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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 05, 1932
Page
6
A devotional verse recalling a mother’s love as a divine gift. The narrator speaks of gratitude for a mother’s sacrifice guiding life and faith, noting God’s shaping of the speaker’s path and the idea that a mother’s prayer holds one from danger.
Betty Barclay offers two novel salads for spring using lemon gelatin. May Salad combines pimento eggs olives and onions with celery and vinegar for a molded salad served on lettuce with mayonnaise. Corn Relish Salad mixes corn green pepper pimento onion in a lemon gelatin mold served on lettuce with mayonnaise. Serves 6 and 8 respectively.
These notes present two cocoanut based salad ideas from an old kitchen archive. Cabbage cocoanut salad combines shredded cabbage pineapple and cocoanut with mayonnaise, served on crisp lettuce with pimento garnish. Cocoa cheese balls layer cream cheese with cocoanut for bite sized dessert style salads.
Melted butter coats chops then broil until just done. Turn and top each chop with a peeled orange slice, continue broiling. Sprinkle with salt pepper paprika then serve hot.
Recipe notes a lemon white sauce for vegetables serving six. Melt butter, blend with flour and salt, add liquid from vegetables or milk, cook until smooth and creamy, then stir in lemon juice and serve over hot cooked vegetables.
A meditation on Mother's Day praising the divine and selfless nature of motherhood. It honors mothers as sacred, enduring figures who sacrifice, nurture, and guide, insisting the day is a chance to bless and be blessed in return.
The piece rejects the stereotype of aging mothers as frail. It argues mothers are in their prime, seek companionship not pity, and want to share in their children's joys and adventures as partners and good scouts.
A nineteenth century vermicide promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an excellent preparation that has saved countless children from worm infestations. The claim highlights its life-saving reputation and uses period promotional language.
The Port Arthur News-Chronicle urges not to rotate worn tires to the front. Rear wear is analyzed, showing a front tire blowout can leave a driver with little control. Replace tires early, use worn fabric as a spare briefly.
England ships expand Bermuda runs from Boston Montréal and Halifax with a ten day hotels included Barbados sojourn. Passengers embark Halifax or Boston on the Lady Nelson Lady Drake or Lady Hawkins and return aboard the same liner.
Constable W H Palmer and Gateman R Towers of the Canadian National Police in Winnipeg received meritorious certificates for first aid services over the past year. The Scott-Jarvis trophy was also presented to a Winnipeg team from the Canadian National runners for the Page Trophy, with six teams from across the national system competing.
Kellogg brand corn flakes come in a waxed inner bag inside a red and green carton. The packaging claims direct from toasting ovens for freshness. Kellogg guarantees satisfaction with a refund if not the best corn flakes ever eaten, made in London Ontario.
A historical account explains how Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia inspired the first Mother's Day services in 1908 and how the day became a national observance by 1914. It notes the shift from white carnations for living mothers to red for the living and white for the deceased, and mentions older English traditions like Mothering Sunday and the Carling Sunday foods.
The advertisement extols Persian Balm as magical for the skin, cooling and caressing relief from rough weather effects. It claims to create a lovely complexion with a rose leaf texture and to be a peerless toilet requisite for discerning women.
Northern Manitoba lakes produced a very successful season with catch volumes equal to or higher than prior years. Moose Lake and Lake Athapuskow led production as CN Express notes late-season starts and extended dates. The government extended the season to April 2 to offset a late start, with operations resuming June 1 for summer.
A Canadian farming authority argues for vocational training in farming, stressing English, mathematics, business basics, agricultural science, horticulture, livestock, and economics. For women, he recommends home economics, cooking, sewing, management, and hygiene to ensure happiness and success on the farm.
A sergeant and officer interview a prisoner who is unwed. The search reveals a clipped cure for croup, a sample of sick, and two unposted letters in a woman’s handwriting from a week ago, implying hidden motives or connections.
The Empress of Britain, largest liner to navigate the canal, slid through the Pedro Miguel locks in April with Canal Zone observers noting a near contact fit. Chief Officer W G Busk-Wood and Commander R G Latta drew bets as Scots passengers backed cautious navigation watched by impressed crowds.
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