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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 28, 1936
Page
13
A fragmented poem speaks of love and longing. The speaker laments words spoken by a beloved, memory and heartache clash with duty and youth while attempting to forget. The verses imply praise of beauty and restraint against passion.
A compact kitchen feature presents two mains and a dessert. Tuna celery souffle mixes tuna fish celery milk eggs and tapioca baked in a water bath for eight servings. Banana tapioca cream blends tapioca milk sugar salt egg yolk and vanilla with bananas, then chills for eight. Also tips on an elegant gelatine dessert and fruit glaze enhancements.
Fragmented reminiscence recalls a Mil Street walk from Guelph Street to Grand Trunk Railway and the old park on Mill Wilbur. It recounts wood yards, trains, cricket, and a famed Maple Leafs versus Nil Desperandums game with primitive scoring and vivid local color.
The publicly owned Hydro Electric System of Ontario ranks as the third largest commercial institution in Canada trailing only the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Capital investment across commissions and municipal plants and inventories exceeds 400 million dollars. It serves 877 municipalities and companies, meeting the light and power needs of about 630,000 customers. For the year ended October 1935 the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario reported total revenue of 30,000,500 dollars.
The Commons hosted drills by Company No 6 under Captain Allan and Lieut Jim Cretchton. May 24 marked Queen Victoria's birthday with gatherings, Scottish contests, Calfthum plans, and parades. The area witnessed fireworks, the Grange parade, lodge events, and later development including a Grand Trunk station nearby.
Canada sold about 103000 cattle to the United States in 1935 and 21000 head of calves. Beef exports to the U S reached roughly 6 million pounds in 1935 with lower volumes and prices in early 1934. The Sixteenth Annual Market Review notes mixed domestic prices and expects further Canadian cattle marketing growth with the United States as a key feeder market.
In the Belgian Congo a white population of about 25 000 drives codfish demand while dry salted tins from Norway and Britain supply the market. Two main forms exist boneless pieces and whole boneless fillets. Across the world in Dominica Canadian fishers once supplied direct sales and brokers now handle trade.
Fragmentary OCR shows a malformed conversation about authors and money for a child book. Mentions consents, a friend asking about a hospital or clinic, and one person sending another away for six months while the other writes. The text is highly garbled and unclear.
The diary narrates a childlike week with rambling events and miswritten lines. Entries include a minor car collision with Ma driving, a school contest, questions about ship port holes, taxes, a teacher comments on Jane, and a forecast discussion with Pa. The tone is fragmented and humorous.
The article notes floods and epidemics in China, with 10 000 square miles inundated and millions homeless. It argues the family system sustains unity, while workers in Shanghai earn meager wages across industries and many rely on apprenticeship with little pay.
Grace weighs love against money as Grace and Anne discuss Mr Bracktor. Ye suggests Vale Bracktor’s fortune changes the game, while Grace fears social climbing and contemplates life with a humble partner. The scene ends with Grace alone, reflecting on desire and fortune.
France plans a new government to take office in June led by Leon Blum a wealthy Jewish socialist leader of the SFIO and the Popular Front with a cabinet drawn from the Socialist and Radical Socialist parties amidst post election tension.
In a terse exchange a father asks if the car was used last night and the son admits taking some of the beys for a run. The parent then mentions finding two of their Upsticks, urging the son to inform them.
Scale insects may attack rubber plants and ferns at home. They cluster along branches and leaf undersides, usually along leaf veins. Use a wash of whale oil and soap dissolved in water to scrub foliage, then rinse with cold water to remove residue.
Acton Georgetown lists Beynick's Cafe at Main Street and Yar Appointments with Tuesday and Thursday hours from 1.15 pm to 4.30 pm and contact by phone 29. A notice notes a dental office moved to Symon Block Sal Street Astom with new quarters in the city.
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