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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1934
Page
7
Birth of a Son to Mr and Mrs Marshall
A son was born to Mr J R Marshall and Mrs Marshall in Fergus on Monday September 10 1934. The birth announcement notes the new arrival and parents' names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Fergus
J. R. Marshall
Acton Fall Fair set for September 18 19
Acton Fair fans await next Tuesday and Wednesday events with fall ploughing underway and fair weather hoped for. Three trials of speed headline the race card and the M O A building serves as a gathering spot during the fair season. Mass at St Josephs Church moves to 11 am on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Fair
St. Joseph's Church
Ang
Tax Collector Resigns At Rockwood Township Meeting
At the September council session in Rockwood the tax collector H E Alton resigned. Reeve Sims McLean led as members set tax notices mailings for the year and outlined discounts and penalties. Taxes are payable to the Treasurer or at the Royal Bank Rockwood or Guelph with a 15 percent discount if paid by October 15 1934 and penalties after 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 Own Success Seek Self Reliance
A columnist urges self reliance over dependency. If you want college or a job, take action and pursue those goals yourself. Rely on others only for non essential matters and focus on factors that contribute to personal advancement.
Wealthy donor travels with large cheque to church fund
The wealthy man arrives at the minister’s home with a large cheque for the church fund and asks if it’s to save his soul. The minister responds with witty irony, noting the donation is intended to save post age.
Letters to the Editor Emphasize French Heritage at Harbor Bridge
The Free Press prints a reader's letter praising Jacques Cartier celebrations and the unveiling of a Jacques Cartier Bridge bust near the Mount Royal area. It notes Mayor Houde's fit role, local landmarks, a new Post Office branch, and public interest in ongoing construction, ending with a plug for Kipp's Herbal Tablets sold at Brown's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Free Press
France
Mount Royal
Houde
New Harbor Bridge
Jacques Cartier
Mansfield
Metcalf
Robt. Simpson Co
St. Catharine Street
Montreal
What the Ships Bring Amid the New York Import Manifest
A colorful glimpse of daily goods arriving in New York from Europe and the tropics, including cuttlefish bones, crocodile skins, myrrh, civet, ambergris, opals, tin ingots, tortoises, tea, wines, tobacco, and tropical fruits. The piece compares ancient caravans with modern steamship commerce and invites imagination of distant ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Sheba
United States Customs Service
New York
Strang
Europe
Tropics
Bordeaux
South America
Istanbul
Indies
Celebrated Seventy Fourth Birthday at Ospringe gathering
Family of Nancy Wilson and William Connor held a birthday reunion at Harold Aitken's home in Ospringe with guests from Buffalo Toronto Connor Shelburne Melanthon Station Grand Valley and Hillsburg. John Harbison aged seventy four celebrated his birthday as the oldest guest.
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
A terse consumer testimonial touts Cress Corn Salve for relief from walking pain. It cites user A. T. Brown as endorsing the product and promises effective treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Brown
Burlington Zone 13 Legion Parade Ends Season
Last Sunday marked the final Zone 13 Canadian Legion parade of the year in Burlington. About twenty Acton members attended as Milton and Burlington Brass Bands led the march from the Lion Club Field to the cenotaph. A service at Burlington United Church followed with an address by Ven Archdeacon Mackintosh and music by the Glee Singers and pipe organist Mrs Ghent.
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
Archdeacon Mackintosh
Dundas
Ontario
Glee Singers
F. D. Ghent
Largo
New World Symphony
Handel
Gloria
Mozart
Acton
Waiting staff misreads bell as death toll
A guest explains the ten minute wait by tolling the bell to signal life, while staff misinterprets the bell sound as a final toll. The exchange reveals miscommunication and mistaken assumptions in the dining room.
The Filthy Ganges Through European Eyes in India
The narrator describes Bendres and Benares showing educated Indians bowing to Kali while the Ganges flows filthy with sewage. Pilgrims bathe daily as princes educated in England display European polish yet remain Indian. The water is consumed ecstatically as a cure despite modern hygienic knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendres
India
Europe
Benares
Kali
Holy River
Ganges
Colin Ross
Pester Lloyds
Budapest
Danube
England
the Ganges
Negro's skin turns white after eating jungle nut at Chicago clinic
A Haitian laborer, Ysemeond Dauphin, 57, reportedly turns nearly white after consuming a jungle nut. Doctors at Northwestern University Medical School study depigmentation cases using ultraviolet tests while scientists analyze the nut suspected to trigger color change. Dauphin lived with his wife and three sons in rural Haiti and fell ill after roasting and eating the nut as advised by a herbal practitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Uiversity Medical School
Chicago
Ysemeond Dauphin
Haiti
R. Henri Chauset
Port Au
Prince
Dauphin
Evolution of the Letter I in English Spelling
The letter i emerged in mid seventeenth century England with a curled end in numerals like viii and xii. It unified vowel and consonant sounds, prompting simplified spelling and later variants where i replaced the and the apostrophe marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Canadian miners in Soviet Union pledge to share methods
A letter from five miners at Stehekino in the Lower Moscow coal basin pledges to continue teaching Russian workers and to recruit other foreign workers in the Soviet Union to join their example. The missive notes writers from New York Chicago London and Oxford but none from Canada.
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
Turtle nearly a century and a half old caught in Souris River
Hartney Manitoba resident H Varin captured a snapping turtle in the Souris River. The behemoth measured 26 inches in length and 19 inches across the back and reportedly weighed 45 pounds. The remarkable catch adds to a long record of exceptional wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Varin
Hartney
Man
Souris River
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