This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
6
The fragment reflects on a cold autumn day with frost and chill as the speaker walks a road. Mentions a black-eyed Susan and shifting shadows, conveying a mood of weariness and passage.
Frost ends the garden season as article notes the frosty weather. Poppy Day signals Armistice Day support across the Dominion. Rockwood Station Hotel destroyed by fire. public drinking fountain gift by Women's Institute. Hydro shop opening draws crowds. Births marriages deaths listed including Lamb, Marshall McDowell, and Smith families.
Los Angeles reports the Central Valley irrigation and flood control project in California will cost about 264 million dollars. The fund covers construction and related works across multiple districts and counties.
New York report states orders totaling 900000 pounds or about 3.24 million dollars for firefighting gear have been placed in the United States by Australian elites.
In Auckland authorities prepare for possible real blackouts in New Zealand after several practice outages. The government appeals for old candle lamps used in buggies and reports 60 were produced to aid emergency lighting.
Describes Canada Dairy Products Board guiding exports to Great Britain. Board controls cheddar exports from Ontario and Quebec, directs shipping and factory production of large white unwaxed cheeses, and handles evaporated milk with manufacturers. Key figures include J F Singleton Felix Desmarais John Freeman and Dr H A Derby.
Berlin Anzeiger advertises for funeral preachers for permanent positions. Pensioned clergymen and teachers are deemed suitable candidates in the notice.
A wartime editorial stresses farming as essential to victory and peace. It links food production to national purpose, urges fair urban pricing, and calls for balanced city country cooperation to sustain farmers and ensure feeding humanity.
The piece argues that farmers face high costs and hard labor beyond what city people understand. It emphasizes expenses in fuel, feed, seed, tools, buildings, fences, and family needs, noting farming must be profitable to sustain food production and the farmer’s life. It champions rural independence and outdoor work as meaningful though not always profitable.
A Sunday school lesson stresses obedience to God's commands as the path to blessing and the danger of apostasy. It contrasts Israel's covenant duties with divine punishment for drunkenness and pride, then looks forward to the Day of the Lord and Christ’s reign in righteousness.
Reading England reports a welfare conference where workers and a Midlands canteen worker Mrs. Smith argue against chromium fitted tea tanks. She advocates traditional teapots, noting her factory used multiple pots daily and that pouring from the pot preserves taste, convincing an industrialist to trial teapots at his plant.
New Zealand has sent Britain enough butter to build a wall six feet high from London to Edinburgh during the present war.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.