From Steam to Mechanization in Acton Firefighting
Acton recalls a transition from a steam pumper to motorized equipment over fifty years. The steam engine served from the 1890s to 1927, aiding at Beardmore Co. and Claridge farm fires, with early water supply from pond basins and tank-and-dome springs. The first motorized truck arrived around 1927, easing firemen’s labor, followed by a 1930s rebuild and today a new pumper awaits brigade use.
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Acton
Beardmore Co
Henderson's Pond
Main Street
Willow Street
Wage
Mount Dennis
Sudbury
Park
Beardmore
No. 7 Highway
A. G. Claridge
Canada could meet domestic oil needs from own wells
Gordon Grant predicts in The Financial Post that by 1953 Canada may derive about half its daily 404,000 barrels of oil from domestic sources. He notes progress since 1947 and cites Turk Valley 260,000 barrels daily as an early benchmark with 6 percent or more of consumption expected from home wells next year.
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Canada
Gordon Grant
Financial Post
Turer Valley
Moose Jaw mayor issues citizen pledge for Halloween
In Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Mayor Lewry writes to Napier Moore describing an honor certificate given to pupils before Halloween with city seal school name and mayor signature. The pledge commits the holder to not deface damage or harm others during Halloween and last year damage in the city was reduced.
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Hallowe'en
Lewry
Moose Jaw
Sask
Napier Moore
Financial Post
Prairie City
Canadians Use More Sugar in 1950 Than 1940
Canadians consumed four percent more sugar in 1950 compared with 1940, reflecting changes in dietary patterns and food availability during the postwar period.
Thousand Dollar Horse Teases Prospective Buyer
A Vermont farmer jokes over a horse price after a buyer offers 100 dollars while the seller had named 1900. He quips that perhaps the buyer would prefer a thousand dollar horse as the money is counted.
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Vermont
Reader's Digest
Man whose money comes easy has wife who handles cash
A quip notes that a man who earns quickly is often paired with a wife who manages finances, suggesting a balance of earning and spending within a marriage.
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Oakville Monument Works
Colborne Street
Franeefold Syeve
Lynn Valley
Bae Wats
Aylmer Fancy Pumpkin
SWIFT
Brookfield
Alc
Cour
Romar Coffee
Johnson
C. I. L. Sponges
Sunkist
Mill and
Malin Streets
North Main Street
Church Street
Don
Sures
Cine
of. S. Halden
Optometrist
Douglas ST. Guelph
Hallowe’en Havoc
Ontario
Kennedy
Wyndham &T
Guelph
Angus Kennedy
Goodyear
Thompson Motors
Ford—Monarch—Sales & Servic
Fair and Square
Chartered Bank
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