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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
7
A verse notes Miss Sylvia Burdett receiving a wet basket of flowers while Miss Lucy Lancaster McClain gathers mowers in the rain. The scene emphasizes early morning activity and the date first of May with urgency and flurry.
Twenty years ago reports note census enumerators at work and a 90 degree June day. Fire Brigade prepares for Dominion Day crowds with festivities. Esquesing Township Council discusses grading Queen Street past Cook survey. Moesirs Beardmore buyer William Cameron returns from four months in South Africa. Local horse anecdotes compare age and work. Births marriages and a Saskatoon birth are listed along with wedding details in Toronto.
This study summarizes Jesus praying at Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives, the weight of the world’s sin, and his subsequent arrest led by Judas. It notes the disciples’ failure to pray, Jesus’ passion, and the betrayal scene with emphasis on theological contrasts and the crucifixion outcome.
Hetty Barclay presents novel tomato recipes including Tomato Jelly and Tomato Bavory with steps and ingredients. A long civic note defines census family concepts, explaining who counts as a family in dwelling and institutional contexts.
The Eleven Annual Live Stock Market and Meat Trade Review of the Dominion Live Stock Branch foresees an improved hog market for the coming year. It notes 1930 saw hogs claim most of the meat output with volatile prices, but expects world parity prices or export markets to temper declines as production rises.
The Division of Animal Husbandry at Central Experimental Farm Ottawa sold 10 rising two year old beef cattle brought east from the ranges. They dressed 61.2 percent for an average of 575 pounds each and brought $8 per cwt while the week’s top average was $6.85. Finishing ration peaked at 10 pounds daily with 80 percent barley plus oats gluten meal and oil cake. Montreal buyers favored the finished lot.
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