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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 15, 1938

Page

13

Home Canning Recipes for Peaches and Cantalope Preserve

Instructions for making peach marmalade peach cantaloupe preserve and apple marmalade with steps on peeling, sugaring, cooking and sealing. Mentions several fruit combinations and pantry stock ideas plus general notes on safe canning and heat processing to prevent spoilage. Cites Edith J. Elliot and Dominion Agriculture bulletin No 534.

Edith J. Elliot Dominion Department of Agriculture Publicity and Extension Division Unis Bulletin Mainz

Hints On Fashions From Parla and BMA Styles

The notice describes fall accessories and novel notes on garments. It mentions tailored pieces such as pin tucked garments and a brown suede shoe with fringe along the top. Details reference brown kid leather and a cropped glove with a shorter back.

Amuri Andre Testane

Morning Glory for Each Day of the Week and Coal Prep Notes

An unusually long mixed text covers daily reminders and warnings, then shifts to mining and coal preparation. It notes 1930s Canadian coal distribution, sizing, briquetting, and cleaning processes, with regional data for Nova Scotia Quebec Alberta and British Columbia and references to coke production and new washer installations.

Department of Mines Albert Twa Platta Canada St Lawrence Queleta Toronto Nova Scotia Quebec Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Springhill

Chronicles of Ginger Farm Weekly Ledger

A long diary style entry describes daily life at Ginger Farm with chores at home and on the farm. The writer notes baking bread feeding fowl and tending children, while reflecting on school days and neighborhood events. The piece mentions visits from Mr Johnson and updates on school staff and forms.

Heat Prostration Remedies From Medical Note

A readable fragment discusses heat illness treatment and first aid measures. It references cooling the body, wet cloths, cold water immersion, forced air, frequent temperature checks, and oral fluids. Mentions the need for supervision by a doctor and notes common cases among sailors and laborers. Mentions John W SS McCutllough and Mi. DP LE as near names in the text.

Vwiagh Anediak Sunturn Wieneta Unak Unie Tuys John W SS McCutllough

Insurance call as house fire erupts

A frantic woman urged immediate insurance, insisting on telephonic coverage. The office refused and offered sending a man, but the situation escalated as she claimed the house was on fire.

Wire worms menace lawns and gardens and a trapping method

A Canadian wire worm problem is described with damage to roots in lawns flower beds and vegetables. The article notes the worm’s appearance length and lifecycle and offers a trap using carrot pieces placed in soil to lure and remove worms into a can.

Engkind

Hair in Disgraceful Condition At School

A teacher scolds Johnny Smith for unkempt hair, asking what he means by attending school in that condition. Johnny replies there is no comb, no air, and no hair to style, as his father’s comb is unavailable and his hair is nonexistent.

Laomey Bilede Walehind Lopetime Lenos Haren Whi Foo Goulds Con Weber Santa Johnny Smith

Canadian forces advance in war drills at Merden Camp

In a large mobilization a Canadian army unit conducts intensive training with wiremasts artillery tanks and mechanical transport near Camp Merden. The exercise simulates a river crossing and attack against Behemierg Oritains within designated Cenety territory as part of the mobilization period involving Canadian Dragoons and other officers.

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Quebec Floods Claim Four Lives in Landslide Collapse

Rescuers probe wreckage of a Bre Gregoire de Montmorency apartment house near Quebec City after a landslide caused by heavy rains swept the building away. Four of 52 residents perished. floods elsewhere in eastern Quebec killed eight more people.

Reacuers Bre Gregoire de Quebec

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