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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1934
Page
8
Obituary notices record Sarah Ann Kitchen at Tottenham on September 4 1934 in her 61st year and James McIsaac at Guelph General Hospital on August 31 1934 in his 73rd year. Also a memorial for Mrs George Dills dated September 4 1923 notes she lives on in hearts of family.
The district anticipates Acton Fair in less than two weeks with a double feature Tuesday September 18 and a big program on September 19. Halton Boys' Call Club wins top honors in Holstein judging at the C N E and Milton beats Guelph in an early baseball rung. Copyright notes mention tolls and local appointments including Walton County returning officer for 1935.
A device by Dr. Alexander Cannon records brain reactions without a subject. Flexible tubes attach to nothing and graph paper records emotions, fatigue, tension, and truthfulness. It claims to prove telepathy physically and also notes calming effects of waltz music and asthma relief through breathing.
The letter describes visiting delegates from Britain France and the United States for Jacques Cartier quatercentenary events in Montreal and Quebec. It notes hotel lodging, parades, receptions, unveiling at Jacques Cartier Bridge, and a voyage up the Champlain region with remarks on farming settlements and local commerce.
The reader letter from Coleman of Montreal criticizes the contract for earth removal by hand labor. He argues the government should have enforced a compulsory clause in the original contract, claiming the ultimate public good justified such labor.
The 1933 Canadian pulp and paper output fell 9 percent to 123 million dollars in value from 1932. Pulp mills produced 2,979,562 tons valued at 64,114,074 dollars, up 11.9 percent in quantity but down less than half a percent in value. Paper mills produced 2,416,810 tons valued at 97,030,429 dollars, up 5 percent in quantity but down 19 percent in value. Newsprint dominated 84 percent of output with 2,021,965 tons valued at 66,959,501 dollars.
A young artist guides a visitor around her studio she explains that most works are by her brother and the visitor asks about the age of the little fellow. The dialogue hints at a familial talent and a humorous misunderstanding.
A lawyer questions a black witness asking what a court is. The witness replies in dialect that a court is a place where justice is dispensed, reflecting attitudes from the era.
The Winnipeg born Tait Bey, son of I Samuel Tait of 184 Waterloo Street, rose from sapper in the Canadian Engineers to RAF squadron leader and then to lieutenant colonel in Egypt. He directed wireless stations in southern England and later modernized Egypt’s military air service by assembling aviators, mechanics and wireless experts.
A Paris hostess asked the British embassy for etiquette on seating the Aga Khan and how to address him. The reply noted the Aga Khan is revered by followers as a god on earth, yet English dukes take precedence at table. The spiritual leader, ruler of about 70 million, is modest in jewelry and rarely displays wealth.
Two professors from University College Potunghan developed a method using anthracene or zinc sulphide powder on fingerprint ridges on colored surfaces. When exposed to dark ultraviolet light the powder phosphoresces, revealing detailed ridge patterns for photography.
Experiments in Turner Valley near Calgary recover naphtha from waste natural gas. A major operator has installed an absorption plant, adding about 342 barrels daily and over 124000 barrels yearly, with gross annual revenue estimated above 374000 dollars.
Brutus, famed for a long distinguished lineage and a ticket to the National Gallery of Art, died recently. The black and white cat frequented the gallery terrace and traced his descent to a cat once owned by Pepys, the diarist.
Smelts are caught along Canada’s coast with New Brunswick as the leading producer and the world’s largest smelt producer. The remark at the end appears to be a misattributed quote misplacing Bertrand Russell.
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