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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 30, 1933
Page
6
Port Credit to Become Incorporated Village On Jan First
Farmers continue ploughing as Port Credit schedules incorporation on January first. Acton and Brampton chess players clash in the Prime Ministers’ rooms tonight. Mock Parliament of the Epworth League held Tuesday with Rockwood League guests enjoying a splendid evening. Mr. W D Williamson of Guelph narrowly escaped a fall at Acton station Saturday evening. He rode a later train and was bruised but resumed travel. An altar rail at St. Albans Church, dedicated to the late Rev. R F Kellerman, was unveiled on Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Credit
Acton
Brampton
Piremen
Epworth League
Rockwood League
W.D. Williamson
Guelph
World’s driest regions and lasting droughts described
The article surveys extreme aridity from Western Australia’s Mount Margaret fringe to Peru’s Pasta, noting eight years without rain at times, vegetation like spinelike edub and mulga trees surviving long droughts, and drought impacts in Spain, England, Wales, and the United States with figures on rainfall gaps, population shifts, and 1931 agricultural losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Margaret
Western Australia
Australia
New South Wales
Peru
Andes
Seoss-om-Wye
Anne
England
Shoeburyneas
Margate
mid-Wales
London
United States
Kentucky
Kansas
Fragmentary Tale Fragments From a Household Scene
A garbled narration presents a mother telling a tale while a maid and carriage are mentioned. The text includes partial phrases about dusting and services, with a child interjecting about a general, resulting in a disjointed domestic vignette.
Farming Life Brims With Animals and Small Daily Dramas
A diary style reflection paints a rural household in late winter. The narrator chronicles cows and calves at the barn, restless poultry, a cat by the fire, and farm chores, interwoven with weather, health, and family mishaps. The piece blends humor with quiet resignation at farm duties and aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gin
Kennerby Rumford
Gramophone
Madam Offra Butt
Madem Clara Butt
Patch
Scottie
Partner
Barm
Bate
Worm Exterminator Mother Graves Offering Relief
A health notice promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a standard remedy to protect children from parasitic infestations. The product is described as time tested and well regarded due to years of successful use.
Look Out for Squalls at the Movies
A family at the cinema faces a warning from an attendant about keeping a child quiet. Mid film, a whispered exchange between Rachel and Moses reveals concerns about their behavior and the potential need to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachio
Moses
Rachel
Larry the wholesome ideal of modern youth lives on
A young Hasterner killed in Arizona is praised as a model of clean living and moral vigor. The article highlights his roles in Boy Scouts and the YMCA, notes his diary and letters, and urges modern youths to embrace a red blooded, decisive faith and an effort toward decency and honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasterner
Arizona
Boy Scouts
Young Men’s Christian Association
Larry
Freckles Reference Sparks Mild Courtship Remark
In a quiet scene a person asks Mr. Johnson if he has read Freckles. He replies he has not and blushes, saying his freckles are brown rather than red, revealing a shy, humorous mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Johnson
Catarrhal Deafness Remedies Promised For Home Use
The notice describes treating catarrhal deafness and head noises with Parmint Double Strength mixed in hot water with sugar, to be taken as a tablespoonful four times daily. It claims symptoms such as head noises and dull thinking improve gradually with this home remedy.
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Priday
Ant Emmy
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Jane Wood
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Wensday
Chamber of Commerce
Slats
Ross Farquhar
Candid
Santa Claus
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