18 Mar 1936
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1936
Page
1
Fragmentary readable lines show names Prank W Richardson and Selichier Seliciere related to an office bid or loan matter. Specific roles, places, or outcomes are unclear but indicate a political or official contest context.
The piece recalls a winter world of sleds, wood cutting and deep snows. Ralph Gordon Crawford reflects on a past where teams hauled timber, buckwheat cakes and maple syrup fed the men, and simple pleasures filled long cold days. He notes times have changed and those days won’t return.
At the Greater New York Safety Center experts call for safer car design and driving practices. They urge better visibility, stronger structural safety, proper tire pressure, and compulsory inspections to reduce rising accident rates and protect drivers. Industry figures warn style must not compromise safe operation.
The text recounts a tale about King George showing disdain for ostentation and private excess. A royal farm manager bought a prize bull at high cost, dominating shows, then sold it for more. The king remained silent until the sale, later noting that furs and beans in competition should not rely on inflated prices or large payments to win prizes.
Fragmentary text notes a claim that marriage is the root cause of divorce. It also mentions a person named De Johnson afflicted by a mental disease described as procrusting Ubon, along with unrelated science fiction lines about Earth’s revolution and clay sediments. The passage ends with a patient who was fatally ill yet woke up dead.
William A. Thome of New York urged the Advertising Club of Montreal that newspapers remain the best low-cost mass medium. He warned there is no substitute, noting Americans and Canadians invest about 600 million dollars yearly in newspaper space and that readers demand complete daily and weekly news coverage.
A column from Waterford in The Globe discusses United States and Canadian political sniping. It criticizes urban reform plans and notes fatigue with politicians and dynastic marriages in governance.
A lyric speaker longs for color and renewal as winter wears on. The voice craves Irish greens, faith, and hope, noting seventeen days of March and a resolve to wear green today.
Erin residents mingle with town visitors, including Mrs Ethel Swindiehuret and Mrs Plarebee McDowell, while Taranto spends a vacation at Busholme Inn. A. M. Rekl moves to Scotland Ontario branch. John Frederick Topping, 20, dies of scarlet fever, son of C C Topping and grandchild of J W Walker.
Miss Mary Fo Marpheron of Waverley visits Acton home. Rev. De Moore of Toronto returns to assist at Acton church duties. He explains his ties to the Bible and his church work as described in the Free Press. References to 1663 and Quebec appear in notes.
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