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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
23
The Free Press outlines legal notice rates per line and per insertion with discounts for repeated insertions, and prices for small ads at one cent per word with a minimum. It states free reports of meetings, memoriam notices, and disclaims liability for errors unless a written proof is requested and signed.
The Fort William Times-Journal notes newspapers must sustain radio interest to protect receiver sales. It argues media like magazines and billboards fail without newspaper support and emphasizes the newspaper's role in driving public action and community sports engagement. It highlights Tri-County League games and Acton’s players joining the lineup as signs of growing local sports participation and reserves.
The article notes a clash between pets and kids in communities like Acton as dogs disrupt flower beds and children seek activity. It suggests solutions from moving show places to the country or housing dogs and children there, both requiring funds, with a nod to the Dionnes born in the country where space is plentiful.
The Bank of Montreal notes mixed activity in Ontario. Wholesalers are satisfied with current volume while retail sales lag behind expectations. Country trade improves as farming purchasing power rises. Collections run fair to good. Industrial activity stays above last year. Auto plants near capacity but parts shortages from U S strikes curb production. Tool makers quiet with orders on hand. Steel and iron moderately busy. Agricultural implement makers see higher orders. Furniture quiet. Knitting and hosiery mills at capacity. cotton extie plants well employed. Tanners busy and boot and shoe factories mostly full time. Lumber prices firm and sales hold up. Flour milling quiet due to weak export demand.
Delegations to Acton Council are steady this year with the Court of Revision on the docket. Many items remain loose and require thorough inquiry before a definite ruling is made, while citizens show steady interest in municipal government.
Canada grows 300 to 400 million bushels of oats yearly and often yields more oats than wheat. King’s birthday to be observed Monday despite recent loyalty notes. February rail freight rose to 5,298,793 tons from 4,805,378. Bruce County Council to meet in Kincardine for June holidays. Also notes Tulsa business, stopping distances for cars, and an elderly driver charged after a hydro pole incident.
The article outlines a 1935 Sunday School lesson focusing on worship as a joyous duty. It praises heartfelt praise, inner preparation, and true worship grounded in gratitude to God through Christ, urging consistent devotion beyond sermon or music. It contrasts public joy in worship with formal coldness and discusses Jesus and Sabbath идеи.
A humorous exchange unfolds in traffic court as a driver pretends to forecast the weather to dodge a fine. The judge warns of jail on a future offense while the driver quips about weather. An ad for Douglas' Egyptian Garniment claims quick relief for burns and foot ailments.
The piece argues Sunday should be a holy day, contrasting its intended blessing with its misuse through excessive amusements and drinking. It urges personal effort to honor the sabbath, noting church services and Sunday schools as aids to moral and spiritual growth, and questions anyone prescribing rigid rules.
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