Acton Notes Include Dairies Opened and Local News
Twenty years ago Acton sees a wholesale cream dairy opened by Baxe and Rubinoff in Acton. William Watson wins first place for early potatoes and hoed them himself. Mrs. Jones to begin Baptist pastorate, and wartime aid efforts by women cited. Obituaries note Daniel Talbot and Isabel Hammond Collier with local family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxe
Rubinoff
Acton
William Watson
Churchill
A. Anderson
Beardmore
Yar
Thomas Workman
Church
Willow Streets
RE. Jones
Kincardine
Baptist
Halton
Dufferin
Electrican Blackhall
Talbot
Werest Grange
Eramosa
Daniel Talbot
Collier
Balthafad
Priday
Isabel Hammond
William Collier
McKenzie
Teicswater
Maggie Gordon
Alexander McKenzie
John Gordon
Victoria Day Double Header Set For May 25
General Manager Arthur W Lemun announced morning and afternoon games on Victoria Day at Maple Leaf Stadium. Toronto Club hosts Rochester Red Wings in a double header with 16:36 kickoff for the first game and 3:00 start for the second. Rochester Restores Form with Roth in left field Dossack in right center Crap tree Mills Welland and other assets noted. Night baseball planned to begin June 22 with Rochester at home and a gala program to open the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Lemun
Toronto
Rochester Red Wings
Johnny Rothrock
Frank Dossack
Leafs
Elon Craptree
Waster Mills
Bobby Welland
Red Wing
Kienke
Harrell
Maple Leaf Stadium
Leafs Stadium
Rochester Club
Seweors
A Kiln and a Murder In Odd Rhyme Puzzles
A string of misfit wordplay clues mixes mis-spellings and hints about names and titles. Readers encounter quirky phrases like Napoleon escaped from Melba and Old King Cole, with several garbled phrases and suggestive captions, all in a puzzleish tone.
Canada's Mining Industry and Hidden Farm Tales
Canadian mining and metallurgical sectors rise as a key economy force with 1935 outputs reaching 222 million dollars for metals and 8.6 billion cents in base metals. The narrative also follows a countryside family story of children discovering ducklings under a hen and a surprising ostrich egg misadventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Fac
Simple Rules to Compute Interest from Principal
The article lists basic rules for computing interest on a principal for any number of days. It provides percent based multipliers and division factors from three percent through twelve percent, with guidance on decimal placement for dollars and cents.
How to obtain a good pasture from a country boy
A punchy exam question asks how to obtain a good pasture. The country boy answers simply keep the cows idle and let the land grow up a while. The wry response captures rural humor and practical farming sense.
Slats Diary Chronicles Rural School Week
Oliver N. Warren records a childlike week noting school days and misadventures. Entries describe classroom life, a speeding citation, blisters and laughter, a teacher’s remarks, family meals, and the disrupted Fourth of July with Christmas wishes, ending with a reflective line about life’s quirky routines.
Mike's Dublin trip hints from a wary friend
A misread travel note recalls Mike traveling to Dublin for the first time. A friend warns him about a risky stretch labeled To the Exit that proves a fraud, while other signs like To the Lions or To the Elephants guide visitors toward sights and possible animals in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Dublin
Ike
Pat
Cold evening sprays aid evergreens against red spiders
Garden note says cold showers do not help evergreens and should be used to wash dust. Frequent spraying is advised to remove dust and reduce red spider infestations, with best practice shown by directing water to the undersides of foliage. Keep soil moist and spray in cool evening.
Senator's stenographer opts in for speeches over shorthand
The dialogue reveals a stenographer favoring typing over shorthand to record a senator's speeches. The process is slower but the typewriter noise helps keep them awake during lengthy sessions.
Old stock melodrama mishap with a stubborn pistol
The tale recalls melodrama era stage peril where the heroine adopted the villain, yet the pistol failed to fire. The villain collapsed shouting the gunshot as the weapon misfired, leaving the audience without a laugh in the old town theater.
The Man Refuses to Let Mandy See the Chorus
In a tense exchange Mose contends with Mandy over going to the theatre to see a chorus Indias dance. Mandy bluntly asserts Mose is not respectful or allowed to proceed, shutting down the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandy
Mose
Quote on the disease of the cup pressed pun
A compact quotation credits G K Chesterton noting many moderns suffer from a named ailment described as the disease of the cup pressed pun, reflecting literary humor about modern manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Chesterton
Timetables and Times Scrambled in 616M Record
A jumble of times including 10.07 am 6.13 pm 119 pm and 1.04 pm appears in a timetable fragment. Other entries show 55 am and 11.236 pm with inconsistent hour formats. The chaotic data suggests clerical errors or OCR misreads in a newspaper timetable page.
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Frto
Yagkson
Calgary
N. M. Jackson
Joe
Victoria Day
Napoleon
Melba
King Cole
Gramimar
Hansim
Edgar Wallace
Scotland
Edward the Flrat
Mademisselia
Armentieres
Franc
Chronicles of
Wisié
Parimer
Billy
Fly
Betty
Hetty
Letty
Dea
Mother
Biddy
Hilly
Wetty
Ita
Bullt Han Ranufactures
Laneswey
Vertorles Alan
Montreal
Oliver N. Warren
Abel
P.m
Jane
Jake
Danny
Otto
Abe
Sisker
Alvena
Chrismus
Neether
Mike Life
Berdon
Yuny Enney
Muggs and
Skeeter
By Wally Bishop
Witte
Dumaay
Vesan
Kelloggs
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
London
Ontario
Elmer Banks
John
Iadian
Time
Annon
BUS
Scueputz
May &Rd
United States
Mexico
Wiles’ Restaurant
Central Ontario Bus Lines
Torurto
Kelly & Aiken
Orangeville
Acton Free Fress
Free Press
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