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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
3
The Dominion Department of Agriculture Consumer Section offers recipes to preserve Canadian fruits for winter. Instructions cover peach butter pear butter medley fruit conserva damson plum jam and harvest jelly as well as ginger pears with sugar and lemon and preserved ginger. Tips emphasize waste prevention and sealing jars after cooking.
Fire Prevention Week emphasizes home safety with inspections of heating and lighting equipment and chimney cleanliness. It warns against smoke pipes through walls, bridged fuses, and half ampere fuses, and urges insulating cords and metal fuse cabinets. Matches should stay out of children’s reach and safety matches used only on the box. Regular cleaning and upkeep are stressed and fire officials may visit homes this year.
A ship that vanished off the East Coast of England sinks leaving its crew lost. Four days later a lifeboat finds one boat adrift and an uninjured black cat leaps ashore after enduring the voyage without rest or sustenance.
Canada produced a record 5,004,379 ounces of gold in 1939, an all time high that placed the country second only to South Africa among world gold producers according to preliminary statistics.
Ottawa CP The Agricultural Supplies Board warns against cooling milk by placing cans in snowbanks a Canadian wartime cultivation measure. Milk must be cooled immediately after drawing to avoid bacterial growth and spoilage. Placing warm cans in freezing air slows cooling and risks spoilage, while cooling in insulated tanks with water is advised.
Britain’s egg demand and rising prices push farmers to expand flocks. Officials warn disease risk from overcrowding and advise minimum space per bird, separate pullets, autumn cleaning, wall scrubbing with hot water and disinfectant, and ample whitewash to ensure sanitary quarters.
Pretoria reports an unusually early spring with much rain, the normally dry veld now covered in verdure as the country faces shifting seasons and wetter conditions.
A writer compares English cooking as simple and meat driven with North American tastes, noting English habits of plain meals and hearty desserts. She discusses wartime strain, rationing, and shifts toward simplified living in Canada, urging practical home food usage and home-grown produce to ease cost of living. She cites health, nutrition, and time-saving benefits of reduced cooking complexity.
Manitoba’s new sugar beet crop nears maturity with unofficial estimates showing yields about 30 higher than last summer. About 1 200 farmers grew beets on 15 000 acres, aided by improved cultivation methods and equipment. In 1940 22 400 000 pounds of sugar were produced from 100 000 tons of beets. 1941 projections show around 25 000 000 pounds. The industry employed roughly 300 workers during processing, plus many at receiving stations and harvest crews, boosting rail freight and local employment while conserving foreign exchange.
Elderducks on the Gulf of St Lawrence northern shore had a productive breeding season, boosting the elderdown industry. The Department of Mines and Resources notes elderdown is a high quality incuba ting commodity for comforters quilts coats and other domestic uses.
Mrs. Roy McLenahan of Toronto and Miss Olive Hibbards of Montreal lead a Home Front project nicknamed Hostess House near a large Canadian military camp. They provide lodging for soldiers and families, run a canteen and libraries, host weddings, and coordinate comfort and guidance as part of Canada’s support network for its largest military family.
The excerpt reflects on how civilians live as the war becomes their world their homes kept only by divine favor and the strength of military forces. It emphasizes personal resilience and a deeply grounded sense of survival in uncertain times.
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