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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
4
A help column urges teenagers to treat mom on Mother's Day by preparing meals. Includes a SAPEQUAL luncheon plate recipe with specific ingredients and steps, and a TEA BISCUITS recipe with amounts, aiming to give a practical, homey guide for serving mom on her special day.
A recipe and service guidance item covers orange sponge style cake with detailed mixing, shaping, baking, and yield notes. Plus a QandA section offers polite serving tips for tea gatherings with elders and guests.
Guidelines for field and bed spraying or dusting to combat late blight and early blight in tomatoes. Use fixed copper compounds such as Copper A Compound Cuprocide CC c and related products, with thorough leaf undersides coverage. Apply every 7 to 14 days, adjust intervals by weather, and destroy diseased plants to prevent spread.
Canadians embrace home freezing aided by WOR Phillips at Ottawa Central Experimental Farm. A pamphlet from the Division of Horticulture details two unit types, proper prep like blanching, rapid cooling, and packing for quick, quality freezing at 60 degrees.
The piece reflects on Canadian industrial growth from 1870 to 1944, noting wage growth from 220 to 1650 dollars and capital investment per worker rising from 420 to 5000 dollars. It credits machines, electricity, and higher invested capital for rising production and living standards, quoting Eleanor Roosevelt on truthful fiction.
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