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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1932
Page
2
Simcoe merchants favor five month Wednesday half holidays but oppose extending the practice. The Reformer notes that local leaders see about ten percent of business hours lost to half and full holidays, and most business people argue against a longer schedule.
The Financial Post urges Remembrance Day be semi religious and a day of remembrance and sacrifice rather than a holiday. Bracebridge Gazette notes Thanksgiving shifts toward sport and hypocrisy and urges keeping Remembrance Day meaningful with church led services and reflection. A&P Stores report a $13,000 advertising increase and sales rising over $800,000 week over week.
The text argues that the virtues of economy hard work and self-denial remain essential in 1932 despite claims they are outdated. It contends that while some attitudes seem justified briefly, modern experience proves old fashioned virtues stay relevant and necessary.
Barrie Examiner criticizes Ontario’s plan to pave the Middle Road as a through truck route from Toronto to Hamilton, with municipalities asked to cover a fifth of the cost. The piece argues the move shifts government responsibility to local counties and that local traffic would receive little benefit.
The Kingston riot has been quelled and convicts are under control. Chief grievances cite withdrawal of privileges such as cigarettes and daily papers, and limited recreation hours. The piece argues punishment should be uniform across institutions and stresses the need for equal justice without fear or favor.
Acton residents will decide on Daylight Saving in the upcoming municipal elections. Voters over twenty one may speak on the issue and the outcome should be settled after broad participation. Police warn households to lock doors and windows as burglaries rise and urge public to assist in protecting property.
Over 100000 pounds of eels are exposed annually in Canada to Germany and the United States. A shipment of 50000 pounds to Germany began the present season. Brampton Banner and Times sold to Charters Publishing Co, Brampton, with operations continuing as usual. High Commissioner Ferguson's status discussed in House of Commons. he returned to London.
A cottage chronicle recalls a week of washing trials with a reluctant partner, a successful machine trial, and misadventures with hens and moulting. The narrator grouses about missed trips to Toronto, bills paid, and odd household schemes, ending with reflections on squandered opportunities and small daily triumphs.
Ross Farquhar records a week's diary style notes in fractured slang. Entries cover Shell's marriage to a bricklayer, visits to relatives, a mother's divorce, school disappointments, and economic strains as the family copes with work, Christmas, and personal tensions.
A quarrel between neighbors over choosing a car ends in a punchline. He preferred an open model she wanted a closed one. The dispute closes with them driving off in a car together.
In England the Duchess of Rutland after losing her eldest son Lord Manners at age nine, spent seven years modeling a clay head and a recumbent figure as a memorial. The marble reproduction now sits in a London studio. A friend recalls her grief drove her to create the sculpture.
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