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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
13
Of Interest to Women presents a Halloween themed collection by Betty Barclay with recipes and home ideas. A coffee and cream punch, Lima and ham loaf, orange frosted doughnuts, and magic butternut pie are described with steps and baking guidance for festive use beyond Halloween.
The article notes a military influence in new fashions with a Black broadcloth guardsmen style coat. The double breasted front features four covered buttons and high pockets under the revers. A box-plaited back emphasizes decorative braid and flap details conceal hip pockets.
An article reviews carbon dioxide gas storage to slow microbe growth and spoilage in temperature rooms. Widely used in England since 1939 for fruit, fish, vegetables, eggs, dairy, and meat, it shows promise for North American meat packers and broader food processing, transport, and storage.
A famed attorney, habitually lecturing his staff, overhears a workday exchange about earnings. The dialogue hints at a salary of 1500 dollars yearly, five dollars weekly in cash, and the remainder in legal advice.
War work knitting guide for a regulation sleeveless sweater. Cast on 80 stitches, knit and purl in stocking stitch, shape armholes and neck with border stitches, perform multiple decreases and increases, break off, puff finish with ribbing, then sew sides. Specific gauge and needle notes included.
The Ontario government, via the National Parks Bureau of Mines and Resources, ships twenty buffalo from Elk Island Alberta to Burwash Ontario. The translocated herd marks an acclimatization effort for a species once near extinction. Canada’s conservation efforts show the value of early action.
A diary style piece recalls daily life at Ginger Farm with a tale of feet healing by a romantic remedy and a day trip to Oakville. It notes a farewell visit to a daughter moving to Toronto and muses on parental worry, youth independence, and wartime attitudes versus earlier conflicts.
The piece links Hallowe'en to apples with cultural myths from Pomona to ancient legends. It notes wartime shipping disruptions, calls for government cooperation to boost apple consumption, and offers simple recipes for baked and steamed apples suitable for Halloween celebrations.
Reports from Ottawa state S R Norris Hodging has been appointed secretary of the Agricultural Supplies Committee created under the War Measures Act. The move marks a new wartime administrative role amid national supply concerns reported by officials in Ottawa.
A Cleveland man told the Cleveland Press his name was mislisted as Mieczipylaws Dzesidosz on a marriage license application. He clarified the correct spelling is Mieczyslaws Dziadoz and said friends ask if he has changed his name.
The speaker reflects that once the conflict ends the two nations can resume friendly relations, arguing this outcome is natural and proper.
The final pages of Actors Early Days have been printed and bound. The book is assembled and expected to be completed the first week of November. Orders will be filled as they have been booked. The binding is a deep rich red framed to imitate leather.
A preview notes a rare engraving from 1840s Acton showing Cobble Hill before the railway, with no streets west of Main Street and no road past the mill. The image will appear in Acton's Early Days inviting readers to compare then and now.
A history compilation covers Acton topics from churches and the first school building to the Old Temperance Hall and California House. It chronicles Robert Little reunions, Geo Forbes trailer, patent medicines, baptism debates, and Zenas Adams House built in 1829. Includes Flynn Farm and Brick Church areas and Bannockburn School, with advance mailing offers.
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