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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1931
Page
6
Toronto visitors mingle with Acton residents as many travel to Hamilton, Chesley, Milton, and Guelph. Engagement announced between Eleanor Savage and Clarence W Smith. Several locals recover from illnesses and attend recent funerals and family events.
A column surveys global diets noting unusual foods such as rats, snakes, grasshoppers, worms, parrots, clay bread, earth baked goods, bricks, and dynamite mixtures, contrasting them with familiar items like kidney and oysters. The tone questions universal food taboos and tastes across cultures.
Printed crepes signal the approach of spring and brighten the winter wardrobe. A charming frock features smart contrast cowl drapery and sleeve flares with a long molded bodice. Horizontal belting ribbon accents at the waist and eight-button accents complete the new style in soft folds.
In Whitby, Misa Alvira Peura confronts Mrs. Spears over slang and country talk during visits, arguing that locals wish to reject slang while outsiders act as culprits. Tension rises as peers recall remarks about language and propriety in regional life.
A quirky classroom exchange centers on a play where a student named Yo plays the Eskimo role and drinks cod-liver joke beverages. The remark humorously references a misread script and classmate dialogue about Arctic adventures.
A quarrel erupts as she slaps him and orders him to back off. He meekly concedes his misread signals, insisting the moment crossed a line and she should leave him.
Fragmentary note shows a daughter addressing her father with unclear words about a fur and loss. The legible parts suggest emotional conflict and references to boasting and attempts to explain misunderstandings. No clear events or named entities are discernible.
A woman driving alone on a country road encounters two ropalysmen climbing telephone poles. Her companion remarks that passersby will think they are joyriding in a car. The event unfolds with cautious reaction and local curiosity.
Letter writer urges Ontario and federal action on tariffs and two-way trade. Argues against sweeping tariff cuts and promotes exchange of wheat and other goods, railway expansion to Hudson's Bay, and emigration plans to boost home markets. Names Canada Newmarket Guelph Toronto press, and several regional growers and industries.
A town grocer and an only horseman planned a public sale ruse to raise a price on a gentleman’s horse. Jones bid first up to 105 dollars, then unseen bidders pushed the price to 135 dollars before the duo halted the bid to limit loss, following prior instructions to stop the sale.
Toronto quotations cover butter creamery No 1 pasteurized and creamery No 4 products, poultry and eggs trade prices, wholesale meat quotes for varied cuts, hides wool grain and straw rates, Ontario and New Brunswick potatoes and related produce. The data lists unit prices by item and type for country shippers and trade dealers.
A mountaineer finds a mirror dropped by a Courlat and jokes it shows his father. He takes the mirror home and hides it in the attic. His wife becomes suspicious and later discovers the mirror behind the attic scene, commenting on the familiar image.
Public auction set for Monday March 30 near Wilichway, north of Hank woniel. Readily described livestock and dairy cattle including Jersey and Holstein cows with calves, several heifers and hogs from J Robertson and George Gordon’s herds. Terms cash under 15 and 100 months credit on joint notes, with auctioneer J Kei of Acton.
The Lowtship of Erin hosts a clearing sale on April 1 at Cedarholm Lot 15 Erin County. Roy Hindley and Geo McAllister auctioneers offer horses cows pigs sheep poultry seeds harness and farm implements with 1000 chick capacity and terms of 18 dollars or less for fowls seeds and sundries, 1 month credit on approved notes.
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