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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 10, 1924

Page

10

Perpetual Care of Fairview Cemetery Plots Editorial

The Acton Municipal Council has already accepted sums from several parties for perpetual care at Fairview Cemetery, binding it to maintain plots in perpetuity. Many wills direct endowments to the council, suggesting a broad move toward making perpetual care general, and now is the moment to begin. The piece urges united action to establish permanent care promptly.

Fairview Acton Pairview Cemetery

The Principals of Good Citizenship

An essay urges the rising generation to pledge and practice good citizenship. It argues citizens must think, vote independently, and engage in civic duties from cleaning streets to improving schools. It highlights girls as future voters and the role of education and fairness in shaping a better nation.

Julia Ward Howe America

Reforming the Senate from Within and Open Season Debate

The Canadian Senate discussed reform with Senator Turriff proposing reduced membership and a 75 year retirement age, urging Senate self reform rather than external change. Separately, Trout season opens were deferred to May 15, criticized as unjustified by Minister Charles McCrea, who argued for earlier openings to protect spawning trout.

Senate Senate of Canada Turriff Dandurand Charles McCrea Fish and Game Department Toronto

Canada Dairy Trade Expands Exports to United States in 1023

Canada’s dairy exports to the United States surged in 1023 from 1022 with cream shipments totaling 2,668,747 gallons valued at 4,457,582 and fresh milk 2,132,765 gallons valued at 437,215. The U S also imported 1,007,112 pounds of butter, 04,200 pounds of cheese, 383,464 pounds of powdered milk, and 924,100 pounds of milk canned or preserved with respective values of 466,336 19,167 42,818 and 195,125.

Canada United States

Prohibition Debate Advocates Government Liquor Sales

The Globe argues against Ontario Government liquor sales as a path to revenue, noting bootleggers profits flowing to the treasury elsewhere. It questions whether public stores would reduce illicit trade, citing British Columbia and Quebec experiences, and urges direct taxation over government sales to curb liquor consumption.

British Columbia Quebec United States Ontario

Forest Town Fined for Waterworks Noncompliance

The Town of Forest was fined $1,400 by Police Magistrate Woodrow of Sarnia for neglecting to carry out the Provincial Board of Health order to install a waterworks system. The council is faulted for not safeguarding the town’s sanitary interests.

Forest Woodrow Sarnia Provincial Board of Health

Engaged Couples Stir Public Nerves in Old Bank Board Tale

The Spectator notes being engaged unsettles society and couples. An elderly director recalls a bank employee show of distraction due to romance. The board weighs firing him yet ponders tying salary to lure the fiancé to stay, hoping he improves after marriage.

Agriculture Board Endorses Broad Farm Policy Set

At a Kapitan area board meeting the Agriculture Board approved a package of resolutions. It backed a state highway system, marketing cooperatives, national milk as a drink, motor fuel tax for roads, waterway linking the great lakes to the St Lawrence, year round farming, and urging Congress to recognize agriculture’s national economic role.

Board of Agriculture of Atata of Kapitan Farmer-Controllgl

Derivation Debate in Middletown Pleases Doctor

An old professor obsessed with philology clashes with language broadness and a bold student hints at a derivation for Middletown from Moses. The exchange ends with the student claiming Middletown is derived by dropping Moses and adding Jddletown leading to a playful pun.

Dryasduat Clarsen Afiddletown Moses Carne Middle Town

Fragmented Exchange on Original Condition Misheard

A garbled dialogue shows a customer and Chemlat disputing a term like original condition with unclear meaning. The rough text suggests confusion over what keeps items in their initial state and who bears risk, with stray phrases about danger and balance.

Chemlat

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