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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1935
Page
3
Elizabeth Carver and Jack Davidson, American missionaries, navigate love and duty amid a Balkan crisis. Jack, Armenian by birth, refuses to deliver antitoxin to Turkish Wahmoud’s men, then journeys to save refugees and confront centuries of enmity, finding forgiveness and hope in a child’s trust.
Canada’s domestic exports in August reached 70.7 million dollars, up from 55.2 million a year ago and 44.7 million in August 1933, with a 28 percent year over year gain and a 58 percent increase since two years prior. Strong gains came from alcohol beverages, wheel shipments, UK and US markets, and notable rises in leather, meat, wool, paper, planks, shingles, autos, farm implements, machinery, and non ferrous metals led by aluminium, copper, nickel, lead, and silver.
A crew member consoles a distressed passenger during a sea voyage. The crewman offers reassurance that sea sickness is not lethal, while the passenger laments clinging to hope amid fear of death.
Friday entry describes Joe Hizes wife claiming wine helps fainting spells as Joe experiences daily fainting fits. Saturday notes Pa worrying over betting luck in a Bare Lewis prize fight. Sunday Wilkins couple take their first car ride since a fire, Addy and Ant Emmy. Monday Ant dies at funeral. Pa recalls two past dates at her tombstone. Tuesday Lilly Spriggs wins PTA picnic rolling pin contest. she has no dates with her intended husband. Wednesday Pa sees a bank ward setting a bomb under a bank sign. he alerts bankers. Thursday Phil Jinking begins barber trade but Pa doubts success due to speech stoppage. A note promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for wounds.
Dialogue shows a child asking if a father fears creatures and dangers. The father responds he fears nothing, even in encounters with cow, worm, bumblebee, thunder, and lightning. The passage ends with the child stating the only thing feared in the whale world is mother.
A guide to making chilled milk drinks including chocolate milk orangeade ginger milk and mile blossoms. Recipes use milk syrup fruit juice or flavorings with steps to mix blend chill and serve cold. Ideas include orange syrup ginger ale and berry syrups for cooling beverages on hot days.
A brief exchange shows a friend asking about fishing and a camper replying they fished, camped, ate, and slept with them, indicating close group activity and camaraderie during their trip.
Canada’s horse population has fallen from 3,610,494 in 1921 to 2,933,492 in 1935 driven by motor vehicles and farm machinery. Yet June 1935 estimates place Manitoba horses at 297,000, up 1,000 from the prior year. Horse breeders clubs in the Prairie Provinces rose to 166 in 1934, up over 30 percent from 1933, with districts reporting stallion shortages and imports of pure bred horses more than doubling in 1933 to 1935.
A conversation finds the assistant driver grateful for a trip where the wife did the driving. The traveler notes the scenery was limited by rain while he remained focused on steering. The exchange underscores a humorous take on shared travel duties.
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