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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 29, 1947

Page

13

There'll Always Be An England Says Eyewitness

An eye witness describes Britain’s severe winter and flood disaster, noting railway blockages coal shortages and city power cuts. He praises British grit and urges aid for the long hardship, including fuel, food, and clothing shortages faced by families.

England Ovrel Old England Old Land Canada Tyncaide London Britain Geith Peter Robinson's Chester Peterborough York Selby

Chocolate price surge driven by war costs and consumer power

The Rowntree report shows ingredient costs for a 2 ounce chocolate block rose from 39s to 125s per cwt between 1939 and 1947, with other costs up 2.88 percent. It warns higher cocoa and sugar prices will push the prewar price 10 percent higher, while consumer responsibility may curb demand.

Rowntree ‘and Company, Limited

You can't make a hug of a gentle man by mving him gn automobile

A fragmented statement comments on attempting kindness or closeness via forceful means. The phrasing implies incomplete text about physical contact and an automobile. No clear individuals or organizations are named.

Hezekiah and the Babylonian Visit in Judah

A readable sermon summary recounts Hezekiah's reform of the Temple and Passover, his alliance with Egypt, the Sennacherib siege, the angelic judgment that lifted the siege, and the later folly of revealing Jerusalem's wealth to Babylon.

Ysrael Nime B.C Jerusalem Judah Assyria Hezekiah Asa Sosiah Israel Isaiah Micah Egypt Heechiah Sennacherib Berodach-baladan Babylon God

Hezekiah’s Folly and Babylonian judgment

The passage discusses Hezekiah’s confession of folly after pride and hidden treasures, Yealah’s verdict against Judah, and Babylonian captivity looming as a result. It cautions that pride and unbelief disrupt revival, stressing that God's focus is the Word and Law rather than Judah’s wealth.

Heb Hezekish Yealah Hezekiah Judah Babylon

Terra Cotta Construction Boom and Local Moves

Terra Cotta residents report a building boom with R Elwood erecting a modern house on Cedar Brae Ave and Leslie Yoam’s carpenters busy on a summer cottage at Davidge's Credit Flats. Mr Clancy of Guelph adds a new fish pond while neighbors move into Rutledge’s Main Street home and Stodard family relocates from Union to George Leslie's farm nearby. The community aids the McPherson family at a funeral and the assessor completed rounds locally.

R. Elwood Cedar Brae Ave R. Clancy Guelph Leslie Yoam Davidge

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