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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 14, 1935
Page
3
Alfred Bailey hires Sven Thornton after a past grievance and a dam crisis. Ten trucks haul cement to seal a breach at Gibraltar Construction's Cascade dam, risking lives to save the project. Sven helps, earns a foreman role, and Bailey ends the ordeal with a wary respect.
An old patent remedy advert promotes external rubbing to open pores and "touching the seat of the trouble" for immediate relief. It also claims internal administration relieves affections of the bronchial tubes and respiratory organs.
Quote from Reverend C. G. Amos emphasizing exchange and generosity as civic virtue. The fragment reflects moral instruction on business and giving within community life.
A vintage recipe feature highlights cheese as a versatile ingredient in soups rings ramekins and baked dishes. It shows cheese rings with vegetables egg spinach ramekins and baked tomato and cheese gullecs with detailed steps and measurements.
Canadian barley is categorized into three classes: she-row, two-row and six-row. Higher grades of two-row and six-row varieties are favored by the malting trade, while lower grades serve feeding uses. Nitrogen content largely determines quality for malting versus brewing and other products. About 70 to 80 percent of production goes to animal feed with total production estimated around 4,550,000 bushels, up 48 percent from 1924.
The text explains that a launch velocity of five miles per second would send an object beyond Earth as a satellite of Earth. Increasing velocity further leads to an elliptical orbit, widening with speed, until reaching a theoretical parabolic escape where the object leaves Earth’s gravity and becomes a Sun satellite.
A toad was found buried in a coal seam at Weetherseal Colliery Burton on Trent two hundred yards below the surface a mile from the pit. A miner’s pick and a truck toppled it from a pocket. The three inch long creature had a snake like mouth and scarred eyelids yet regained sight and use of limbs but did not live long.
The article notes Scotland’s cheese butter and egg consumption and traces supplier rankings. Cheese import sources include New Zealand as the principal, with the Netherlands Australia Canada and Denmark following. Butter mainly from Denmark then New Zealand and Australia. Eggs show Ireland Free State Denmark Poland Netherlands Finland Sweden Belgium Germany China Australia Canada Romania among principal suppliers.
August visitor numbers to Canada show a substantial increase from the prior year. Total admitted reached 2,895,480 with highway and ferry accounting for 2,648,509 and boat 151,203 and train 85,678. Canada total August tourists hit 32,253,792 reflecting growing cross border travel.
A brief exchange about a host expecting grown trees to soften a space. The text shifts to a religious reflection, asserting faith in Jesus as the sole cure for troubled hearts. Juvenal quote appears as a closing note on bearing life’s ills without being overcome.
The Governor General and Lady Tweedsmuir travel by ship along the St Lawrence near Quebec with the Duchess of Richmond aboard. An eminent historian and novelist guides them, pointing out historic landmarks as the vessel proceeds toward the ancient capital region. The Hon. Alastair Buchan accompanies them aboard the cruiser.
The ad copy urges readers to examine advertising thoroughly to assess merits and avoid wasting money. It argues ads exist to help buyers find what they want, suggesting careful consideration yields better value and informed purchases.
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