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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 11, 1933
Page
7
A poetic tribute titled Mother Hands Across the World praises mothers as sacred builders of freedom and culture. The piece portrays mothers guarding children, shaping nations, and guiding youth with tireless care, ending with the author’s attribution to Mrs. A. E. Prince.
In Mark and Matthew accounts the entry to Jerusalem occurs before the temple cleansing. The disciples obey the Lord’s words, proclaiming Him as king by spreading garments. The crowd hails Him as Messiah, yet their devotion is shallow, while Jesus weeps over misguided enthusiasm. He then overturns the tables of money changers, restoring the temple as a house of prayer.
This piece explains pruning fruit trees during March and early April, focusing on training young trees to a good shape with a spiral branch arrangement, selecting strong crotches, and managing growth to delay bearing or improve yield. It covers regulatory pruning on bearing trees and thinning strategies to improve fruit size and quality.
The article describes late storage risks for seed potatoes and emphasizes ventilation, temperature control, and disease prevention. It covers seed treatment to counter Rhizoctonia and scab, notes limitations of surface treatment, and outlines cutting practices and storage methods before addressing a biblical passage about religious authorities.
A look back at Fairy Lake sports and Park activity, local moves such as Alex Mann buying a Young Street house, frost damage, Station Hotel exterior nearing completion, Civil and Electrical Engineering honors for Harold Nicklin Warren Brown and Howard Black, school addition bylaw approved, King’s Orderlies Bible Class banquet, steam shovel in cuts below Tanneries, dust settled by street oiling, G T R lawns adorned, school addition plans for September, liquor sale restrictions in Halton, Annie Oram graduates with honors from Toronto General Hospital, Chapman-Dora Elizabeth Chapman dies at age four, Miller’s Worm Powders praised for safety and efficacy.
A salt and copper sulphate lick can aid in reducing stomach and intestinal parasites in sheep. Mix 100 pounds of salt with 5 pounds of finely pulverized copper sulphate. Keep medicated salt in a roofed box accessible to sheep daily and prevent weather exposure.
The passage questions how well we know others and ourselves. It notes that pleasant words and good manners may hide motives, making friendship difficult. It asks whether others truly trust us or merely doubt our intentions, stressing that life’s best parts require genuine belief from those around us.
Betty Barclay advises readers to budget for health through milk and produce, stressing daily vitamin C from oranges. She warns vitamin C deficiency harms growth and dental health, notes oranges ripen year round in Western climates, and highlights California seedless Valencia oranges as a bargain source of this essential nutrient.
The article stresses water as essential to brood rearing and colony energy during spring and early summer when nectar is scarce. It describes practical methods to provide safe, accessible water using simple troughs or drips, placed in warm sheltered apiary spots, to prevent bee drownings and support brood production.
The General Manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia notes Canada’s export trade drop by about 65 percent in the year ending September 1932 versus 1929. Proportionate shrinkage in farm product value cited at 58 percent as liquor sales reach about 141 million, nearly equal to wheat exports. Ontario Prohibition Union reports highlight the mismatch between liquor expenditure and gold production.
Arthur B. Rhinow argues that while buyer beware is ethical in sales, excessive suspicion wastes time and harms trust. He warns that specialization makes it harder to master all trades, urging honesty among professionals to sustain cooperative business and prevent systemic dishonesty.
An inquest scene quotes a lecturer on divorce and its moral effects. A voice retorts with a playful line about the inquest. An advertisement for Egyptian Liniment touts relief for toothache neuralgia sore throat quinsy and burns and skin ailments.
The earliest apple bloom date marks the onion maggot mating period in Eastern Canada. During this window onion seedlings reach about one and one half inches tall. A Dominion Department of Agriculture pamphlet advises oil emulsion sprays four times before females lay eggs to protect young plants and surrounding soil.
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