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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Oct 05, 1939

Page

3

Turkey Town Hustle and a Thanksgiving Dinner

Gordon Worth boots a turkeys for market, a barn fire, and mounting village suspicion. He clears his name with Nanette Trawick and banker Martin Trawick, then hosts a villagewide Thanksgiving dinner proving a cooperative hill community can thrive on practical farming and honesty.

Crendon Joshua Tolliver Tre Gordon Joshua Gordone Martin Trawick Wilsonville Bank Trawick Hill Place Nanette Traick Cumberland College Agricul Bural Gorgon Nan Mrs. Buskirk Florida Gordon Worth Cumberland Aunt Buskirk Nanette David Worth Squire Jesse Leverage Hogtow Mountain Leverage Buskirk Turkey Cumberland Highway

Weekly Garden Graph Tips From Dean Halliday

Weekly Garden Graph by Dean Halliday recommends applying liquid manure every 10 days or two weeks from now until winter to speed bloom and enlarge blooms on lazy plants. A simple liquid by soaking manure in water in a barrel or drum with a spigot is suggested, watering plants thoroughly first, then applying the tea colored solution. Seeds for annual larkspurs snapdragons bluets petunias calendulas and centaurias can be sown in cold frames for early plant towers next year.

Rufus Gordon Aunt Buskirk Widder Buskirk Gordon Aid

Map shows 99 pulp and paper mills across Canada

Dominion Forest Service releases a map detailing locations and head office addresses of 99 pulp and paper mills in Canada and Newfoundland. It lists products at each plant and notes Canada's leading role in newsprint production and exports. The industry is highlighted as the country’s most important manufacturing sector due to wood resources and water power.

Canada Newfoundland Dominion Forest Service Department of Mines and Resources Ottawa Dominion

Britain makes 114 mile steel rope for Indian mine shaft

Two special steel ropes each over 114 miles long and about two inches in diameter have been made in Britain for the Champion Reef Mine shaft in the Kolar Goldfield Mysore Southern India. The ropes rated to lift about 25 tons carry a guaranteed breaking strain of over 150 tons.

Britain Champion Reef Kolar Goldfield Mysore India Gifford

Nearest Relative Question Echoed in Family Exchange

In a terse exchange a child asks if the mother is the nearest relative and the mother confirms while mentioning the father as the closest relative. The dialogue hints at family ties and guardianship considerations without broader context.

Hobo Exchange Reveals Homemade Beer Recipe

In a rough exchange a hobo asks about Erbert's troubles then reveals he found a recipe for homemade beer. The dialogue shows concern and a note of lacking a home.

Erbert

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