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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1930
Page
13
A bygone verse sketches Ezra, Nat, and a shop scene with needles and pins. The tall, talkative figures and the thrifty workday map a household economy as Olive and others pass by, hinting at homeward dreams and daily labor.
A vintage compilation of bread and cake ideas including Rusk and Jolla recipes with hints for shaping and baking. Also includes Cherry Walls pastry, coffee syrup drinks, and a ginger bread recipe with decorative serving suggestions.
The writer recalls Acton’s early days through memories of homes, markets, and the Symon Brothers warehouse. He notes how a former home of Mrs. Murray and Miss Florence changed into a meat shop, the sugar trade at the warehouse, and shifts in local businesses from grocery to apparel and candy stores.
Ambitious characters advertise part time pay while dreaming of aviation mechanics and industrial trades. Training lists aviation mechanics welding electrical work machining bricklaying drafting barbering and yard dressing with immediate contact for information at Dominion Trade School Eastern Headquarters in Toronto.
Fragmented OCR yields a peculiar early recipe describing a salad with orange pieces, wilted bate, diced apple, broken broken with monte, and a bed of lettuce. It mentions citrus additions and coconut decoration, ending mid instruction with garnish ideas for a dish.
An advertisement-like piece touts Emerald OU and Moono Emerald Olly as rapid cures for varicose veins eczema pimples and skin inflammations. It promises shrinking veins itching relief and drying eruptions after a few days with limited use and claims hospital strength potency and long-lasting bottles.
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