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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 19, 1936
Page
7
A Picton Times item muses on human limits and risks from speed to stamina, questioning how much a person can endure before failure or fault, from driving to breath holding and work patience. It playfully contrasts risk with resilience amid everyday temptations and dangers.
A fragmented home cooking feature promotes soups with dried Lima beans and tomatoes as hearty winter meals. Recipes include Savory Lima Soup and Lima and Tomato Soup, plus ideas for fondant sweets and bon bons using condensed milk, peanut butter, and nuts.
Nostalgic reminiscence recounts West Bower Avenue history from farm beginnings to St Alban’s Church. It chronicles early residents including the Worsnop family, blacksmiths like Waldie and Grant, and the Kennedy household with Kate and Donald Kennedy, noting social life, births, deaths, and local industry.
An article describes a Chinese man who can write 150 intricate characters in many ways. He writes blindfolded using his hands, with a brush in his nostril or ear, between his teeth, or even with his forehead, tongue, or ear.
The provisional Trade and Payments agreements between Canada and Germany effective November 15 1936 replace the 1933 aid arrangement. The pact seeks to increase Canadian exports to Germany by enabling the dollar funds from German sales in Canada to be used for Canadian imports. A schedule allocates 63.1 percent of exchange earnings to specified commodities including wheat fresh apples dried apples cheese seeds honey and agricultural machinery parts with 36.9 percent for other goods or extra quantities.
The 1976 quinquennial census shows Prairie Provinces Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan gaining population overall and especially in northern districts. Growth stems from new farms in drought areas, northern mining, and port and railway developments at Port Churchill.
The missive dated three months into absence reports a well family, a growing baby with more sense, and Mollie sending greetings to her father. She signs off as your daughter Mollie hoping you are well.
Fragmentary text notes a marriage between Kate and Charlie, suggesting their life together was long and happy until Charley’s departure, leaving a bereaved widow and their sons. The passage hints at a turning point but lacks clear dates or names beyond Kate and Charlie.
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