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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1877
Page
3
In Ontario notes a June London Conference of Methodist ministers in Guelph, a Niagara River water rights sale set for May 11, and local mining rumors in Gravenhurst with gold nugget finds. Treacherous river incidents, railway news, postal stamp changes, and legal cases mirror a busy public notice page.
An official dispatch from St. Petersburg reports Russia has declared war on Turkey. Vienna and St. Petersburg sources describe Russian forces crossing the frontier with 50,000 troops advancing toward Galatz and Ismail. The Porte seeks Servia’s help to stop Danube crossings while Gortchakoff states Russia is in a state of war and severs diplomatic ties.
Napanee reports temperance leaders rented a large hotel for three years to run it on strict temperance principles after hotels closed. Liquor sellers plan to keep open houses briefly, while travelers may receive larger and cheaper accommodation due to the Dunkin Act.
Last Friday morning Mrs. Kidd poured coal oil on the fire from a five gallon can when it exploded burning her and another woman named Helliker. The house burned down and Mrs. Kidd died that evening while the other woman aged remains critical. The Montreal Witness plans an eight page expansion and new high speed press to print 16 000 papers hourly.
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