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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 02, 1933
Page
7
Long column from Acton notes a mix of weather, holiday preparations, and local life. It mentions Christmas shopping nearing, property upkeep at Soldiers Memorial, Remembrance Day reflections, social gatherings, and a fatal rural accident involving Mr. David McCutcheon of Guelph. The piece also records community notices, redecoration at Harold Wiles’ confectionery, and tributes from friends and family.
Gov General Frank Murphy urges enlightened government to address economic and social injustices. He emphasizes education healthful living fair justice steady employment and care for the sick to ensure true liberty and democracy for every man woman and child. He calls for human understanding alongside administrative ability.
The Bodleian Library reveals a Privy Council note showing King Charles II and Clarendon discussing a royal visit. Charles consents on the same paper and jokes about bringing a light train. Clarendon jokes about forty or fifty horses to accompany the king.
The funeral for David John Taylor of Georgetown took place at Greenwood Cemetery on Monday afternoon. He died at his home after a brief illness and had lived in Georgetown for 75 years. He ran a shoemaking business and was a Baptist Church member and Conservative supporter. Rev. W. G MacAlpine conducted the service.
A stranded speaker recounts a long winded near incident on a lonely road with a blazing car. A weary listener answers with a quip about taking a breath and blowing it out, turning danger into humor.
An electric catfish in Wight uses body organs to shock larger fish its fins brush the victim as it approaches crumbs from the bigger fish’s meal. Startled, the big fish flees and the catfish calmly feeds on the exposed meal.
Mistress notes chipped china in the storeroom and a kitchen maid deflects, insisting the damage isn’t hers. The exchange hints at household tensions and strict upkeep of china in the household.
A clipped line opening a terse exchange hints at a caller seeking unspecified business. The fragment suggests a formal or tense interaction, with emphasis on leaving a memory behind and addressing a person of authority. The incomplete text offers little concrete detail on who, where, or what is involved.
Grain dealers on the Toronto Board of Trade quote prices for wheat at 62 to 65 cents, oats 30 to 32 cents, barley 30 to 32 cents, buckwheat 5 cents. Dairy products ratios show quotients for butter and solids with 19 to 20 percent levels. Poultry prices cover broilers up to 3 to 4 pounds and fatted hens over six pounds with minor adjustments for weights.
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