Died Moffat Coxe and Goldham remembered in notices
Notices of births marriages and deaths printed without charge recall Thomas Moffat of Jesquesing Township who died at St Joseph's Hospital Guelph on September 23 1934. Also Dr H A Coxe died September 27 and Goldham remembered in loving memory with verses noting presence in thoughts and tears.
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Moffat
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Guelph
Thomas Moffat
Jesquesing
Margaret Turnbull
Goldham
Thanksgiving and foretaste of winter in Acton notes
Community items report on Thanksgiving plans, weather impacts, and local notes. Brampton and Erin events are mentioned with bands and fairs. Factories run overtime to meet orders. a birthday party for Dorothy Pallant is noted along with YMCA construction progress and Christmas card plans.
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Acton
Prize Winners at Acton Fair Continue
The Acton Fair lists numerous prize winners across cattle sheep hogs poultry and poultry specials. Winners include notable names such as D. McDougall W. O. Brownridge J. D. Norrish and J. D. Gale, with awards for cattle dairy classes sheep, hogs, and breed-specific categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton Fair
Filial Pledge Endures Fifty Years In Chinese District Chronicle
A Chinese story from Tschi district records a son repaying a debt of 120 dollars to his father’s friend Yih after fifty years. The debt was settled not with the debtor but by directing the payment to the local primary school after an arbitrator’s intervention. The case honors enduring filial duty and communal resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tschi
Chang
Yih
In Indiana college town boarding house room price jibe
A student calls about rooms and learns five dollars for rent in an Indiana college town boarding house. The landlady notes the price drops to five dollars down for a clear complexion with EKipp's Unequalled Herb Tablets sold by Brown's Drug Store.
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Indiana
Ekipp
Brown
Don't Let Them Lose You Aims For Personal Impact
A business man counsels salesmen to hold their ground and for youths to avoid being overlooked. Do not let others ignore you or pass you by. Cultivate a memorable personality and assert yourself in any social or school setting.
The Difficulty Solved by Government Aid and Barnacle Costs
A shipowner demands government aid citing ship operating costs. An efficiency expert suggests cutting barnacle costs or using cheaper barnacles. An ad promotes Cress Corn Salve sold by A. T. Brown for foot relief.
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A. .T. Brown
Old Stamps Valued High If Found in Attic Papers
Old documents and attic papers may hide valuable stamps. Toronto collectors have cashed in by finding stamps worth thousands, especially postmarks before 1880. Keep stamps on envelopes for higher value. loose stamps are often worth less.
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Toronto
Frank Aretz
Canadian Philatelic Society
Aretz
Canada
Barbers Through History as Craft and Art
The barbering trade is described as the oldest profession and a young art, shaped by church and state, fashion, and sanitation. Historically barbers served as surgeons and dentists, performing bloodletting and tooth drawing even when allied with the surgeons under Henry VIII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin J. Ryan
Company of
Barbers
Surgeons
Canadian tests say hooked trout recover if released quickly
A Biological Board of Canada study finds injured trout recover after being freed and returned to water. In tests, fish with gill injuries regained normal activity within a day, with under ten percent not surviving.
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Biological Board of Canada
Federal Fisheries Research Body
Minister of Fisheries
Canadian Bride Wanted Prank Reaches English Papers
A New Brunswick man named R B Bastain is the target of a prank after his name was forged on a letter seeking English wives for Canadian husbands. English papers reported on the scam and Bastain received replies and photos from would‑be brides, with plans to invest in a chicken farm.
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London
R. B. Bastain
Manawagonish Road
Fairville
New Brunswick
Bastain
French Engineer Proposes Ice Ship From Tropic Seas
Georges Claude of France backs a plan to make tropical seas produce cheap ice. He first tested an undersea pipe near Cuba to tap ocean temperature differences for power, but it buckled. Now he suggests a 10,000-ton ship as a moving ice plant using the same idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy of Sciences
Georges Claude
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
M. Claude
French Origin of God Save the King Alleged to be Lulli
The air widely used as God Save the King and My Country is attributed to Lulli of Louis XIV's court, though Handel presented it as his own work to George I. French historians say Lulli composed the piece for Louis XIV after illness, first sung by St Cyr pupils under Mme de Maintenon’s patronage to mark the monarch’s return.
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Lulli
Luis XIV
France
Handel
George I
England
Musi
Louis XIV
School of
St. Cyr
Mme. de Maintenon
New York ‘Times
Salt Growing Method in Egypt Uses Seaside Stalks
In Alexandria Egypt a novel salt making method uses sea water fed into a level tract with upright sticks. The seawater evaporates under the sun leaving salt crystals around the sticks forming mushroom shaped pillars for easier handling.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Rudeness in Tibet Tales As Told by Rene Chow Putay
A traveler Rene Chow Putay recounts Tibet impressions for Rangoon readers. He notes customs including greetings with the ear, tongue display, and class differences seen in clothing and food, contrasting rich and poor practices such as coats sleeves and tea fats.
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Rene Chow Putay
Rangoon
India
Tibet
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Memoriam
Brampton
the Baptist
Mr. Thos
Watson
Grand Valley
Acton Citizens
Erin Fair
Burlington
G. R. Easter
The
BY. P. U
Georgetown
Dorothy Pallant
Free Press
Mr. FE
Coles
New .Y. M
D. McDougall
W. O. Brownridge
Mark Given
N. G. Lindsay
W. B. Reid
N. G. Jindsay
We B. Reid
W. O. Moffat
Jas, Mann
Donald McLean
Elgin Houston
Roadsters
R. R. Ford
W. H. Allan
Dr. Hopkins
J. B. Devereaux
A. McMeekin
A.B. Weber
W. H. Rutledge
A. B. Weber
S. E. Griffin Som
S. M. Savage
H. Mec Cague
Archie Kerr
W. C. Moffat
Mark
General Purpose
T. M. Revell
Bovaird
Amos & Black
Elliott & Son
W. G. Gerrie & Son
G. Mack
W. G. Gerrle & Son
Robt
Aberdeen
A. McKinnon
Nelles & Son
T. O. Dolson
J. di Gale
E. C. Callon
J. D. Gale
T. O. Dol
Heifer
E. C. Cation
O. Dolson
T O. Dolson
A. J. Murray
L. G Ella & Sons
J. Alexander
Ella & Sons
W. J. Alexander
L. G. Ella
L. G. Ella & Sons
Jersey
K. G. Ella & Sons
W. ‘J. Alexander
T. C. Dolson
J. D. Norrish
Shearling Ram
Ram Lamb
Shearling Ewe
Ewe Lamb
Best
Best Ewe
James Little
Ewe
Peter ‘Richardson
Oxford Downs
Ram
J. C
F. C. Wilmott
R. A. McEnery
J. 5S. Watson
J. Bowman
J. S. Wilson
J. F. Robertson
T. J. Brownridge
Champion Bacon
Rhode Island
W. J. Alex
Ander
W. H. McLaren
W. J. Goulding
W. Hi. .Allan
S. C
Wyandotte
J. Goulding
White
Fred Conn
I. Goulding
Plymouth
J . Geese
A. G. Clarridge
W.turkey
Turkey
Duval & Papillon
W. Swackhamer
Murray Bauer
Eddie Nealy
Joe Massey
Francis Papillon
Harry Murray
Howard Graff
Newton Ruddell
John Ruddell
John McLean
Fred Ruddell
Emmett McGibbon
Harold Barber
Bantam Cockerel
Arthur Nightingale
Bantam Pullet
Mann Bros
White Wyandotte
S.C. White
W .W. J. Goulding
Rouen
W. T. Paiterson
RE. O
Tait Optical CO
Wyndham St
Holland
Woodhall & i
Parke
A. T. Brown
Frank Hobbs
Rockwood
Eden Mills
A. Beard & Son
Acton Beauty Parlor
Margaret Ley
Cloverdale Dairy
PA. J. Murray & Son
Halton County
E. Syer
Patterson’s
Mre
BEE Porterhouse
Falcon Brand
Patterson's
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