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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
The town buzzes with garden show notes, road work, and church services as residents welcome spring. Highlights include a Hamilton arrival, tax rate tweaks, street paving talks, and Easter observances with special music and generous gifts acknowledged by Knox and St Alban’s communities.
Captain O Kingamut of his Majesty's battleship Dominian fails to receive the Canadian navy commander post. He is a Guelph native born in 1861, entered the Royal Navy in 1900, and is related to Mr Walter Hearithiore. Sunday church services featured a sermon by Rev Norton on women missionaries. A court case against Alfred McGantah ended without conviction, with strong rebuke from Judge Gorlian. A boy named John moved 2,000 pounds of coal in three and a half hours, shown as exemplary labor. A wedding of Sophia Wildenbrand to John Rite in Berlin was held with ceremony by J.G.W. Barker. A widow, Ida Taylor Scott, mourned after the death of her infant daughter, while Duncan Scott and Ida Taylor mourned their loss. The Methodist Church plans a new parsonage on Willow Street, to be occupied by Rev. Mr. Barker in July.
A large roster of residents from Toronto and surrounding towns is listed visiting relatives and friends over Easter. Names include Eva Airth, Milas Nettle Noble, Agnes Tovell, Nella Atorey, Maggie Dennett, Annie Ourson, Minnie Bonnatt, Rabari Ourvoll, Clarence Packatoyind, Alf Morris, and many others. Mentions travel to and from Toronto, Georgetown, Guelph, Brantford, and Acton with holiday gatherings and homecomings observed during the period.
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