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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1931
Page
7
A poem by Eleanor Hammond celebrates spring outdoors. The verse invites readers to step outside from classrooms to enjoy blossoms, wardens, and daffodils as days lengthen and summer approaches.
A feature presents spring recipes and kitchen tips with fruit and greens. Includes Orange Salad ideas with walnut, Deliont style orange segments, Double-O Salad, magic soup tips using no sugar, carrot soup method, squash milk soup, and a Fifteen-Dollar Pie recipe with lemon and yolk notes.
An editorial warns athletes never to drink liquor, arguing alcohol dulls the mind and weakens the body, undermining athletic ability and heart health. It emphasizes coaches ban drinking long before Prohibition and cautions that intoxication ruins performance and recovery.
The obituary recalls Dr. Morrow who settled in Acton sixty seven years ago, with memory of early Acton figures like Dr. Shook and Dr. Dillabaugh. It details his home on Bower Avenue, Acton Creek history, the bridge to pasture access, and local industry around the Canada Grove Works and Knox Church.
The article recalls Dr. Morrow a longtime family physician loved by residents who stayed loyal after his move to Chisiph. It notes his exacting lab habits and skill in preparing late night prescriptions. His brother George ran a chemist shop on Main Ebreat in a building later destroyed by fire. The Doctor lived to ninety two and died in Guelph, leaving fond memories of the town’s early commerce.
A learned professor’s death reveals vast bin stores of bill heads and quirked artefacts, sparking debate on collecting. The essay traces collectors from clocks to cushions, lampooning avarice and vacuity while arguing the true measure of mind and soul lies in what one values.
Fragments show a buyer and a lawyer discussing a deal with a $100 down payment and $26 weekly payments. The tone suggests an automobile purchase and a related dispute or negotiation, reflecting a dated vernacular.
A fragmented reflection argues that competition strengthens effort and character more than external aid. It warns against relying on others to spark ambition, stressing self discipline, steady practice, and personal contact with stimulating people to avoid failure.
The agent forgot to mention two old named glass windows in the country house. The buyer says cleaning is impossible and is willing to install new ones.
An old time remedy claims Willo Bisulated Magnese tablets or powder ease stomach woes from nausea to painful digestion. It promises instant relief by neutralizing gels that irritate the stomach and enabling normal painless digestion, with a stated guarantee and widespread availability.
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