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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
6
Aged notes and tips for women readers include daily affirmations for November and weekly moral aphorisms. NURSE BLERAN HOME HINTS offer kitchen and footwear hacks. DID YOU KNOW reveals a historical navy diet contrast with modern convict feeding. a riddle about a bed closes the column.
A circus of neckline detail dominates the latest dress trends with cowls tucks folds piping beading and woven necklaces. The featured Cushion show dress in pebbly crepe uses a black belt with jade and gold buckle and a horizontal draped neck forming winged points over the shoulders.
A soft edged memoir recounts threshing starts on a windy Novemb er 5 1939 in Acton. The author notes farm chores via family visits a driving outing to town and an Ontario license plate moment with an old car named Optimist. Preparations for school lunches and tips on balanced noon meals follow.
A young Spring attendee asks if the singer is in English and an elderly man replies with the pun that she is a soprano, highlighting audience confusion at his first opera.
A quirky notice hints at upcoming menu changes with playful neologisms. It mentions Weusahola Wdeas and Geggastions as new offerings to tease diners. The brief reads like a tasting teaser from a restaurant or cafe.
Miss Hazel J Freeman offers guidance on cooking fish to perfection using precise heat and timing, noting albumin setting as the sign of doneness. The text also includes brief notes on Canadian apples, Doomerang humor, and casual exchanges about work and nurses in a collage of curios.
A historic column notes advertising as essential as taxes and insurance for retailers. It recounts J V McArve’s Globe column tale of Timothy Eaton accepting a $1,400 two page ad with a no risk promise, sparking rapid orders and proving advertising value.
Twelve Halifax boys and girls aged eight to thirteen will present a musical ride on ponies at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. The Halifax Riding and Driving Club members will display coordinated movements to military music, bringing sixteen ponies and chaperones from Nova Scotia for performances November 15 to 23.
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