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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
5
A school verse reveals Miss Kilkame rushing home after lessons to Number Twenty-Eight where her elderly mother greets her warmly. The children recall the path through twisting streets with little gates and a candy shop elder, and Kilkame’s proud introduction erases mystery.
A cooking feature offers a Peach Upside Down Cake using canned peaches with a brown sugar topping and a pineapple mayonnaise salad, plus melon mold desserts and a cool melon salad. It includes step by step mixing, baking tips, and serving ideas for fruit based dishes.
A reminiscence traces Acton’s late 19th and early 20th century storefronts and families. From Singerland’s general store to Perryman and Nicolson tenure, the piece recalls schoolyard pranks, old tomes, and local tradesmen, ending with current ownership shifts around the Dominion Hotel corner.
The article argues against the belief that Indians in Canada are disappearing. It cites census data showing growth over five-year intervals and notes 122,911 Indians in Canada with 62,949 in reserves. It explains the reserve system protects land use and the Indians remain wards of the Department of Indian Affairs handling education health agriculture funds and welfare.
Explorers discover caves on New Guinea coast containing mummified remains believed to be thousands of years old. Artifacts suggest early preservation of the dead by local tribes, near a coast under Australian administration. discovery coincides with exploration of a valley inhabited by a previously unknown pastoral people.
Secretary Jack son reports West ern Ontario exhibition aims for a new high with sold-out Confederation Building booths few left in the Manufacturing Building space filled early. Highlights include Night Horse Show opening Monday and the open sky Revue of Revues, Arleys and Moris acts, plus Midway carnival and horse racing. Officials expect crowds exceeding 150 600 last year as recovery continues.
The text warns that some experiences ruin health happiness and inner peace and that true life understanding should avoid routes that undermine life itself. It questions the value of any life understanding built on destruction and emphasizes foundations of well being.
A clock in Lancashire, England, is said to strike thirteen times at one o clock to signal workers return after lunch. The device was devised by the Duke of Bridgewater after complaints that the single stroke was hard to hear.
Canada’s newest streamlined trains introduced by the Canadian Railways will run daily between Montreal and Quebec City, Toronto and Detroit, and Edmonton and Calgary. Current deluxe trains tour Ontario, Quebec, and Western Canada for public demonstrations attracting thousands. The air conditioned cars offer clean fresh air, winter warmth, and summer cooling, with a mail express car and buffet coaching cars among the fleet.
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