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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1933
Page
2
The Acton Free Press outlines cancellation rules for subscriptions and advertising. It notes interrupted service if remittances fail and requires written notices for ad errors. The paper limits liability to a portion of the ad cost if errors are not corrected after written request.
The passage warns that those who seek attention and boastful narratives about ancestors rarely achieve significance. It denounces loud, self-promoting individuals as unimportant and notes true achievement is usually modest and understated.
In a call for action, officials are urged to summarize new relief appropriations and plan needed undertakings in Acton. The editor warns conditions may worsen this winter and notes residents lack fire protection due to unextended mains on Main Street. Extending water mains now could reduce future relief fund needs and delay.
Proclamation designates Fire Prevention Week urging occupants to inspect dwellings and surroundings and remove fire hazards. Public buildings hotels theaters hospitals and institutions to be inspected. fire drills to be held in schools institutions and large workplaces. teachers and officials to provide instruction and distribute literature.
A 1932 summary lists 38 farmer owned companies with 2 390 branches in 3 178 business locations. Membership reaches 357 037 with capital invested of 38 219 345 and assets of 70 034 461. Sales in 1931 total 133 653 531 with purchases 12 091 250 and total business volume 145 744 781.
A United States recovery plan prompts criticism as it allegedly orders plowing under cotton and the slaughter of thousands of pigs. Critics say such actions waste scarce commodities while people go hungry and poorly clothed, calling the policy a slap in Providence. The administration’s scheme draws wide attention and debate.
The Midland Free Press reports that advertisements urging Ontarians to buy Ontario cantaloupes and other home grown farm products are run in papers backing the Henry government. The Department states ads aim to aid local producers, but critics note ads list the Agriculture Minister and Deputy and imply support linked to party loyalty.
Editorial notes from the Owen Sound Sun Times cover the special edition for the International Plowing Match, fall fairs and world series wrap, OHA rulings, and forecasts of winter. It cites Saskatchewan butter shipments to British buyers, a Halton County Fair swine prize omission, and Canada’s share of British Isles wheat imports. It also notes farmers paying mortgages, Simcoe Reformer’s seventy-fifth anniversary, and Canadian silver output statistics by ore source.
A Walkerton man jailed for driving while intoxicated was found to have spent 189.30 on beer in seven months. He runs a small shoe repair shop while his wife bakes to support a five child family. the magistrate urged stricter liquor issuance inspection.
A narrator cherishes autumn as the most comfortable season with vivid color and clear skies. She describes a personal drive to enjoy scenery, and details painting a kitchen with cracked plaster, stubborn paint, and a finally refreshed white ceiling and yellow walls.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports alfalfa yields best as hay and silage is difficult to make well. Pure alfalfa silage is poor, moisture worsens quality, and rain wetting produces especially bad silage. Wilting five hours in sun improves acceptance by cattle.
The 1932 average wages paid to farm laborers in Canada fell further from 1931 in line with lower farm produce prices. Wages peaked in 1920 and declined sharply to 1922, dropping about 28 percent from 1920 after including board. From 1923 to 1929 fluctuations were minor, but 1930 1931 and 1932 showed continued marked reductions in the average value of yearly wages and board.
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