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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Oct 29, 1931

Page

4

The Community’s Social Side of Life

Mrs. R. Loyna of Toronto visited here. Various regional visitors and local hosts are noted through a long social column. The piece also offers home cooking notes for college students with a honey bran cookies recipe and honey date bars. It emphasizes homesickness, parcel boxes, and the appeal of familiar meals.

R. Loyna Toronto Davidson Wilmer War Mire Earl Vincent Mixwell Billie Degraek F

Selection of local notices and community events

Court records show Thomas Norton of Glen Williams received suspended sentence for breaking and entering a Glen Williams warehouse, with his brother Jack Morton jailed a month for the same offense. Reports cover car accident near Mill and Main Streets, church orchestra officer elections, a birthday celebration in Nasagaweya, and assorted visits and social notes from nearby towns.

J. R. Willett Muton Thomas Norton Glenwilliams Joseph Beaumont Jack Morton

Wedding of Miss Maury Robona Lesie in Georgetown

The Loalle-Lentle wedding united Miss Maury Robona Lesie and Mr George Percival Lesie in Georgetown with ceremony at the bride’s home. Rev Evan MacDonald officiated. reception featured pink and white decor, orchids, and Butterfly roses as guests.

Maury Robona Lesie Morton Yealle Georgetown George Percival Lesie Honas L. Loalle Evan MacDonald Fielated Alice Lanllo Wilfred Trille Lloyd Leslie Margaret Russell Leslie

Rich fur shipment boosts Hudson Bay trade

Nearly half a million dollars in fur, including white fox and beaver, was shipped from sub Arctic Manitoba to London via Canadian National Railways. Seventy five bales from Winnipeg sailed on the Continental Line, carried by boats from Chesterfield Inlet and Hudson Bay trading posts. The cargo is described as among the richest in a decade and signals a northern Manitoba revival in fur business after years of decline along the bay coast.

London Canadian National Railways Winnipeg Bost Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Bay Manitoba Bay

The New Honey Grades Introduced This Year

The public shows interest in the new honey grades effective this year. Canadian standards classify honey by color into four classes White creamy Amber and Dark. Each class is further graded on quality as Fancy Choice or Manufacturer. The grading promotes consistency and reflects inherent honey quality.

Oil on Troubled Waters Found in Odd Exchange

A fragmentary exchange shows a distressed wife pleading about a cake and a dog, while a companion offers a replacement dog. The text reflects a Powerfax style anecdote with strained dialogue and regional speech.

John Saweethaart Powerfax

Thrills From a Healthy Life Compared With Morbid Excitement

A diary found with a young woman buried on the beach contrasts “thrills” of hectic pleasures with the enduring delights of health and noble living. It extols the joy of being alive, sustained work, and spiritual devotion as true thrills, warning that intoxication and morbid excitement end in decline while healthy life remains a lasting joy.

Ward Tony Mfe Tke

Sheep Farming Aids For Farmers At Experimental Station

Farmers look to sheep to boost income and weed control on farms. At the Winter Mare Experimental Station the Hampshire breed shows strong results, crossbreeding with grades. Ewes bred Oct-Dec yield 170-175 lambs per 100 ewes with 10 percent growth gain. Sheep eat weeds and rough forage, help diversify farm products, and enrich soil while reducing weed pressure.

Wight Moat Windermare

Makh Candied Fruits From Federal Summerland Work

The Federal Experimental Station at Summerland reports apricots peaches and pears as principal fruits for candying. A firm is weighing commercial production while several small operators already make hundreds of pounds. The process relies on outgay maturation and simple development steps offering winter canning with candying done in late winter.

Summerland

Weary Wille Haggles Over Overcoat Value

Weary Wille stands outside a pawn shop and asks for four dollars for a mended overcoat. Janno offers four dollars and argues that the coat is worth little more, while Tanne holds firm at ten dollars or nothing before Wille accepts the offer.

Wille Janno Weary Willa Weary Wille

Bulldog Burglar Alert Sparks Town's Veterinary Blotter

A garbled old-time report describes a town constable and Mrs. Hienk answering a late bell. The caller seeks the veterinary surgeon husband and the aid chief to help with a bulldog that won't open its mouth during a suspected burglary.

Market Reports Dairy and Poultry Quotation Summary

Toronto quotations for dairy products show No 1 creamery butter and pasteurized cream at varied retail and wholesale ranges. Poultry and eggs price ranges cover live dressed birds, eggs, and byproducts with wholesale to trade and country shipments noted. Grain and forage quotes include No 1 Northern wheat and timothy straw with regional potato pricing included.

Toronto Battern— Creamery Toronto Board of Trade C. Way

BUMMER TREATMENT IN KITCHEN FOLKLORE

A humorous domestic fragment shows Mr Newlywod and Mrs Newlywod debating a burned meal and odd taste. The tale hints at misfortune with a thin steak and a frantic quick remedy using vasellus. The dialogue captures a quirky slice of home life.

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