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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 24, 1931

Page

2

Investment in Branch Industries Across Countries by Canada and U S

A Dominion Bureau of Statistics bulletin details 1 260 branch and affiliated units with total capital 1 746 226 000. Canada holds 304 032 000 or 17 percent, the United States 1 189 500 000 or 68 percent, Great Britain 246 616 000 or 14 percent, and 17 foreign branches with 5 082 000 or less than 1 percent. The piece also notes debate on rural counties financing pupil tuition at Guelph Collegiate and constitutional changes for rural representation on urban boards.

Canada Dominion Bureau of Statistics United States Great Britain Guelph Woodstock 'Sentinel-Review The Sentinel-Review Boards of Education

Acton Fair of 1031 Declared A Success Again

The Acton Visors Observation Fair of 1031 wrapped up with strong exhibits and high patronage. President Waldie and officers praised for results, as volunteers from top to bottom helped move a central platform during the arena show highlighting teamwork as the key to success.

Acton Taying Waldie Acton Fair Akins R. J. Kerr

Unfair Competition in Fruit Peddling Troubling Town Council

The Barrie Examiner reports local gardeners and fruit merchants facing unfair competition from truckers who sell produce door to door. Peddlers buy surplus market fruit and dump it locally at low prices, undermining taxed growers and dealers. The current peddlers license dates from pretruck delivery times and is inadequate for present conditions, warranting timely council review.

Barrie Examiner

The Cost of Sickness In The United States

The Wall Street Journal estimates sickness costs the U S economy billions yearly. Hospital operating costs at 1 500 per bed for 825 000 beds total 1 237 500 000. Physicians 57 600 with 4 000 income average total 600 000 000. Nurses 300 000 000 and drugs 700 000 000. Sum 2 837 500 000. Time lost adds 50 percent more, bringing sickness total to 4 256 250 000 and potential insurance coverage for 86 500 146 people at 100 a month.

Wall Street Journal United States

Good Sportsmanship At Brampton Lacrosse Celebration

A Brampton celebration for the Dominion lacrosse champions and the Class B Brampton Band drew guests from neighboring centers. Weston band members joined the event as longtime rivals, while platform speakers earned attentive hearing, underscoring strong regional sportsmanship and community spirit.

Brampton Dominion Neghboring Weston

Brampton celebrates lacrosse team and community pride

Editorial notes praise Brampton for lacrosse success and band honors, praising community spirit and readers from Acton and district. It reflects on frugality in tuition costs, warns against waste, and recalls Prof Christie’s address at the Acton Fair as a reminder to value local achievements and courtesy.

Brampton Lacrosse Prof. Christie Acton Fair

Burlington Gazette Editor Marks Thirty Two Years At Helm

Editor E A Harris reflects on 32 years leading the Burlington Gazette and the paper’s growth. He notes support for continuing prosperity and highlights a proposed Acton to Milton highway as a key local improvement to reduce commuting for married men. The Legion backs constructive civic suggestions following a recent resolution.

E. A. Harris Burlington, Gazette Burlington the Gazette Acton Milton Legion

Winter Egg Production and Feed Costs at Fredericton Station

The Fredericton Experimental Station details winter egg production practices. It notes feed regimens including cracked corn, wheat, whole oats, beef scrap, bone meal, cod liver oil, and barley as a corn substitute. It reports variable feed amounts per twelve birds and acknowledges milk or buttermilk reducing beef in mash, with barley sometimes outperforming corn in cost efficiency and egg output.

Fredericton Layla Eng Harley

Fall fashions and fair memories mingle in a chatty column

A reflective diary style piece details autumn mood, fashion cravings, and a local fair visit. The author contrasts Paris styles with midwestern wear, laments tea scarcity at the midway, and praises fair grounds and entrance gates. She notes purchase plans, husband’s wheat work, and a Toronto speaker’s advice on young women and social knowledge.

Golkl Ville Paris Cours Madan Modu Falk Mycain King Jadies Normin Beale Toronto Social Service Nes Ble

Tuning YN On Station Yell

A station report notes a parent praising a daughter’s vocal cultivation and asks if it is improving. The response says her voice is growing stronger and once heard two apartments away, now drawing complaints from the next building.

Unclear fragment hints at theater or play at home

The readable text suggests a theater or dramatic event at a home setting with uncertain wording and names missing. No clear date or group details are present.

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