16 Sep 1931
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1931
Page
1
A reflective verse from the Georgetown Herald questions daily work and duty. It muses on what has been done today, contrasted with grand promises, urging action over idle dreams and challenging readers to contribute meaningfully in the present. The piece blends prayerful and moral tone with calls to kindness, generosity, and truth.
Eastern Standard Time timed eastbound trips from Georgetown include 7 am 9:55 pm with several mid day departures. westbound service starts 8:50 am with a noon 12:50 and evening options. Reduced fares apply to season ticket holders and booking details appear in Long's Directory alongside local professionals.
E. McClure Auctioneer of Georgetown Ontario advertises real estate merchandise and farm terms with contact phone 96 5 for a local sale listing in the period notice style.
Notice to creditors of Boe Eat hie Water, deceased, requiring all claims to be presented by a stated deadline. Creditors must file with the executor or the court to assert their rights and preserve their claims.
The piece laments the decline of free mustangs as machines and ranching push them toward extinction. It recounts historic mustang bands, their capture methods, and the impact of overhunting and grazing pressures on the wild horse across western states.
A farmer near the city writes home about floods in the hayfield and the lure of millions. He mocks big capital buys, political payments, and slow country work while musing on organizing his farm into a corporation if rain stops.
The text notes that early frost fears once limited wheat in the Canadian West but advances in plant breeding and chemistry have enabled successful 60 bushel crops in Scotland and Moray Firth areas. It cites Red Fire oats and early sown wheat as proof that science aids agriculture.
A jumbled tale shows an old maid denying marriage while a bride sends a dollar to New York for a book promising guidance. She instead receives a cookbook. The dialogue mentions a dog parrot and cat as comical proof against domestic bliss.
Samuel Lampel of Euphemia street, a famed local junk dealer and interpreter for asylum seekers, recalls a fellow immigrant's comic citizenship interview. Questions elicit absurd answers, ending with a quip about the statue of liberty. The anecdote appears in the Walrton Echo.
Tourists learn that the Black Forest became famous for cuckoo clocks via the German Railways information office. Clock making dates back to the Thirty Years War with wooden components and hand carved gears, weights, and dials.
At a county council meeting a resolution to urge government action on price spreads between producer and consumer is proposed. Speakers urge relief funding details, warn against profiteering, and call for widespread press coverage and provincial and federal government investigation.
Major Grant Hide, a longtime Georgetown resident, marked his 8th birthday Friday at his granddaughter Mrs. J A Early's home. He was celebrated amid family but is now confined to bed with an illness.
The report cites 55 chickens stolen from Jacob Colling in Lowville with Cooks investigation under way and province police alerted. Cecil Early of Campbellville fined 100 dollars and costs for liquor violations with jail option. J Mitchell, Traffic Officer, made the arrest. Jack Lee and Chinese and his wife from Toronto were bailed in Orangeville with 5000 dollars security each, charged with a 1980 incident. Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes a 1980 population around 10 million after decennial census. W C T U contest winners announced led by Laurene Galbraith of Milton with a special prize in a university contest. Orillia council weighs separating from the county. A Mrs. celebrating her 83rd birthday departed to visit her son. Rev. C A Simpson marked his 90th birthday. he retired in 1903 after long ministry. Obituary notices include Mrs Dr Jas Appelbe of Oakville. Hydro pricing talks succeed for Longview water with local grant support. Edcurred Priday of Chinguacousy died after a long illness. Rankin born in Ireland and resident of Ontario.
Notes of science describe a robot railroad mail sorter guiding mail sacks from post office to loading platforms via overhead monorail conveyors and light actuated relays. A new underwater photography chamber allows chambered cameras to be immersed while taking forward facing marine images.
Officials in Ottawa announce Thanksgiving Day will be observed on Monday October 12 this year. The decree replaces Remembrance Day scheduling and follows action by parliament. The note cites rising costs of child upbringing and a quip about household chores in a fragmented local column.
A poetic narration speaks to dear faces fading into the quiet of night. The speaker consoles loved ones with thoughts of safety until morning lights return, while fearing the unknown of sleep and the journey beyond.
The article recounts John Q. Jenkins of Long Island who after a 24 year effort presents a final $406,000 cheque to repay $1,200,000 lost in a bank chain controlled by his late father. The 1907 crash drove the elder Jenkins to death. the son vowed to recover every penny for depositors. Canada is cited with similar acts of loyalty by prominent citizens.
A trimmed article notes a course aimed at reducing work and cost in conducting high school examinations. It highlights Jones as a model student and suggests other diligent students will benefit from the program.
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