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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
10
A page of household hints includes a new cake recipe with orange glaze and sugar, along with methods for picnic potatoes cooked over a campfire, salmon canapes with seasoned mayo, and baking powder biscuits. Tips cover cake texture with potato freshness and general kitchen techniques.
A home recipe feature explains using glycerin to keep fruit tea breads moist longer. Rub fruit with glycerine for half an hour then bake, yielding brighter fruit and extended freshness. Includes a Honey Fruit Tea Bread recipe with glycerine and spiced fruit mix.
Thorpe prepares a cabin for his sister Anne Golden who is coming from Dakota for a visit. A mix up with a different town and mistaken identity leads Philip Jayfeld to meet a woman named Gilda Austin thinking she is Anne. The scene unfolds with plans and a rushed reunion at Gold Bug.
Greta Garbo agrees to her first interview upon returning from Sweden after a year’s vacation. The elusive star answers questions with difficulty due to illness and fatigue saying she felt unsettled and homesick, glad to be back in New York.
A crowd in Gold Bug greets Anne Golden-ee as she arrives by car with Philip Mayfield and introduces Gilda Austin. Digging laborers cheer, offer support, and promise to find jobs for Phil. Anne insists, demanding her injured brother be brought forward as the scene closes with warm welcomes.
Manager Tonac Morgan leads the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1936 with strong pitching from Leroy Herrman who threw ten innings of no hit baseball against Newark. Frank Nekola delivered about twenty scoreless innings across two wins, Lefty Jimmy Pattison returned from injury to notch a three hit win over Albany.
Ontario reports a strong rise in horse breeding from 1934 to 1935 as farms tally 49 300 foals and fillies by June 1 1935 up from 47 400 a year earlier. Prices for work horses show a 25 to 45 percent gain, with values from 75 to 175 dollars, while high class stock and mares fetch up to 285 dollars. Leads in exports include horses to the United States and a breeding stock shipment to Pennsylvania.
A former Canadian Dr. T. A. Lambie now a naturalized Ethiopian and his Toronto-born wife escaped harm as natives attacked his Red Cross hospital in a tense revolt. Foreign residents face danger as violence erupts during the uprising.
A fragmented crossword puzzle page shows scrambled clues and partial entries across and down. Readers encounter mixed letters and stray symbols as they try to decipher numbers, foreign terms, and misprinted hints.
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