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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
4
A whimsical list from Maryoreb Ackman outlines daily chores and cooking. It mentions cleaning, making beds, hanging sheets, dusting, and laying out a cake layer and cherry pie ingredients for a family note.
Essays celebrate aging with Browning’s line Grow old along with me and urge vitality, kindness, and continued activity. The piece notes vanity versus wisdom, praises grandmothers, queenly figures, and silver hair, and includes childhood verses about farming and old armchairs.
The article reviews lime forms ground limestone marl quick lime and hydrated lime suitable for soil. recommends fall application for soil distribution via ploughing and harrowing. describes lime spreaders and shovel methods. notes typical application rates 1 and 2 tons per acre varies with lime type. explains quick lime slaking and mixing with soil and cautions about handling to avoid skin irritation.
A Scotsman named Rob sought work as a diver, but fear escalated after he misused the escape valve. He panicked underwater, believing his suit would burst, and nearly cost himself his life twice before being hauled to the surface. His episode ends with the judgment that he was not fit for diving and should pursue a different path.
Ottawa reports over several years show Canadian dehydrated fruit can replace imports like apples apricots currants peaches if quality is high. Dehydration preserves weight through proper soaking and careful processing, yielding marketable products from British Columbia and Ontario stations.
The article describes a graceful cape coat with back buttons and a long cape over the arms, offered in fabrics from kasha and flannel to broadcloth or zibeline with fur details. It also highlights a bolero offset frock in metal-woven fabric with a white Mat crepe collar and cuffs, plus alternative fabrics for the designs.
The article outlines spring flowering bulbs best grown in well drained soil with manure or bone meal. Plant bulbs such as narcissus and tulips in September or October four to six inches deep, with a manure mulch after ground freezes. It highlights flowers like chief celinodoxa glory of the snow and various daffodils, blue equills scilla, and lists tulip varieties including Kelveraroon, Vermilion brilliant, Gold finch, and many late bloomers from Ottawa Experiments Farm.
Beekeeping guidance stresses windbreaks as vital for winter bee yards to conserve heat and reduce losses. Natural barriers are preferred, with artificial fences like wooden panels 12 to 14 feet long and 6 to 7 feet high used where needed. proper staking prevents overturning.
A colored minister questions the infant’s name at Mirandy’s christening. The reply declares the child’s name Opium Uryant, with the mother noting it reflects a belief the father was wild, though the line ends with uncertainty about paternity.
An old tale from The American Country Life recounts a patched quilt that bridged two emigrant families from Philadelphia and Mohawk Valley. A French books box floats down a river, the oak and acorn pattern appears, and initials J B appear on the quilt. Decades later a grandson meets and marries the other family’s descendant, making the quilt a cherished wedding gift.
A character asks Joseph if his father saved three dollars weekly for four weeks what would be attained. The answer lists a phonograph a salt refrigerator and a set of furniture as the resulting purchases in a concise classroom style exchange.
An advertised health tip promotes Biourated Magnesia as a quick after meal test to relieve gas and stomach discomfort. It claims instant relief within a minute and positions the product as a non laxative form of magnesium.
A weeded old-age style advertisement claims Uratas provide quick relief for bladder weakness nervousness headaches and nighttime urination. It promises satisfaction or money back with guaranteed results and urges readers to try URATARS today.
A salesman wooing his beloved slips into a muddled conversation, offering his fortune and mispronouncing phrases in a comic exchange. The odd banter highlights his earnest, if awkward, attempt at romance and vow of devotion.
A fragment hints at a column about a versatile figure in a want ad era. It suggests a practical, multipurpose helper described as useful in many ways, serving as a result-driven advertisement column.
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