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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1931
Page
6
Poetic lines by Alma Pendexter Hayden emphasize that a call from home travels across mountains seas and plains. The verses urge absent loved ones to return for Thanksgiving, no matter where they wander, reminding them of the old folks awaiting them.
Betty Barclay offers home canning hints for tomatoes with three recipes including Tomato Chutney and Tomato Alt sauce. The methods describe chopping ripe produce, simmering to thick preserves, and sealing in jars with spices, sugar, and optional nuts for fruit desserts.
A playful 1940s recipe page showcases a HOLRANDASSUE SAUCE serving four with butter and mustard notes, and a puddinglike method. It includes COCOANUT TUMBLE and PEACHES MARGUERITE desserts, plus beauty claims about Persian Balm for hands and skin.
A weary tramp seeks a job at the Westcott farm and is hired to paint. He proves skilled, joins the family through kindness, forms a Sunday School aid bond, paints lessons, regains faith, and vows to start farming with Agnes.
The piece argues that a reserve of grit sustains people through repeated disappointments and difficulties. It stresses building large reserves of courage to face tomorrow, noting that a strong grit bank protects even when finances dwindle.
The text extols cheerful living as the key to success and social favor. It argues optimism improves life and finances, while gloom hinders progress and drains energy, urging readers to discard pessimism and embrace positivity.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Kelly pressing a scrapbook as a family album while a clerk objects that it is not a true album. The exchange hints at improvised keepsakes and unclear ambitions within a domestic item.
A thrifty farmer and his companion walk past a handsome restaurant with a sign reading Tauncheon 12 to g boc as they search for a place to eat. The old lady hesitates while her husband considers a bargain promising three hours of steady dining for half a dollar.
A sewing woman offers tailored outfits with floral embroidery on the front and bound neck and arm hems. Mesh slips with contrasting trims in light blue create delicate effects, with seams shaping the figure for an expensive shop look.
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