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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1932
Page
1
A dated exhortation lists moral aims for self control and improvement. It urges being strong brave patient honest wise generous and gentle, to know one’s shortfalls and respect others while loving children and sharing resources.
Highlights include Symon the pastry cook opening a shop in the old Easton bakery on Mill Street. James Dobbie takes possession of a Brock Avenue brick house bought from O W Mason. K Cook plans a Secord Block fruit and vegetable store. Acton is named a customs port with Murray McDonald as new officer and the customs house opening in Secord Block. Benjamin Kinnard dies at 72 in Acton.
Product description highlights immediate use for horses and cattle. Claims removal of proud flesh inflammation thrush hoof rot and infection of cow teats. Emphasizes ready availability and veterinary-like effectiveness.
A Canadian National Railways department report credits boys and girls agricultural clubs with lifting farm product quality across provinces. Hog club work since 1923 boosted select hogs from 10 to 19 percent by 1931, with some consignments 100 percent select. In 1932 Canada housed 1,191 clubs with 20,952 members, up from 921 clubs and 14,700 members in 1930.
The article outlines a Sunday school lesson for April 3 1932 centered on Genesis 1 1 5 26 31. It discusses the creation of heaven and earth by God the Trinity the interpretation of Genesis verse 2 as a pre human judgment and the divine image in man with emphasis on the plan for dominion over creation and the blessing to be fruitful and multiply.
In Apache Arizona two ravens larger than crows schemed to steal a bone from a dog. They circled and teased the dog as one raven clamped the bone tail end and pinched it. The pair then fled with the bone while the dog trudged home surprised at being outwitted.
Reports from Sydney claim a white girl about 18 years old, believed captive among Northern Australian tribes for nine years, has been seen recently. An expedition formed after rumors surfaced following the 1923 Douglas Hawgon sinking, with claims a woman and her nine year old daughter survived and reached a native village about 400 miles east of Port Darwin.
Kellogg's Corn Flakes advertise modern sanitary plants open to inspection. The message touts quality materials expert workers and advanced machinery perfected over years. It highlights a sealed wax-tite bag for oven fresh flakes and a money back guarantee in London Ontario.
Kingston business speaker H. B. Stephenson of the McKim Agency urged merchants to tell truthful stories in newspaper ads. He said newspapers knit a community and benefit both merchants and publishers when they collaborate. He warned against avoiding ads and emphasized mutual growth in Cobourg Sentinel Star.
English scientists propose converting molasses into a hard transparent material like glass. The process yields a substance that passes ultraviolet rays and can be blown moulded or rolled, offering a potential solution to surplus sugar and novel window material.
A fragment hints at a card themed scene with a young man leading a heart the maid aiming for a diamond the old man using a club and the sexton drawing a spade. A playful verse suggests a metaphorical hand played on fate.
About one million Londoners are slated to pay a radio license fee of five cents a week. Six hundred thousand comply while four hundred thousand hide their receivers when the tax man calls.
A testimonial promotes Dr Southworth URATABS for overworked kidneys and bladder weakness. The writer describes sleepless nights and humiliation from symptoms, asserts rapid relief, and urges readers to buy with a satisfaction guarantee.
The passage explains Turkish coffee preparation: grind finely, use one heaping teaspoon per cup with equal sugar, boil water then pour when foaming. Repeats boil three times for strength and thick foam. Avoid large cups and do not add cream. Grounds may settle if too coarse.
J Cadesky Optometrist advertises free consultation during office hours from 9 a m to 4 p m.
The notice lists train departures daily with Sunday exceptions. Eastbound service stops at Georgetown at 9 43 p m with a 9 30 p m Chicago filer passing through. Westbound trains run daily except Sunday with Sunday service only.
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