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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1924
Page
5
The Toronto Star Weekly argues that major business interests including bankers automobile firms confectioners amusement providers grocers and merchants will strongly support keeping the Ontario Temperance Act in place. It predicts trade opposition to repeal will be weakened by the weight of business and employee influence.
Dispatch of Business in the House of Commons lauds the Government for a on its toes approach this session. Night sittings, reduced private members days, a full order paper, a shortened Easter recess, and a Budget tabling are cited as actions aimed at closing the session by late June.
A visitor after a week in Acton extolled its ideal location and plentiful public services. He cited abundant pure water at low cost, strong fire protection, a hydro electric system, debt-free public properties, and near debt free schools. He noted thriving manufacturing industries and proximity to Ontario cities via the Provincial Highway from Toronto to Sarnia.
Parliament praised Mr Robb for a business like Budget that reduces Canada's net debt by 30 million dollars and cuts taxes by 24 million in the coming year. Sales tax falls from six to five percent and many items gain fifty percent reductions while tariffs and duties are trimmed. Ministers, Progressives, and the government applaud as the budget is expected to pass with strong support.
The Curtis Publishing Company announces it will stop printing tobacco advertisements in The Saturday Evening Post The Ladies' Home Journal and The Country Gentleman. It will also remove all tobacco references from editorials and communications. The move aligns with a long anti tobacco campaign and echoes Free Press policy from thirty years ago.
The Budget tariff changes prompt mixed journalistic reaction with praise from supporters and condemning columns from opponents. Since 1878 National Policy, commentary has swung between doom and praise as Canada remains prosperous and peaceful amid political disputes.
City council adopts traffic by law for Mill Street between John and Main Streets prohibiting parking on either side for more than fifteen minutes. Penalty ranges from one to twenty dollars plus costs to curb congestion and danger.
The Ferguson government pushes amendments to strengthen the Ontario Temperance Act. The changes empower the License Commission to withdraw druggist permits for illegal liquor sales and tighten sales reporting. A companion bill broadens Pharmacy Council powers and authorizes arrest without a warrant for liquor offenses, aiming to curb large cargoes and even single bottles.
Editorial notes cover tariff effects on farmers and dairymen with no expected losses from proposed changes. They discuss Queen's Park reform in Toronto and a probe into provincial treasury graft. Other items include leap day considerations, calendar reform, a prize trip offer, Canada’s forests and safety measures, gasoline handling concerns, and Burlington’s Gazette 25th year celebration and leadership.
A train journey turns perilous as a factory watchman recounts nearly drowning after climbing into a water tank on a Chicago area site. He frees himself by turning a supply pipe valve and swimming to safety as night watchmen find him.
The piece outlines an idealistic creed urging strength peace of mind and selfless behavior. It emphasizes health prosperity happiness for others sunny outlook and focusing on the good while avoiding past faults and criticism.
An enthusiastic motorist recalls a long trip in a rainstorm that ends with a farmer who initially hates cars. After a spontaneous ride, the farmer grows curious about the machine and ends up traveling several miles before being set down at Milford. The tale ends with a playful reflection on the car’s cost.
A fragmentary exchange shows Jack waking with a sense his watch vanished though not missing. Tom asks for details and Jack clarifies the watch was moving on its own rather than gone. The snippet hints at a puzzling incident or dreamlike event.
By arrangement of Hon. Gov. Headley and the Minister of Agriculture a total shipment of cows and steers will be sent to Japan soon. The aim is to test prospects for Alberta livestock and to include a qualified investigator to assess market possibilities for Alberta farm products.
A clipped 19th or early 20th century summary notes San Diego's crime and alcohol issues, detailing arrests for drunkenness and deaths from alcohol poisoning ten years ago, with fewer offenses during a presidential halt and subsequent years, highlighting a decline in drunkenness arrests and fatalities.
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