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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1933
Page
2
The Free Press outlines cancellation policies for subscribers and advertising rates. Remittances may be sent by registered letter or money order. Rates vary by line, display space, and notice type with penalties for errors and special notices.
A reflective note on the home paper’s role in chronicling readers lives from childhood and beyond. It defends editorial integrity, asserts the paper never forgets its audience, and urges readers to consider the newspaper’s consistent care.
The Bank of Montreal notes delayed seasonal recession in Ontario industry with slackening steel auto and lumber production and slight job cuts. Wholesale and retail sales hold steady as auto stock-taking occurs. Textiles clothing and boot and shoe makers stay busy while lumber and flour sectors show mixed activity and appliance makers raise output.
The Acton Fair drew praise despite uncooperative weather which reduced gate receipts. Organizers note quality across most aspects and report no serious mishaps while acknowledging differing opinions on caption suitability.
Acton Fair maintained a focus on fresh improvements each year funded by donations and gate receipts. The Twentieth Fall Fair was a success in all respects, with directors confident about future improvements despite recent attendance and funding fluctuations.
The Barrie Examiner reports the Kincardine Business Men's Association discussion led the Chief of Police to urge a Saturday midnight closing. They argue no good reason exists to stay open late with eleven o'clock as a target, noting most residents shop before 11 while out-of-town shoppers could finish earlier.
Fairs boards complain after provincial cuts slash grants to agriculture prize funds. They cite earlier assurances of no change, note neighboring fairs receive smaller grants, and warn reductions may force some societies to cease operations, impacting farmer exhibitors and local economies.
The piece reflects on Fair Days and Wash Days as tough selections in 1933 with Thanksgiving and Christmas upcoming. It notes colleges resuming, Toronto ending daylight saving time this week, and municipal time uniformity until April. It cites criticism of Chief Draper and quotes Capt Philpott on the liquor question amid broader Ontario politics.
An insurance company places the lifetime cost of an 18 year old child at 6150 dollars. The calculation includes birth costs of 250 dollars plus 2500 for food 1620 for rent 300 for fuel and light 351 for furniture and upkeep 144 for installation of home and 912 for boy clothing or 1002 for girl clothing.
The narrator dedicates a week to pickling to cut costs, detailing mustard pickle chutney beet relishes and grape juice while lamenting missed local events. He questions local buying habits, urges merchants to boost home trade, and notes personal city purchases and the value of advertising.
Archaeologists in Colchester England uncovered a bronze two foot wide drop-handle kettle on the site of an ancient Roman camp. Experts deem it Celtic work dating about two millennia old likely used to cook soup from looted cattle. The find suggests cauldrons once played a central daily role rather than a humdrum kitchen tool.
A windjammer chase from Australia to England reveals women disguising as boys to sail aboard ships. Jeanne Day of Adelaide fled ashore as a boy to join the Herzogin Cecilie, stowing under nets and hiding in a fishing boat before signing on as cabin boy. A later tale recalls a daughter of a former President disguising herself to travel from England to France and on to Lisbon, discovered after a Biscay storm.
The excerpt contrasts youth and age in conduct and decision making. It criticizes young men for rash actions pursued without sufficient means or caution, and notes older men overcaution and underaction leading to mediocrity. It cites Bacon's Essays as context.
Cornell University experimental station findings after three years show storing potatoes at about 65 degrees Fahrenheit for the first ten days reduces rot losses by nearly half and lowers subsequent weight loss. Skin thickening occurs during storage, and after the initial period the temperature should drop to about 35 degrees as normally recommended.
The text promotes a medicine called Worm Exterminator claiming it can purge worms from a child's system and restore health through its use by mothers like Graves. It presents a didactic, period voice urging treatment.
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