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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1933
Page
6
A fragmentary verse excerpt portrays a young fair woman, described with mystic imagery and wary admiration. The speaker hints at hidden wisdom and warns of a potent, cryptic charm through eerie diction and gothic tone.
The issue notes strong fall wheat outlook and a rumored start on an electric railway through Aston by New Wears. It recounts Brookdale Dairy customers seeing Mr. Clarridge, and reports the Grand Trunk pay cheques moving to agents. A mock Town Hall trial, led by Reeve Hynds, spoofed breach of promise with Mrs Jerusha Perkins and A T Brown, yielding a widow’s verdict of 3.49. Also notes a death in Acton Thomas Blair aged 87.
A girl gushes over a new jazz record, asking her father if he has heard it. He dismisses it with a weary joke about an imagined noisy collision, implying boredom or indifference to the latest trend.
Nutritional authorities call milk the most nearly perfect food for humans and many bacteria thrive in milk. Bacteria can double rapidly. from one cell to 1,024 in ten hours, so cooling must occur promptly to below 45 degrees F to halt growth. Delayed cooling increases spoilage risk, and guidance for cooling milk is available in Bulletin No. 165 from Ottawa.
A Sunday School lesson from a temperance Sunday emphasizes the near return of Christ and urges Christians to shed darkness in daily life. It argues for total abstinence from intoxicants, urges putting on the armor of light, and warns that restraint is required to avoid causing others to stumble or sin.
Diary entries recount everyday scenes in a small town with social plans marriages classroom talk and humor. Notes about Emmy planning a trip to Europe a teacher discussing idioms and Hilton Schmatt's two marriages echo local concerns and lighter remedies like a worm exterminator.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin notes annual weed seeds stay viable for years underground. Mustard family seeds plowed down soon after ripening germinate rarely next year, while surface autumn cultivation boosts germination of freshly ripened weeds. Heat also affects germination, with some seeds sprouting in cool late autumn or early spring and others requiring warm summer soil. Deep plowing delays germination to later years.
A man named Sandy, learning bagpipes, plays loudly at home while his wife protests. He sits to remove boots then resumes in stockinged feet, keeping up the noisy practice through the night.
The passage urges Christians to live under the great Taskmaster's eye and to do their utmost to thwart works of darkness, stating it is the bounden duty of every professed believer to oppose forces of unrighteousness.
An advertisement touts Dr. Southworth's Uratabse as a swift remedy for bladder weakness and nighttime disturbances. It claims burning sensations and back pain ease, offering a ten day trial with money-back risk-free if not satisfied, aiming to restore peaceful sleep and normal bladder function.
Kingsville Ontario Lions Club hosted a testimonial banquet for Jack Miner, famed Canadian naturalist behind the world renowned Miner Bird Sanctuary. The event celebrated his 25 years of tourism and conservation impact, with local leaders and national figures praising his work and home town hospitality.
Doris reconsidered marriage after learning Jack’s high tailor bill and chose to marry the tailor instead. The comic tale pivots on finances shaping love and vows. Doris’s decision underscores thrift versus display in a humorous social vignette.
J F Hendry, a Toronto real estate agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway, describes a plan where 86 Marlborough Avenue dwellings were painted by unemployed tenants. The company supplied materials and insured workers, and rents were reduced as arrears were erased. Each worker earned a cash percentage from the project to support his family.
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