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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
10
Poignant tribute to a woman of nearly four-score years, her long toil for others recalled. Children, kin, and neighbors gather beneath a Salvation Army War Cry to bid her welcome home to the best of lands as she rests, hands still, in quiet grace.
A shipment of Canadian hatch eggs from CGS arrived in Sydney New South Wales. The consignment included SO white Leghorn and 40 buff Leghorn eggs and was imported by a New South Wales poul t yman. The dispatch is described as the first of its kind to Australia.
Reported sightings of opossums in southern Ontario over the past fifty years show a northward trend. A male opossum found near Chatham by Harry Blackburn’s nephew died after frost bite following capture and was sent to the Royal Ontario Museum. The animal’s death follows its feigning death defense.
Fragments show two people calculating how much money is needed to cover costs until delivery. The text mentions a plan to secure sufficient funds for expenses and the delivery of goods.
A Sunday School lesson on 1 Kings 18 portrays Elijah’s burden for Israel and his test of faith at Carmel. He acts only per God’s word, repairs the altar, confronts Baal’s prophets, and prays earnestly for rain, culminating in God’s fire and Israel’s recognition of Jehovah as God.
A public auction at the Buchanan Farm on the Guelph Hospistor Highway features 11 horses, cattle including Holstein and Red cows, registered herd stock, young cattle, hogs, and farm implements. Sale includes cash terms with no reserve, set for May 22 at 12:20 PM, Downey's School Institute providing refreshments.
A six part drip-proof tap called p proof. tap allows changing the washer without turning off the water. Based on new hydraulic aircraft advances, it uses two synthetic washers replacing the normal one. Sealing relies on water pressure and withstood 1 000 000 on off cycles, equating to about 40 years of household use while remaining as good as new.
Public auction at Malin Street Acton north of Presbyterian Church on May 15 at 1 30 pm DST offers dining room living room and bedroom furnishings including an oak dining room suite two oak bedrooms linens rugs and kitchen appliances. items to be settled for before removal Hindley and Elliott serve as auctioneers.
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