Acton News Personal Notices From Weekend Visits
Miss Grace Lantz spent the week end with kin in Toronto. Several Acton residents, including Mr. Ivan Kirkness, Mr. and Mrs. Dills, and Mrs. Moore, visited Toronto or nearby for weekend events. Kathleen Kelly leaves for New York City for post graduate study. Pearl Wallace is recovering at home. Local women’s institute members attend the Provincial Convention in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lantz
Thenis
Toronto
G. A. Dills
David and
James
Ming Kathleen Kelly
New York City
J. ©. Gamble
Acton Women's Institute
West
Rockalong Women's Institute
Royal York Hotel
Livestock on Canadian Farms Expands Despite Small Declines
Preliminary counts show total animals on Canadian farms rising from 18 700 200 in 1935 to 39 267 700 in 1936. Hogs lead gains up 23 percent offsetting small drops in horses cattle and sheep. horses 2 018 900, cattle 9 810 100, hogs 4 159 700, sheep 3 370 000.
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Canada
Champlin
New France
Dominion
Abandoned Wives a Froblen in Betty South Africa
Officials in Betty South Africa confront rising numbers of abandoned wives and fatherless children. Despite ordinances, many native heads of families leave farms for Beltz and Johannesburg seeking work, changing names and abandoning obligations.
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Betty
South Africa
Beltz
Johanesburg
New York Market Opens for Christmas Trees
Seasonal movement of eastern Canadian Christmas trees to U S cities will begin soon. Demand grows for potted and artificial trees, but traditional firs remain dominant with Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Quebec exports rising in recent seasons totaling 3 513 682 trees valued at 364 135. New York City remains the main market purchasing about 400 to 2 000 trees monthly in sizes from 6 to 10 feet with Boston Philadelphia Detroit and Pittsburgh as secondary centers.
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Canada
United States
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Industrial Department
Canadian National Railways
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroitt
Pittsburg
Spree Ends In Car Chase On Hog Road
A garbled report describes a fast driving spree with a mention of Roy and Mase View. The text references a wash and a sausage and a hogs slide, with unclear action and locations.
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Roy
Gregory Theatre Program Notes For November Show Mix
Gregory Theatre features Donel Atwill and Irene Hervey in Absolute Quiet a thriller style program plus Pain In The Pullman Changing of the Guard Iski Loveski Youski Popeye Iski Loveski Youski Iski Loveski Youski Sins of Man starring Jean Hersholt The Country Doctor in a dramatic performance plus When Youre Single Yoo Woo in the Valley and When Fish Fight in a varied November lineup
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Donel Atwill
Irene Hervey
Iski
Sins OF Man
Jean Wersholt
Yoo Woo
Oh I Lost My Girl In A Police Lineup Likeness Tale
A jumbled dialogue relays a neighborhood miscue with a man claiming a girl resembles him from childhood. The exchange hints at mistaken identity and a humorous struggle to identify the subject. The tone mimics a street corner anecdote.
Big Eater Insect Feeds On 25 Times Its Weight Daily
A South German entomologist notes the world’s largest eater is the ordinary house spider. It consumes at least 25 times its weight each day, eating four times its weight for breakfast, nine times for lunch and thirteen times for dinner. To match this ration a man would need about 11 tons of food daily.
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Aplder
Pretty wedding unites Hathkeen and Dodds at Cameron Street
The second daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Patrick, Sarah Hathkeen, married Herbert Kitchener Dodds at 3 pm Saturday at their home 5 Cameron Street. Rev H L Bennie officiated. Guests from Hamilton Brantford Millgrove Nassayuweya attended about 75. The couple will reside in Nassayuweya after a Toronto trip.
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Alfred Patrick
Cameron Street
Sarah Hathkeen
Herbert Kitchener Dodds
Walter Anderson
A. Dodds
Nassagayeya
Hll Bennie
Knox Church
Acton
Address Weaver
Burt Patrick
Toronto
Naxsaguweya
Hamilton
Brantford
Millon
Nassayuweya
Private Throgmorton Street in London Gardened Passage
A London street near the Bank of England known as Throgmorton Street is a private thoroughfare owned by the Drapers and Carpenters Companies. It is patrolled by a daytime constable and closed at night, with access limited to tenants and their visitors. A formal garden, tall walls, and a mulberry tree from the Great Fire line the route.
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Throgmorton Street
Drapers' Tall
London
Looking Upward by Sir Arthur Helps on Admiration
A reflective excerpt praising the habit of looking upward and admiring others. It argues that continual upward minds grow, while scorn harms character. Admiration is seen as more tolerant than love, offering a steadier social footing.
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Sir Arthur Helps
Karakul Skins Key South West Africa Export Item
South West Africa under a mandate to South Africa is a pastoral region rich in karakul skins, ranking second in export value after diamonds. Other notable exports include butter, wool, hides, ore, and copper, with trade led by South Africa followed by Germany and Britain. Total imports last year reached about 7 403 660 in value with footwear, vehicles, tobacco, and machinery among top categories.
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Southwest Africa
Union of South Africa
Urst
Natonal Railways
South Africa
Avita
Germany
Great Britouin
Unilta
Belgium
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Brazil
Norway
Holland
Roumania
Yugoslavia
Cunada
Finland
Japan
Italy
Clare T
Canada
New Barleys Coming Improve Canadas Malting Barley
Canadian barley breeders push to combine smooth awn traits with high malting quality. University of Saskatchewan tests hybrids from 1995 96 winter crosses. 125000 seeds produced, 5000 best lines planted in 2006. Western Canada projects aim for high yielding malting barleys in 3 4 years.
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Canada
University of Saskatchewan
Acton Club pre-season notes and lineup changes
The Acton Badminton Club and junior hockey teams discuss pre-season workouts and potential changes. Players like Bug Morton may move to the North, new aces emerge, and OHA entries loom for Acton juniors. Georgetown hires coach Dicky Carroll as headlines warn of possible lineup shifts.
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Call of the North
Acton
Bug Morton
Kirkland Lake
New Yorker Leads Nation in Salt Water Fish Consumption
The New Yorker tops U S eaters with 32 pounds of salt water fish per capita while fresh water fish appeal more to Jewish communities. Canada supplies most U S freshwater imports, about 45 million pounds, from Great Lakes and Western Canada areas with seasonal markets.
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United States
New Yorker
Canada
Great Water
Great Lakes
Minnesota
New York
Western Canada
Natural Resources Department
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Port Sydney
Ders
ML EL Lane
Guelph
N. F. Moore
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Edwin Barnes
Anetth Barnes
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Bracebridge
John McDonald
Mimico
Mer
Wm. Landsborough
Earl H. Vincent
Billie
Barbara
Mira
Roy Wansbrough
Donald
HIG Market
George Wallace
Yonge St
Ryrie Birks
Optometrists
E.P
St. Georges Square
Northland
James Oliver Cur- Wood
Rochelle Woodson
Fox News
Africa
Bill Eccleshall
Galt
Burfiat
Elora
Whitby
Dicky” Carroll
Georgetown
Fergus
Dicky
Carroll
ST. Alban’s Men’s Club
the Merrymakers
Free Press Annual
Santa Claus
Free Press
Mtails
Free Press Office
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