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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1934
Page
15
Marshall Son Born in Fergus on Sept 10 1934
A son was born in Fergus on Monday September 10 1934 to Mr and Mrs J R Marshall. The birth adds a new member to the Marshall household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Fergus
J. R. Marshall
Acton Fall Fair Set with Speed Trials and Features
Acton prepares for a two day fair next Tuesday and Wednesday September 18 and 19 with a brisk fall mood. A three trial speed program tops the race card while local events include a heavy horse judge at Brampton and a double feature bill. Fair weather hopes, school routines restart, and Christmas card previews are noted alongside regional sports results from Southampton-Strathroy game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Fair
Ang
Tax Collector Resigns At Town Hall Rockwood Meeting
Eramosa Township council in Rockwood on September 10th heard Reeve Sims McLean preside. H. E. Alton resigned as tax collector, tax notices to be mailed, taxes payable to Treasurer or Royal Bank Rockwood or Guelph with a 15 discount if paid by October 15 1934 and penalties on later dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eramost
Rockwood
Sims McLean
Albert Lash
J. A. Stewart
D. H. Storey
John Hindley
Royal Bank
Go After Your Success Not Others Help
A speaker urges self reliance and directs individuals to pursue what they want rather than depend on relatives for college funding or job opportunities. Emphasizing personal responsibility, the message warns against relying on others for essential needs and calls for proactive effort to secure success.
Wealthy donor brings cheque to minister in jest
A wealthy man visits the minister with a large cheque for the church fund and asks if it is to save his soul. The minister jokes first, and the donor replies that the money is for saving post age.
Letters to the Editor on Jacques Cartier celebration and civic projects
The Free Press prints a letter praising Montreal’s Jacques Cartier celebration and the Jacques Cartier Bridge site. It notes civic efforts, a new Harbor Bridge memorial, a Post Office construction, and the public’s interest in local activity. The piece also mentions Hon. N. W. Rowell of Toronto and a drug advertisement for Kipp's Unequalled Herb Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Free Press
New Harbor Bridge
Jacques Cartier
Mansfield
Metcalf
Robt. Simpson Co
St. Catharine Street
Montreal
N. W.rowell
Toronto
Epworth Leagues
Canada
Ontario
Canadian Bar Association
What the Ships Bring Aims at Port of New York Goods List
A colorful catalog of imports from cuttlefish bones to crocodile skins and exotic foods arrives daily in New York. The piece notes items like myrrh, civet, ambergris, opals, and wines flow through the customs list, promising readers a mental voyage to distant Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Sheba
United States Customs Service
New York
Strang
Europe
Tropics
Bordeaux
South America
Istanbul
Indies
Birthday Celebration for Three Generations at Ospringe
Family gathering at the Aitken home in Ospringe honors Nancy Wilson and William Connor kin with a seven four birthday theme. John Harbison, aged 74, leads the celebrants alongside three-year-old Don Harbison Aitken and six-year-old Joan McVannel, with eight‑week-old Erma Maxine Hills as the youngest attendee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Wilson
William Connor
Grand Valley
Harold Aitken
Ospringe
Buffalo
N. Y
Toronto
Connor
Shelbourne
Melanthon Station
Hillsburg
John Harbison
May
Don Harbison Aitken
Hamilton
Joan McVannel
Milford McVannel
Erma Maxine Hills
Cecil Hills
Monticello
Alex. Ward
Margaret Connor
Ontario
Uncle John
Don
Joan
Hazel Yost
Mildred
Horace McArthur
When Walking Is Torture Use Cress Corn Salve
An advertisement notes relief for walking pain using Cress Corn Salve with a testimonial by A. T. Brown promising effective results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Brown
Burlington Zone 13 parade marks year end with wreath
Last Sunday’s Zone 13 Canadian Legion parade in Burlington drew about 600 attendees wearing medals and berets. The marchers, led by Milton and Burlington bands, proceeded to the cenotaph for a wreath, then returned past the salute base. Notables including Capt. H. R. Adams and M. P. Dr. R. K. Anderson watched from the saluting stand as Rev G W Tebbs led the service at Burlington United Church with remarks by Ven Archdeacon Mackintosh. The Glee Singers and pipe organ furnished music, and about twenty Acton members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zone 13
Canadian Legion
Burlington
Lion
Milton
Lorre
Scottish) Rifles
H. R. Adams
W. C. C. Innes
Rennie
R. K. Anderson
M. P
Burlington United Church
G. W. Tebbs
Goforth-Hornsey
Archdeacon Mackintosh
Dundas
Ontario
Glee Singers
F. D. Ghent
Largo
New World Symphony
Handel
Saul
Gloria
Mozart
Acton
Tolling Bell Prank Sparks Frantic Waiter Guesses
A guest and waiter exchange a darkly comic line as a tolling bell leads to a mistaken belief of a death rumor. The guest clarifies the bell was struck to mark time, not a call for service.
The Filthy Ganges amid Indian Pilgrimage and European Influence
The author details the Ganges at Benares as a polluted sacred river crowded with bathers and filth. Indian elites educated in England are contrasted with continuing practices and beliefs, explaining why people drink the water as cure despite hygiene knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendres
India
Europe
Benares
Kali
Holy River
Ganges
Colin Ross
Pester Lloyds
Budapest
Danube
England
Orient
The
Haitian planter's skin turns white after eating jungle nut
A 57 year old Haitian coffee planter in Northwestern University clinic shows total depigmentation after consuming a cherry red nut reportedly from the backlands. Doctors use UV light and eye photography to study him as researchers from Field Museum classify the nut and its possible link to race color changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Uiversity Medical School
Chicago
Ysemeond Dauphin
Field Museum
Haiti
R. Henri Chauset
Port Au
Prince
Dauphin
Evolution of the letter I in English spelling
The excerpt explains how the letter i emerged in mid 17th century England to distinguish vowel and consonant sounds. It notes the prior use of curlicues on final numerals like viii and xii and mentions early spelling confusion that led to a simplified form. By the 1800s both forms appeared in Johnson’s dictionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Canadian miners letter praises Soviet union workers in Moscow paper
The Moscow Daily News prints letters from readers abroad with a notable one from five Canadian miners at Stehekino in the Lower Moscow coal basin. The signatories John Gavrelka Michael Zeznick Bill Sagedin Stephen Raiz Louis Kanze menick pledge to teach Russian comrades their methods and invite foreign workers to join their example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow Daily News
Soviet Union
New York
Chicago
London
Oxford
Canada
Stehekino
Moscow
John Gavrelka
Michael Zeznick
Bill Sagedin
Stephen Raiz
Louis Kanzemenick
Remarkable 45-Pound Snapping Turtle Caught in Souris River
Hartney Manitoba resident H Varin captured a snapping turtle believed 150 to 200 years old in the Souris River. The specimen measured 26 inches in length and 19 inches across the shell and weighed about 45 pounds, weighed by a local Hartney butcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Varin
Hartney
Man
Souris River
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