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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1936
Page
6
A personal reminiscence recalls a grandpa who inspired the narrator by comforting him after a fall and kissing him twice. This moment is described as the path that led to the speaker’s wedding day.
Practical guide on inexpensive timely fish dishes for working families. It emphasizes fish as a key protein, offers selection notes from whole to canned, and provides broiling and frying methods. Includes Halibut Spanish Style recipe and a quick salmon dish for a simple supper.
The memoir recounts Kennedy family departures from a cold root tree and names marriages, deaths, and people linked to Acton. It covers homes on Main Street, the Holt mill, the Smiths, and a procession era with calibum plans and Queen's Birthday parades. It notes Acton incorporation in 1873 and the rise and fall of the Acton Plow Company.
In a playful kitchen scene Mary reports testing a large plum pudding with a knife to check doneness. The knife emerges clean and she quips that Olive stuck all the other knives in it, adding humor to a busy day of cooking.
Maria Ukolova, a young doctor at Sverdlovak Institute of Experimental Medicine, reports a new X-ray technique to image the inside of the living heart. The method aims to reveal heart function and solve longstanding questions about cardiac activity.
Two Black bosses argued about a ghost sighting near a cemetery. One insisted a haunting was involved while the other doubted it, prompting a sharp remark about someone named Jed falling behind in the rush.
Directory fragment lists doctors Dr Ja McNiven and Dr E J Nelson with offices in Acton, Ontario, plus Harold Nash as farmer and M A Barrister Notary Public Conveyancer Eta on Mill Street. Seynuck's Cafe on Yats Street appears with appointment phone and Georgetown office hours noted. Acton Georgetown appointments arranged Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.
Office in Lelshman block operates nine to six with evenings by appointment. Gas for extractions service closed Wednesday afternoons. Phone IDs provided.
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