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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
3
A nostalgic poem celebrates a cozy kitchen space that feeds daily life on a farm. The speaker cherishes a sunlit room with purring hens, a wall of cupboards, jostling cups on hooks, and a view of passing teams and threshing week. It praises family meals, warm lamps, and homey scents of gravy, fruit pies, and fresh bread.
Frost damage reportedly less severe than expected. Residents James Barden & Gon move business to Acton. H’s tin and stove depot location changes. Reverend Patterson replaced by Mr. Brierly as Congregational pastor in Churchill. Morris Saxe buys corner roughcast building at Mil and Frederick Streets. Fire destroys a log house on Duncan Keith farm in Esquesing. OC Hoare visits Acton to see old family ties. Miss Spereman catalogs 3500 volumes at Acton Library. Dewey Decimal system taught. Herbert Copeland buys 50 acre farm from Robert Cole in Esquesing. Married Cooper Smith at Acton Baptist Church. death of Wilbur Swackhamer in Wine House. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator touted for children.
A published bulletin explains a homemade spray using pyrethrum and kerosene to destroy household and farm insect pests. The mixture details include half a pound of pyrethrum per gallon of kerosene, filtration of residue, and optional additives for odor and fabric safety. For bedbugs extra cresol boosts effectiveness, and a tight container preserves strength. Proprietary sprays offer a ready substitute for those avoiding preparation.
A Black caller informed hospital staff that their friend Jon Brown was recovering and convalescing well. The nurse confirmed the patient was progressing, and the caller waited quietly as the conversation ended.
The adoption campaign led by Hon. David Croll prompts couples to seek children from the Children's Aid Society. Reports show husbands opening up about adoption and applicants requesting detailed child histories, with welfare officials guiding families through applications and required checks.
The piece blends garden observations with domestic snippets. The author savors blooming borders, worries about weeds, and imagines a future spring cleanup while sharing a humorous hair anecdote and a meditation on health and style. A quoted verse from The Singing Kettle adds whimsy.
In a tense unfolding on a terrace Shirley tends Peter a bedridden man while his mother and others plot to keep him entertained. A nurse arrives, misidentifications arise, and hidden motives surface as a car breakdown brings a fragile, uneasy visit to a Boston-bound household.
The Dominion Experimental Farm reports a shortage of young horses, urging breeders to raise foals from draft mares due to rising prices and long production times. It also highlights progress in developing superior wheats Garnet and Reward, with Reward praised for quality and show results. Beekeeping notes describe minimizing swarming by strong queens, ample brood space, nectar storage, and ventilation in hot weather.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canadian fur production rose for the third year straight. In the year ending June 30 1934 the value reached 13,122,203 dollars from 10,305,154 the prior year, with pelts totaling 6,003,301. Ontario led in pelts valued at 2,230,030 dollars, followed by Alberta at 1,535,700. Silver fox tops values at 3,711,283 dollars while muskrat and mink follow. Average prices shifted modestly with fisher and ermine up while mink and red fox fell. Squirrel pelts soared from 316,035 to 1,473,020, largely from Alberta. Fur farming grows, contributing about one percent of the industry’s value, with 8,472 farms and 7,609,507 dollars in fur-bearing animal value. fox farms number 6,607 with 100,962 animals.
In a fragmentary exchange, Mrs. Razzle laments a wrecked Perkins while Mrs. Daysle notes his early admission to the bar, hinting at a troubled legal path and youthful ambitions.
A visitor praised the display of a lamb and lamb alike beside Non while a manager responded that sometimes the lamb must be renewed. The exchange hints at routine care and replenishment practices in the menagerie.
A fragment shows Gladys and Troodlet in a broken engagement exchange with claims of friendship and trust. The dialogue hints at regret and reassessment of their relationship.
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