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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
3
A correspondent argues with a farmer over pasteurization and inheritance of tuberculosis. The piece explains tuberculosis is spread person to person and that bovine TB can be milkborne, urging pasteurized milk and separation of sick from well to prevent transmission. It cites declining death rates since 1900 and notes limited progress in the past two decades.
Polly Pepper goes undercover to expose conditions at a city funded girls’ boarding school run by Miss Miller. A reporter accompanies a truant officer to investigate alleged neglect and control, as Polly hides among residents and notices strict rules, favoritism, and hidden tensions in the two-building facility.
The article explains a technique called air layering to create new plants from leggy specimens like rubber plants. It describes cutting below leaves, inserting a support, wrapping damp moss around the cut, keeping warmth, and separating rooted shoots once roots appear.
An Ottawa issued guide explains that mosquitoes breed in stagnant water and recommends a protective repellent blend. The mixture combines thyme oil, kerosene extract of pyrethrum, castor oil, and spirits of camphor to be applied on exposed skin, providing three to five hours of protection. A pamphlet titled Protective Measures Against Blood Sucking Flies in the Forest is available from the Dominion Department of Agriculture Publicity and Extension Division in Ottawa.
Frank Hrmoex of the Boston Bruins, in his first major league season, won the Vezina Trophy for fewest goals against and earned rookie honors on the all star team. He played on a Stanley Cup winning club and plans marriage to Peggy MacMillan of Kirkland Lake Ontario this summer.
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