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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1934
Page
13
A motivational verse emphasizes that tasks battles and changes are possible with strong will. It urges mastering fate by tapping a deep inner force. Courage to try is the key to overcoming obstacles and past mistakes.
In the Barkerville Cariboo area British Columbia mining stabilizes after a boom with active exploration for gold. Canadian Mines reports one operating mine with a 100 ton daily mill and a second company planning 50 tons daily, ore averaging about half an ounce per ton from pyritic quartz veins and limestone replacements near Jack of Clubs Lake, Wells townsite surveyed with construction underway.
Alf Steele a Winnipeg civic sewer worker retires after 27 years of inspecting repairing and odd jobs in the city’s sewers. Born in Lincolnshire England he plans to raise chickens tend a garden and enjoy quiet retirement. He recalls rescuing eyeglasses keys and even false teeth from catch basins and once spent a night in the sewer chasing a misplaced $1,000 ring.
Several novel ways use rice as a base with recipes for Rice and Cheese Roll and Chicken and Rice Scruffle featuring cheese, tomato sauce, and gravy. A Candy Etiquette note advises bon bon dishes at table corners, color coordination, and suitable small candies to complement meals.
Fry ham and brown with fat then stir in flour and orange juice until smooth. Simmer five minutes to thicken the sauce and pour around the ham on a serving dish. Garnish with parsley and orange slices. Also notes asthma remedy ad promoting Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy claims relief.
Dr. J. B. Shaw urges that a world with no mistakes would stifle growth. Each failed plan and speedy adjustment sharpens education and character. Emphasizing practical, earthbound effort, the message champions tough tasks as the training ground for strong, courageous spirits.
Chicago honors Italy's air armada leader Balbo by naming a street Balbo Avenue. Ann points proudly to the new marker, commemorating the historic naming ceremony and civic homage in the city.
Jim Toney of Wolfville Nova Scotia described a hand to hand clash with a maddened bear while forest work. He felled the cub with an axe to claim a government bounty and escaped when the mother bear charged. his two brothers arrived with guns and drove the bear away.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports rising illiteracy over ten years in proportion to population growth. 1939 census tallies 660,505 adults over five unable to read or write and 34,936 who can read but not write, up from 615,167 and related figures in 1921 with population growth from 7,730,833 to 9,302,371.
Explorers from Catahoula parish Louisiana found seven foot tall skeletons of Indians. Smithsonian investigators locating 15 to 20 skeletons in a grave on a mound near Lake Larage describe the remains as unusually tall.
The moon remains in place due to the gravitational bindings of Earth's orbital system and tidal forces shaping its motion.
The piece compares building elevators to youth development, arguing years do not equal knowledge. It warns of pupils abandoning serious reading for sensational magazines, condemns self indulgence, laments carriers of moral decline, and asserts progress requires effort and ascent, not relying on automatic buttons.
An advertiser argues that systematic thorough lubrication yields more miles and avoids repair costs. Regular service keeps trade-in value high and prolongs satisfaction, urging readers to visit regularly and avoid delaying maintenance.
W T Anderson of the Macon Telegraph and Macon Evening News argues advertising pays only if truthful and well crafted. He compares novelty and billboard costs unfavorably, endorses newspapers as trustworthy venues with verifiable circulation and strict controls on misrepresentation and fake ads.
Local listing shows business hours for Mill Street in Acton Ontario from 9 30 a m to 5 p m and Saturday hours until noon.
Barrister and solicitor Kenneth M. Langdon offers notary public and legal services at T Seynuck's Cafe on Main Street. Appointments available in Acton and Georgetown with office hours Tuesday and Thursday 1.15 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Evenings on request.
A J Buchanan D D S dental surgeon offers office hours 9 am to 6 pm in Lelshman Block with evenings by appointment. Gas for extractions. P W Pearen D D S L D S successor to late Dr Bell, Mill Street Acton phone 29. Veterinary surgeon offers prompt attention to all calls and reasonable terms, Mill Street next Wiles Cafe. Phone 135-ACTON Ontario.
Graduate Veterinary with 27 years of service successor to the late Dr H A Coxe offers phone numbers 66 and 7 with office at the late Dr Coxe location. Services include account books bound ruling and periodicals bound and neatly completed. Located at Wyndham Street in Guelph Ontario.
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