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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
7
A fragmentary text ponders the lack of ears in a peculiar egg like object. It imagines a round or square shell and argues that seers are futile as eggs have no soul no wings no appetite or thought. The speaker muses on insuring its beauty even without cracking shells.
From the Free Press issue dated November 20 1918 Acton residents note a fall shipment of turnips and a move by Mr B Sterkman and family to Toronto. High School pupils form the Literary Socklery and the Library Board plans new book additions while the Trustee Conference at Milton includes Acton representatives. A birth in Calgary Alberta and a death are mentioned along with a product note for Graves Worm Exterminator.
A flock of 198 birds at the Dominion Experimental Station Windermere produced 10 362 eggs from Oct 9 to Feb end, averaging 75 eggs per fowl. Forty eight birds averaged 100 eggs and 89 averaged 90. Conditions included cold snaps to 35 degrees below zero with no artificial heat. Details on feeding and housing are given, noting required bird quality, proper feed, sanitation, and personal factors.
Excavations near Damghan in Northwestern Persia by the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology uncover a palace plus a cemetery with hundreds of burials. Alabaster vessels a copper dagger with silver grip and assorted gold silver and agate ornaments are reported. The site suggests a 2000 B C town center with extensive mortuary remains and adornments. Further digs could illuminate daily life of ancient Tepe Hissar residents and reconstruct the town.
The narrator describes a cold November morning with a sparrow trapped by windows and temporarily freed by Daughter. Family life centers on building sets, craft toys, and lessons on constructive play for children, urging parents to choose interactive educational gifts over purely mechanical toys.
A fragmentary diary by Farquhar recounts a rural student named Jake in a history class and daily humor. Entries from Friday to Wednesday cover missteps with baking powder, ants as role models, a torched night ride, gas station worries, and misprinted news about Miss Evaln Dunn with a broken nose.
An ad touts Persian Balm as a dainty, fragrant skin softener for women. It claims quick absorption, velvet complexion effects, and relief from wind and weather induced roughness. It emphasizes feminine charm and hands that become soft and white.
Dr J D Kellogg promotes a remedy described as long studied and tested that eliminates the cause of asthma. The advertisement asserts immediate relief and positive succor, claiming the product was not released publicly until its makers were confident it would work.
A Dominion Horticulturalist advises that climbing roses on year-old wood require winter protection to bloom well next year. Trim away weak shoots, remove old wood, raise canes, and tie them to stakes. For winter, bend canes into a box with dry leaves and a lid, then vent in spring to dry and harden the bark.
An old advertisement promotes a constitutional treatment for catarrh and deafness. It urges readers to share the formula, claims sprays and douches worsen the condition, and instructs mixing Parmint with hot water and sugar for thrice daily use to relieve head noises and restore hearing.
Newspaper advertising, will have the effect of reducing any overstock of goods a merchant may have, but it takes continuous advertising to have any lasting effect. It must at least be admitted that some bankers whose life work has been the study of economic conditions know their business equally as well, if not better, than quite a number of our politicians.
The piece urges local business leaders and farmers to stay active, advertise, and awaken to opportunities. It praises traffic control as decent but imperfect and stresses learning from experience to build a more prosperous city through daily gains.
Timetables show daily service at Acton except Sundays with morning and evening departures. Eastbound Chicago flyer passes here at 9.35 pm and stops at Georgetown at 9.44 pm. Sunday service includes 8.55 am 3.23 pm 7.00 pm 10.28 pm.
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