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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 28, 1929
Page
3
The text presents a frayed poem-like meditation on a market bazaar and the seller's offerings. It questions how a stock of goods can satisfy all purchasers while noting doubts about value and quality amid the busy setting.
Betty Barelay offers kitchen notes for banana custard whip lemon junket and other desserts, plus savory items like Arlington asparagus on toast. Recipes include Maple Delight vanilla junket, Jellied Seafood, Loganberry Punca, and health notes on worms and Miller's Worm Powders for children.
The Birmingham Post quotes a British India correspondent recounting General Gatacre’s strict methods and a long forced march that left troops exhausted. A joke about officers and a nickname Back-acher spread among men, while Lord Ebbisham notes Mussolini’s handkerchief moment with the King of Mary and a witty reply about nose touching.
A Wisconsin reader submits reminiscences from Acton about three historic public addresses in the Methodist and Knox churches. The notes recount Rev. W. F. Wilson and Rev. Daniel Strachan Jr, plus a temperance debate led by Rev. H. A. Macpherson, with vivid anecdotes of audience reaction and lessons for public speaking.
Reverend John Williams, missionary to the Society Islands, builds a ship from wreck parts on Rarotonga after months without a sight of a sail. With island help he crafts the Messenger of Peace, launches it to reach Halatea and makes several voyages, later attested by a Pacific captain and naval officer.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture at Ottawa recommends standard shipping boxes for dressed poultry to market. Boxes vary by bird weight and should fit tightly to prevent shifting during transit, with parchment or tissue wrapping for quality. For example roasters and broilers have specified carton dimensions and wrapping guidance.
The text contains distorted phonetic phrases and names like Mrs Pugile, singling a fleeting exchange about a husband and hobbies. The fragment hints at a rheumatic condition and a casual, perhaps mocking, tone without clear facts or events.
A long auction notice details cattle and implements offered by ROR No 3 Acton led by auctioneer G. Ridley with 2000 cash terms. The page includes diary fragments about daily chores, social events, and a grand Scottish wedding lineage connected to the Montrose title and Montrose heart relic legends.
A vintage style health ad promotes Bisulated-Magnesia as a remedy for acid stomach pain and ulcers. It claims rapid relief within five minutes and urges readers to obtain a trial package from their druggist to prevent stomach trouble and soothe the stomach lining.
Advert appears to tout Joint-Ease as a powerful remedy for sore swollen joints including knee elbow and finger. It claims rapid counter irritation and bone penetration with topical application and warns it targets lameness and arthritis symptoms.
A wartime era ad touts Ur Tabs from Southworth as a cure for bladder weakness with frequent urination burning and pain. The copy promises relief within 48 hours and noticeable improvement in ten days and urges readers to ask their druggist for the coated ten day supply.
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