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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1936
Page
14
A devotional lyric envisions a heavenly harvest of praise for the faithful. It celebrates youth and elders who spread God’s love and live by Christian example, with a vision of fifteen decades of work rewarded in the Hereafter.
Betty Barclay offers playful Halloween snacks including Jack o Lanterns using gelatin peaches and marshmallows. A punch recipe uses pineapple and grapefruit juices beneath a note about 1937 motor vehicle permits going on sale in November with new plate design and nationwide issuing offices.
A youthful rainmaker in Hierksmith, South Africa, allegedly conjures moisture via a chant and is struck dead by lightning when the cloud is summoned. The father of the rain producer explains the boy’s error caused his own death as the natives’ fields soak within minutes.
The fragment shows a clumsy joke exchange about a monkey in a classroom setting. A teacher and a student named Jean discuss a monkey's actions, with the punchline about climbing up and down a tree. The text is garbled and hard to parse.
A patient quips about a “frat illness” and a visitor jokes that it could be your last, reflecting a light exchange in a medical setting. The exchange captures a casual, humorous moment between patient and visitor.
A playful exchange at a market features a butcher boasting pork that could outshine veal in a chicken salad. An man chasing a train misses it at the platform, while an onlooker quips about missing the train. The closing line hints at a reflective mood.
Citizens discuss threats received by mail and the criminal implications. Ward confirms that sending threatening letters is a serious offense and prompts questions about the who and why behind the mail campaign.
A timid wife scolds her husband who has fallen asleep at the wheel as a billboard speeds toward them, warning of danger. The scene captures domestic tension amid a roadside near-miss.
An advertisement from Wyndham Street Guelph Ontario lists dental surgery and gas for extraction hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with Wednesday afternoon closure and evenings by appointment. It also promotes bookbinding and account books, periodicals bound, with contact details.
A seven year old named Little Johnny visits the zoo and studies a leopard. He asks his mother a cryptic question about a dotted Hon Moony, prompting a brief family moment at the exhibit.
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