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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1933
Page
7
The article reflects on the sweetness of daily life from morning dew to twilight and shared moments, contrasting them with a sense of reverence for everyday wonders. It shifts to a cooking segment describing stuffed squash with corn flakes, butter, and spices, then warns about worms as a common child ailment and promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy.
Summer squash varieties and old world notes are followed by practical cooking tips. The piece covers varieties such as Italian zucchini and chayote, plus methods and a pickled marrow recipe using vinegar, sugar, ginger, mustard, turmeric, chiles, and garlic. It also describes Spanish squash, corn flakes crusts, and a simple baked squash with cheese and eggs.
A farmer hosted a parson for dinner. After four servings of roast chicken the guest quipped about the chicken entering the ministry. The host replied with a dry smile that perhaps he will do better at the ministry than in his lay work.
A party game suggests players take names of days or months and throw a soft ball at a wall or tree. If the named player fails to catch, others run while being hit count removes players after three hits. Lady Astor notes England resembles Virginia.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture offers a freely available pamphlet by Edith L. Elliott and Laura C. Pepper detailing a minimum weekly food supply for two adults and three children at 18 cents per day per person, aiming to help those near subsistence. It explains vitamines in simple terms and lists milk, eggs, liver, greens as sources, with free pamphlet requests to Ottawa Publications Branch.
A brief exchange captures a man asking if the boy is in pain and the boy replying the pain is in him, not his body, delivering a compact, humorous moment.
Digest lists minerals for bones and teeth and iron sources for blood. It names milk, cheese, lean meat, liver, eggs, spinach, oats, potatoes, carrots, beans, cabbage, and more as key foods. A quote from Leibnitz and a note credit Edith Elliott and Laura Pepper in Healthful Meals at Low Cost.
A schoolgirl was asked to write a two hundred twenty word essay on a motor car. She wrote about twenty words describing a breakdown on a country road. The remaining two hundred words she says were dictated by her uncle and father insisted she not include them.
An old patent remedy claims immediate relief for burns sores and felons. It purportedly stops bleeding prevents blood poisoning and aids throat discomfort including quinsy.
A local civic message warns Acton residents that wasteful spending drains community resources. It stresses merchants underpin local prosperity and that individual profit at the expense of others ultimately harms the town and farmers.
Mill Street Acton notices alterations and repairs to poultry and fish businesses under the Our Aim program. Authorities outline changes to facilities and operations at the Acton site, detailing compliance steps and timelines.
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