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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1934
Page
2
Marian Barcley, a New York aspiring singer, starts flipping pancakes to cover chores and discovers a breakthrough. A restaurant manager and waitress help her seize a chance to audition and land a radio talent contract. Her quiet croon becomes a nation wide sensation, linking homey kitchen tones to stardom.
To safeguard the child from worm damage the medicine par excellence for children claims to clear the system of worms. The powders are said to regulate and stimulate affected organs and encourage healthy digestion. As a vermifuge it is claimed to be effective.
Canada issued 548 248 radio licenses in the first half of the fiscal year from April to September, a rise of about 45 000 from the prior year. Production and imports surged, with 984 radios produced in the first half of 1934, and imports valued at 1 255 095 dollars for nine months, signaling a strong growth in domestic radio growth and consumption across the country.
Lord Raglan argues no genuine Norman pedigree exists as most claimed lineages are forged by heraldic dealers. A mathematician notes that each person has about 134 million ancestors since William the Conqueror, suggesting many Britons may have Norman ancestry through countless marriage links.
The Monuments and Memorials Board of Canada, to boost awareness of national history, places tablets at sites across the Dominion and commemorates notable persons and events. Recent marks include Capt. George Vancouver's Pacific coast exploration sites in Vancouver and a major prehistoric midden in New Westminster British Columbia.
Arthur Beverley Baxter pursued many roles from a Toron instrument house employee and church tenor to a magazine writer. He authored The Parts Men Play and after World War I joined Lord Beaverbrook on the Daily Express becoming Editor in Chief before moving to a major British film company.
The Shanghai Critic laments a culture where life has little value and murders go unsolved. It notes an average of two weekly killings, unidentified bodies, and burials by philanthropy as police protection is questioned and cases are hushed up.
The Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics reports 372 296 more males than females in the population. The finding highlights a gender imbalance in the national demography based on a recent government return.
Motorists in Canada can travel on surfaced roads a distance nearly four times the earth circumference and on unsurfaced roads more than 12 times that distance.
A light pun asks why a boatman resembles a miner, answering that both handle oar and ore. The quip plays on homophones to draw a simple, humorous comparison.
The Dominion newsletter details the final Poultry Field Day at the Central Farm on October 18 with talks and demonstrations by Division of Poultry Husbandry staff. It also covers results from the Fifteenth Canadian Egg Laying Contest at the Central Experimental Farm and the Fourteenth Ontario Egg Laying Contest, noting top pens, high point totals, and individual birds across Barred Rocks and White Leghorns.
A patient describes severe thinness and fatigue then credits C. C. & B. Tonic Tablets with a quick 12 pound gain. The ad touts four ingredients Calcium Carbonate Brewer's Yeast Bland's Tron and Cod Liver extract claimed to purify blood improve digestion and help body weight. Sold at drug stores with a testimonial from M. Fry of Lachine P Q.
The speaker argues that those who never must work often fall into folly and crisis, while regular work creates ease and satisfaction. Envy of the idle is misplaced. true luck lies in work that must be done and the strength to do it.
A boy questions why boots are repaired with hide in a cobbler shop and the craftsman explains the material. The boy remains bold while a cow outside is mentioned. A riddle follows asking what never eats with teeth, answer: a comb.
A businessman waiting for a train buys a paper from a shrill newsboy. The boy, once ignored, follows him daily with a hopeful gaze. He recalls being called "My boy" and expresses a wish to repay the kindness once given.
An advertisement extols Kellogg's ALL-BRAN as a dietary cereal that provides bulk to ease constipation and support digestion. It claims fiber absorbs moisture to form a soft mass, offers vitamin B and iron, and compares favorably to leafy vegetables. Produced by Kellogg in London Ontario.
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