20 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1930
Page
1
The item notes Moore as a member of the Georgetown Herald junior staff with ties to the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and passenger related duties.
Directory style entry for Georgetown Ontario includes Barrister and Solicitor offices at King Building Mill Street, Dr F R Watson DDS MDS with 8 to 5 hours except Thursday afternoons, Beate LDS with Lane Block office near ONeills Carriage Factory, Frank Petch licensed auctioneer for Peel and Halton counties, and prompt postal service details.
A contemplative poem praising older women who have endured suffering and grown wise through faith. It highlights mothers who bear trials with gentleness and patience, praying deeply, shedding futile tears, and maintaining certainty in their directed path. Their steadfast grace illuminates others.
An Indiana farm campaign argues green is an attractive barn color while charity policies shift against liquor support. other items note a bee die-off in Buncombe County, a Burlington man jailed for drunken driving, a Caledon East cow delivering nineteen calves, and various local incidents, storms, and travels reflecting a broad mosaic of recent events.
A new Ontario act effective September 1 1930 suspends driver and owner permits for certain offences and requires proof of financial responsibility. The act sets minimum limits for injury, death, and property damage, allows various forms of proof, and affects those convicted in other provinces or states. It urges motorists to carry $5000 to $10000 in liability and $1000 in property damage insurance.
At Central Experimental Farm Ottawa advice on late summer fall planting. Bearded iris should be ordered and planted in prepared ground, crowded old rhizomes divided, and new healthy rhizomes replanted with roots firm but rhizome at soil surface. Also seeding in pots in May and transplanting later. Peonies divided and replanted with bone meal and sheep manure. End of September plant spring bulbs including Tulips Narcissus Chronodoxa Glory of the Snow Crocus Leucorum Snowflake Scilla Siberica under deciduous trees to form a blue carpet.
Ontario pensions total 7.2 million annually amid mothers allowances and 32 000 recipients. Hydro Commission reports progress on 1930 rural electrification with 1 423 miles built and 682 rural service applications. A note warns about name pronunciation in newspapers and critiques old cars hindering traffic as public opinion shifts. Gananoque council mails stern letters urging aid recipients to save for winter relief and end unemployment sooner.
The article warns measles is a dangerous disease with a high death rate and pneumonia link in epidemics. It urges strict precautions, isolation during fever, and bed rest until full recovery, noting transmission before rash and advising parental vigilance and medical guidance.
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