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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 19, 1931
Page
2
The piece stresses citizen duty to nominate capable candidates to administer a city budget of 40 000 to 50 000. It warns that nominees will spend taxpayers money and must reflect the ratepayers’ interests. Voters bear responsibility for choosing the right administrators.
Remembrance Day last week under the Acton Legion auspices drew broad citizen participation. Acton's memorial, erected after the armistice, has hosted service for twelve years with growing unison this year as veterans and citizens cooperated closely, honoring both living and dead.
An inquiry into temperance outreach shows the Prohibition Union speaker barred from addressing Acton School pupils while allowed in rural schools. Critics say the incident reveals laxity and weak support for temperance education amid intense liquor control debates. A safety film display followed, questioning moral aims versus public health.
Finance Department financial statement reports seven months to October with total ordinary revenue at $202,871,022 and expenditures at $201,063,580, a margin of about $1,000,000. The document lists detailed figures by category for 1934 and 1930 comparison, including customs duties, income tax, post office, defence, and public works, among others.
Editorial notes discuss dangerous water service keys, autumn weather of 1931, high tariffs and exchange rates, upcoming municipal nominations, urging worthy citizenship, rural fire worries, and political party critiques. Also commentary on Canada taking mint control, dairy factory outputs, election figures, new factories in Toronto, prune cultivation in Sidney, and Canada's dried plum imports.
A warm bright day frames a Free Press column by Gwendoline F. Clarke. The prose muses on weather, war memories, and the League of Nations, then shifts to family life on a farm in Ontario. It reflects on children’s growth, schooling, and the pull of home, ending with a note of sunshine and laughter despite global tensions.
Aimed at wage earners, the piece argues salary increases come from greater effort or higher quality work. It cites a wealthy employer halting servants for doing tasks not theirs and concludes that workers must improve their own performance to win raises. The piece notes many good workers exist, but few truly excellent ones, urging individuals to act now.
Fragmented text discusses beauty claims and maternal care, mentioning protective tones toward children. It asserts women’s beauty standards and references aviation pilots, noting a statistic that 4 of 190 pilots in the United States are women.
The dialogue reveals scheming ambitions around a questionable enterprise. A witty exchange hints at early schemes to profit, with one character pressing another to advance a risky venture through resourceful, if unscrupulous, means.
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