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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
12
A feature on light early autumn dining suggests a seafood cocktail as an opener followed by an orange Spanish cream dessert. The menu includes vegetable soup optional roast potatoes cauliflower lettuce salad and orange sponge cake. The dish list emphasizes cooler evenings and balanced, easy to prepare fare for guests.
Canada reports the Yukon Otuiwa round-up puts the reindeer herd over 4 500 with 4 181 turned through the corrals including 1 206 fawns 1 938 females and yearling bulls 1 631 bulls and steers 350 to elude capture and swim a shallow bay The annual drive on Richards Island off the mainland counts stock and selects mature animals for slaughter to meet herd needs Movements toward the Winter grazing ground will follow the round-up Eskimo apprentices and Lapland guides aid the program as the native herd grows alongside the main stock.
A compact feature by DEAN HALLIDAY outlining garden trends and plant care tips. The column offers concise observations on seasonal planting, soil health, and simple cues for readers to boost their home gardens.
Central Press advises Canadian gardeners to protect delphiniums and related plants with extra drainage for winter. Crown mounds of coal ashes gravel or sand, with a mulch after ground freezes, prevent thaw damage. Scatter naturalizing bulbs and plant seeds such as sweet peas now. A quoted Leon Blum asks how democracy can be rejected.
A playful exchange describes a riddle and a punchline about a chicken crossing a road. The text notes outings and a meal as incidental context, ending with the prompt Why does chicken cross the road.
Two fashion models arrive from ports showcasing new blouse and skirt ensembles. Pink taffeta with a high neckline and self covered buttons features a high leg o the moon sleeve and smart tailoring. A second model in golden yellow cravat silk uses a knot tied yoke and wait band with blue burgundy printed circles.
A weekly column outlines topics for women readers with dates October 13 to 19. It discusses themes from workmanship and seamanship to habit forming generosity, patience with stupidity, and kindness to strangers, urging trust in the Lord and steady good deeds.
A jumble of domestic hints covers soot, milk, and fish prep with salt, rinsing, and melted butter steps. A long discussion critiques the eight percent sales tax on goods and services, arguing its invisibility harms the public and urging abolition. Local notes mention antiques displays and a wedding ring anecdote from Fort Erie.
The dialogue shows a hurried scene with a commanding figure instructing to start boiling eggs and prepare a timely meal. A tense exchange hints at a strict household dynamic and urgency.
A reader endorses Ethel Chapman's With Flame of Freedom calling it a safe gift and praising its Ontario setting. The review highlights relatable characters, themes of youth and progress, and the book's value for young people's groups and seniors alike while linking Thanksgiving reflections to autumn scenery.
A Sunday school lesson discusses Exodus 20:7 and Matthew 5 34 37 on sacred speech. It explains the prohibition of using God’s name in vanity or false oaths, urges inner holiness, and contrasts Mosaic law with Jesus teaching, stressing truthfulness and heart purity.
A rich Englishman touring Canada staying at a wayside hotel feels the cold. He comes downstairs to warm up and finds a trapper returning from checking his traps with icicles hanging from his moustache. He asks in pity which room the trapper slept in.
The passage argues that outward rituals fail to alter sinful nature. True reverence comes only with surrender to Christ, transforming the heart to seek the Lord in sincerity and truth, aligning inner devotion with God.
Dramatic images show Chinese troops surrendering to Japanese forces near Lushan. A Japanese soldier stands ready as Chinese soldiers emerge, hands up, while the leader holds a towel on a stick as a white flag. Deserters reportedly were offered $5 Mexican for surrender, plus food and safe return home.
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