Fairs face grant cuts and rules changes for 1937
The piece notes government grants depend on prize money for agricultural exhibits and that cancelled fairs lose grants and incur losses. A rule bars reestablishing a dropped fair if another operates within twenty miles, and grants may not resume for three years. It calls for rule modifications as 1937 brings hardship to Canadian fairs. It ends urging YMCA membership drive for Acton.
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Acton Ymca
YMCA
Dife
Lras
Acton
Y.M.C.A
Blakelock Sees Growing Halton Support After Election
Voters in Halton County show continued approval for Hepburn policies and endorse Tom Blakelock who built a Liberal majority in Malton over eight years. The Oakville result marks forty years of Liberal gains there with strong personal backing for Blakelock and a Cabinet position hinted for Halton’s representative.
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Halton
Tas
Tom Blakelock
Malton
Oakville
Milton
Ontario
Ontario Liberal Mandate Promises Progressive Reforms
The Welfare of Ontario backs Premier Hepburn and the Liberal Party to continue past policies with improvements. The text argues for better conditions for average residents and endorses temperance measures, especially closing beverage rooms that allow women, prioritizing welfare over profits, and urging continued reform beyond party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Hepburn
Liberal Party
Alberta press freedom battle against Aberhart plan
Alberta newspaper publishers resist government attempts to control the press. The piece argues a subsidized or censored press would fail as residents turn to outside papers for news, urging the premier to prove his plans workable to win support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Social Credit
Aberhart
Canadian exports and local fair notes from 1946
Editorial notes mention fall plowing before freeze up, first fall snow on Oct 8, 1937, and a Nova Scotia fall fair where Premier Macdonald predicted a prize-winning bird. Articles cover Canadian newsprint export value, gold production, beekeeping output, and investment totals by region. The piece ends with a remark on politicians showing practical insight from a poultry judging scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Premier Macdonald
Nova Secrest
Optimist Car Delivers Daily Adventures and Repairs
A narrator recalls the Optimist car's radiator troubles on a sunny Sunday drive. Water is borrowed repeatedly as the radiator boils, a garage visit resolves a rusted radiator plug, and the car returns home with repairs and renewed optimism. Joanna the cow joins daily chores, providing milk and butter to help cover repairs.
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Ming
Joanna
Jonna
Son
John
Jamie
Therefore Wrong Magistrate and Motorist Exchange
A terse courtroom exchange notes a motorist’s death by his own action. The magistrate questions which aide of the road was involved as the motorist explains the fatal event.
Slats Diary fragment from Oliver N Warren
Sunday notes poor spelling as Oliver N Warren records a week of odd events. He mentions church attendance, a lunch visit, a cake, a claim of an attack, fashion notes, a tale about two children accused of being altered, and misheard words about temptations.
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Hen
Ant Emmy
Billsters
Mlay
Elay
Changing The Entrance A Hall Feels Bigger With Painted Illusion
A home decor tip shows painting doors and panels to extend space in a small hall. A housewife used a black and white floor motif on walls with white panels to create a sense of greater size. The technique is highlighted as affordable under the Home Improvement Plan.
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Free
Iteemaeon
Waler
Free Preas
Ita
Clover seed crops fail across Ontario and Quebec
Dry conditions and poor snow cover in 1936 left 1937 clover seed crops in Canada among the worst in years. Ontario and Quebec report widespread failures of alsike and red clover, with red clover unlikely to reach 10 percent of normal. Alfalfa shows some improvement with harvest from the flat cut of 1937, though no second crop seed.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Western Canada crops and seed production report
Reported from Manitoba and western Saskatchewan indicate harvests will meet western Canada needs. Clover yields look fair, Timothy seed production is near normal, and a substantial carryover from last year reduces shortage risk.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
Wasted Energy in A House Not Wired for Electricity
An energetic salesman bursts into a home and scatters sand on the rug offering a plug in cleaner, while a man remarks the house lacks wiring for electricity, blaming the situation on the door step interruption.
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She Acton
Hree Press
Aston
Cote
Uae
Tan Ta Sivan
Aohiaue
G. Arlof Dills
the Welfare ‘of Ontario First
Speyside
Sodem
Bot
United States
Chronicles of
Oliver N, Warren
Paris
Okey Doke
Jake
Proberly
HYDRO
Justin
Rogers
Mantel
Rogers Radio
Apa
Mantel Rade
W.d.talbot
Hydro Electric Power Commission
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