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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 05, 1931
Page
7
A nostalgic poem recalls a toy strewn house as a refuge of childhood joy. The speaker longs to return to rooms filled with dolls, trains, blocks, paints, and books, where echoes of bygone noises and happy play revive the weary heart. Authorship attributed to unknown.
Seventy years ago items report an eight horse team moving machinery to Beardmore tannery yards and local postings like houses for rent. Dairymen face milk famine due to poor feed. Wm Ritchie buys Rob Lasby’s teaming business and starts anew. Government post office building needs emphasized as contractors pay 3.15 daily for grading teams. Beardmore road work and G T R main line to tannery excavation awarded to a Hamilton firm with 45000 yards of earth moving. Frank and Mrs. McIntosh relocate to Toronto confirming Acton ties. Charles Gripps dies aged 13. notices of local matters and minor commerce fill the column.
A 1930 experiment at Fredericton New Brunswick Agricultural Station compared mounding and trenching for wintering roses. One hundred seventy two plants were observed. mounded roses grew larger and bloomed earlier, though with slightly higher mortality. Researchers advise mounding soil around the canes to 8 to 13 inches and using fresh strawy manure after freezing, ensuring wood is well ripened.
A wartime diary reflects radio shortages and relief over a British electoral triumph. The author notes Nelsons oil command and England expects every man to do his duty, while farm prices and wheat outlook dominate talk as winter approaches. Domestic scenes describe Halloween preparations, two children, and parental attentiveness amid busy farm chores and reflections on family cooperation.
An advertisement to local retailers explains calculating daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly sales needs. It outlines steps to sum annual operating expenses and required net profit, then divide by the number of working days in the year to find daily operating cost.
The piece outlines calculating daily sales needs from expenses and profit goals, then evaluating average transaction value and gross profit. It stresses daily measurement, alluring windows, courteous service, a strong merchandise mix, competitive pricing, and frequent newspaper invitations to attract repeat customers.
The text presents scattered times such as 4.08 a.m. 2.28 p.m 4.40 p.m. 10.32 p.m. 8.45, resembling a diary or log fragment. No clear events, names, or locations are provided to establish a concrete news item or人物.
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