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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 03, 1934
Page
7
Local notes from Acton May 1914 contain league plans and obits
Twenty years ago the Free Press reports a proposed baseball league including Norval Georgetown Limehouse and Glen Williams. Poultry interests show off ducks and chickens. a Willows Street residence sale. Kenny Bros store upgrades. Masonic Lodge remodels. Rev H A McPherson, long Knox Church pastor, dies in Toronto after eighteen years of ministry. Genealogy items note McGlaughlin to Cook marriage. deaths of Herbert Willis Kennedy 50 and George Armstrong 74 in Georgetown and Erampea Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norval
Georgetown
Limehouse
Glenwilliams
H. Stevens
Mill Street
Rhode Island
W. E. Hamlin
Willow Street
Murray McDonald
George Wilds
Kenny. Bros
Main. Street
Masonic Lodge
Knox Church
H.A. McPherson
Toronto
Old Land
H. A. McPherson
Erin Township
Acton
Kennedy
Herbert "Willis Kennedy
Pinderettic
Plainfield Farm
Erampea Township
George Armstrong
Farmers ponder spring and price pressures in April notes
Chronicles from a farm diary reflect unusually late swallows and hopes of spring. The writer worries about ongoing hay costs, back debts, and falling harvest prospects while urging resilience and faith in farming’s enduring value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina
Egg market holds steady with minor changes seen
The egg market is expected to stay near current levels with only small price variations in the coming month. Forward deals for May Western eggs to Eastern markets suggest no sharp fluctuations. The market shows a 2% to 3 cent annual rise, boosting producers' added value. A wound dressing note recommends Dr Thoms Eclectric Oil for cauterizing cuts in factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Spme
Dr. Thoms
Invention of Nothing and the Rise of Arithmetic
A discussion of the invention of zero and its impact on science and commerce, tracing the shift from the crude abacus to modern digit notation. The piece cites Dr. Tobias Mantzigin and a revised edition of Sumber, highlighting the leap from 12th century calculation to contemporary quick computations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias Mantzig
Russia
China
Profesor “Dantalg
Annapolis Valley Apple Crop Reaches 2.75 Million Barrels
The Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia produced about 2,750,000 barrels of apples for the year ending March 31. Railway shipments from the Valley to Halifax totaled 7,053 carloads, up from 3,139 last year, with 300 carloads also sent to other Canadian points. The region, famed as the Land of Evangeline, has long been known for apple quality since early settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Annapolis Valley
Halifaxes
Evangeline
Abnegation of Self Outlines Noble World Loss
A compact moral critique argues that denying selfhood erodes nobility, virtue, usefulness, and even ornamental value in society, suggesting a broad cultural impact and moral stakes. The fragment reflects a reflective stance on individual restraint and communal priorities.
Maple products unknown in the Netherlands say Canadian Railways
The Agricultural Department of the Canadian National Railways reports that maple syrup and maple sugar are virtually unknown in the Netherlands and other Nordic countries. Dutch chewing gum habits remain undeveloped, while maple flavors are unfamiliar and chewing chicle remains rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Agricultural Department
Canadian National Railways
Pompous Justice Demands Vagrant Earn Shilling
A justice of the peace and MP glowers at a tattered prisoner charged with vagrancy. He asks if the man has ever earned a shilling, and the prisoner replies that he voted for the judge at the last election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.P
Child Talk Sparks Lesson On Speech
A classroom exchange between James and Helen shows a teacher correcting a dialect usage. James says "wust" and is told the proper form is "twice" while Helen confirms the correction.
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