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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
6
Simple bright salad ideas with lettuce tomato cucumber and fruit. Dressings use sweetened condensed milk vinegar or juice oil and egg yolk to create smooth creamy toppings. Recipes include Jerly Fruit Salad Dressing and Cheese Dressing with mustard cayenne and optional cheese.
Two fashionable blouses stand out with distinct details. A white checked taffeta top uses dark green accents, diagonal checks on sleeves and bodice, and dark green stone studs. The second blouse, white pleated georgette, sports smocked chest, puffed sleeves, a Peter Pan collar, and red jeweled studs.
Discussion of war’s ruinous toll cites 8,000,000 killed and 30,000,000 wounded in a world war, with $40 billion in material losses. It references Dr. Nichols Murray Butler and Henri Decugis’s Le Destin, illustrating vast sums that could have funded homes, libraries, universities, and even France and Belgium’s infrastructure in 1914.
Two milk based dessert recipes appear with rennet custard as a base. Golden Glow Custard uses apricot pieces and a whipped apricot top. Orange Fluff Riccius features whipped cream and orange sections as a topping. A light humor anecdote about a new hat closes the item.
A three year old named Feisal II is proclaimed king after the death of his father Ghazi in an automobile crash. A regency is established to govern until the prince reaches his majority.
Gwendoline P Clarke recounts a busy week at Ginger Farm with spiders chased, two deaths in quick succession unsettling the community, and the annual Institute meeting electing a new president. She attends the Girls Conference at Guelph, watches junior girls perform, praises the program, and hears Miss Ethel Chapman on Reading for the Family plus Dr. Q Elmore Reaman on Fears and Phobias before returning home for supper.
Dr A B Hyndman Conservative Carleton assailed federal expenditures as unwise in Canada’s current economy. He cited the 1 3 million National War Memorial and the 3 360 million Supreme Court building as examples. Photo by Paul Horsdal Ottawa.
Dr McCullough of the Health League of Canada contends that claims against combining proteins and starches are unfounded. He asserts green peas and potatoes provide ample protein and that balanced diets integrate proteins and carbohydrates rather than reject them.
The rust resistant Regent wheat seed has been heavily distributed to farmers for this year. Supply is allocated by priority, with many growers listed first. Seed was produced under the Cereal Division at Dominion Experimental Farms in Indian Head Saskatchewan Morden Manitoba and private Manitoba Saskatchewan contracts.
An Irishman narrates a story about a mean farmer who bought a second-hand horse at a fair. After stabling the horse the farmer feeds it and it refuses food and water. The farmer, hopeful, concludes the nag must be a good worker and a bargain.
Canadian Central Press reports on Garden-Graph BEAL wacreias with unclear phrasing. The piece mentions BEAL wacreias in relation to a garden graph concept and potential developments in agricultural data visualization.
A miniature flowering vine known as Linaria or Toadflax thrives in rock crevices and sunny spots. It blooms from spring until frost, with purple flowers and orange centers, and can be propagated by division as roots form along the trailing stems. In fall it can be potted for indoor display.
Canada’s Department of Mines and Resources reports a northward Eskimo migration from Southern Baffin Island over five years. The opening of Dundas Harbour trading post spurred initial moves to Devon Island, later shifts to Arctic Bay, Fort Ross, and adjoining areas, with multiple family groups seeking richer hunting grounds and government help.
Jack questions lending five dollars to a friend and Tom replies he would help, but laments having no friends. The exchange hints at loyalty and social strain in their relationship.
In a humorous exchange Mrs Baggs explains her husband cannot endure opera, while Mrs Wages counters that the closing bars tempt him to leave. The lighthearted quarrel highlights contrasting tastes between spouses.
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