Local notes and events from Acton and area
Acton merchants promote shopping through ads while Halloween plans form. In Fergus the population fell by 40 with 41 births and 10 deaths recorded. Southampton win in baseball at Guelph 8 to 2 as the Royal Scot train visits Kitchener on November 8. Brampton man William Hutchinson dies en route home from Winnipeg after a long journey.
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Fergus
Kitchener
C.N. R
Brampton
Willam ‘Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Winnipeg
William ‘Hutchinson
Toronto
Alba
Peel County
Wiliam Hutchinson
Obituary notices from Oakville Nassagaweya and Rivers deaths
William Busby of Oakville Board of Education and jeweller dies suddenly at 82. Henry Davenport of Nassagaweya Township dies suddenly at home. golden wedding couple with wife and children survive. Robert P. Shanks of Rivers, Scotland born, dies at 95 after long career as teacher and farmer. funeral in Upland and Rivers area with detailed pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Busby
Oakville
IV O. F
Busby
Alien
Irene
Mary
Henry Davenport
Nessagaweya
Henry
Davenport
Lancashire
England
Mr. Davenport
Namagaweya
Eonda Louise Martin
J. H
Guelph
Fred
Windsor
Edwin C
Lawrence
Owen Sound
Chas. Hardy
Port Huron
Mich
B. Ripley
Toronto
R. M. Finlay
L. McMillan
Nassagawega
Heidapee
St. John’s Church
Nassagaweya
Robert P. Shanks
Rivers
Upland Cemetery
Scott
Oak River
Mr. Shanks
Pollockshaws
Glasgow
Scotland
Canada
Acton
Ontario
Georgetown
Maria Rutledge
Upland
Henderson
Little Saskatchewan
Wheatland
J. R. W. Shanks
Thomas Shanks
Pettapiece
Albert Shanks
Lothair
Ivan
Shanks
Alvin’ Shanks
Mervyn Henderson
Floyd Spinks
Winnipeg Free Press
Toronto market quotes on poultry eggs and produce prices
Price listings from Toronto markets show quoted rates for poultry eggs broilers and pullets, fowl weights and grades, dressed meats, grain prices, hides and wool, wholesale fruit prices, Ontario potatoes, New Brunswick potatoes, and current live stock prices with specific per unit figures and ranges. The data includes country and city hides, wool grades, and a B grade poultry rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Toronto
New Brunswick
Sterilize Narcissus Bulbs With Silver-Cyanide Solution
Canadian scientists report a new method to disinfect narcissus bulbs from bulb nematodes and bulb fly larvae. A silver salt combined with potassium cyanide in a 1 to 3 ratio yields a stable solution forced into bulbs, destroying pests without harming growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Laboratory of Plant Pathology
British, Columbia
Eight Sugar Refineries Dominate Canadian Industry in 1932
The Dominion hosts eight sugar refineries in Dartmouth Nova Scotia Gailit Join New Brunswick Montreal Chatham Wallaceburg Ontario Raymond Alberta and Vancouver British Columbia. Production in 1932 reached 41022569 with exports totaling 9483000 pounds worth 428337. Most sugar comes from beets grown locally for Ontario and Alberta factories relying on regional crops.
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Canada
Dominion
Dartmouth
Nova Scotia
Gailit Join
New Brunswick
Montreal
Chatham
Wallaceburg
Ontario
Raymond
Alberta
Vancouver
British Columbia
Duty and Courage Marked Routledge Tour Accident
William Thirwall Routledge showed duty and courage during an Auckland Acclimatization Society inspection tour when a car crash left him paralyzed. He dictated society reports despite fatal injuries, insisting the work be finished before he could be moved. He died in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Thirwall Routledge
Auckland
New Zealand
Routledge
Pasture and Hay Grasses for Flanders Style Farming
The piece discusses red top grasses with creeping roots ideal for pasture from spring to fall and able to withstand trampling, while not ideal for hay. Timothy and similar grasses resist pasture due to shallow roots. For heavy yields, choose grasses adapted to soil and climate that thrive together for efficient ground use.
Hunter Magically Encounters Bengal Tiger Rug Tale
Gunn the big game hunter recounts his encounter with a Bengal tiger told to his wife. She quips it was the tiger or him, and she is pleased the tiger was slain for a rug. Separately, 1932 world wool consumption highlights Japan and Italy as leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunn
Japan
Italy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wakeesworth
Oskville
Fixie
J. B. Mackenzie & Son
Brock Avenue
H. N. Farmer
The
Business Men’s Association
Oakville Council
Southampton
J. Nicol & Son
Erin Fair
J. P. Garrow
Donat‘ing Prise
Legion
Seconas
Scessenciers
Toronto Board of Trade
C.i.f Bay
Manitoba
B. C
John Ruskin
Lucline
Brown’s Fruit & Grocery Store
Eld
Combina
Vane
Navy
Woolcot
Shades
Sean
Stanfield
Ont
Serge
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