lettuce leaves and orange juice to Mrs. Overweight. She asks whether to take it before or after meals, while a quote from Joseph Stalin about soldiers and economics appears in the dialogue.
The Bodleian Library in Oxford, rivaling the British Museum and Paris, dates to 1610 with Thomas Bodley’s 1597 plan. It houses over a million books and 30 000 manuscripts, many priceless, attracting scholars worldwide who may copy works on site while volumes stay within the building. Loss of the library would impoverish Oxford, England, the Empire and the world.
A city visitor tours an old-world village and notes the small hamlet once boasted a football team. A local replies that they can no longer claim a team and now apologize for it.
Two boys recount a successful fishing trip at the boathouse. They discuss marking the fishing spot with a stake and note the risk of not getting the same boat next time. The playfulexchange hints at a future visit to their favorite fishing location.
A student asks how to calculate horsepower in a classroom dialogue. The professor after a lecture invites questions and clarifies the concept with a practical engine example.
Directory listing showing Dr J A McNiven phone and address in Mill Street Acton Ontario. Includes Harold Nash Parmer barrister solicitor notary conveyancer hours from 0.30 am to 12.00 noon and 2.06 pm to 5.00 pm with Saturday closing at 5.00 pm.
Acton and Georgetown listings detail cafe on Main Street and War Office hours. Acton hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 1 15 p.m. to 8 30 p.m. with requests. Georgetown shows 88 appointment entries and phone contacts.
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