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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1928
Page
4
The speaker argues prohibition improves life for workers and the poor, noting jail closures and broad compliance. He predicts the law will remain and urges lifting the issue to voluntary support for the common good. The remarks quote The Right Reverend William T. Manning.
Electors of Acton will vote on May 7 on a by law allowing debentures of up to 15000 for a skating and curling rink. The piece argues residents should consider community youth impact and tax effects beyond personal enjoyment.
Canada faces rapid forest loss with white pine near exhausted and eastern mills relying on Pacific timber. Canadian Forest Week April 22 24 urges preventing fires to sustain forestry and paper industries, urging public care and management to preserve forest assets for the future.
A blurred amalgam of crime note and education brief describes a nineteen year old Indy charged in Quebec with a companion’s murder after drinking. It contrasts with a farming education report noting four Alberta agricutural schools offering free two year courses for farm youth over sixteen with no entrance exam.
Opinion notes that higher pay could attract qualified Police Magistrates and judges in Ontario to reduce unfit appointments. It cites Babson Institute’s 1928 Canada report predicting continued business improvement, rising industrial activity, and an independent prosperity despite U S unemployment trends affecting cross border labor.
The Fergus News Record notes Canada’s mail network and daily usage, disputes about population growth countering claims of US migration, and a bacon hog export boom including shipments to the United States and British colonies. It suggests Ontario government ads summarize new laws for public awareness.
Mina Gui ic of Nante visited town last week. Wm Sprowl of Acton won visitor in tawny on Monday. Mrs McTavish of Acton spent Sunday with Mr J McDermtnd. Marion Stotkford spent Foster holidays with friends in Guelph. Olive Davin spent holidays with the Wildile family of Acton. Victor Stockford of Central America visited his uncle IL Stockford. Katharine Wesley and daughter of Marka Palm visited Toronto. Park area residents report peeping last night and plan to prosecute. George T Beatt hosted Toronto friends over the weekend. Miss Lowery and companion of Warton visiting locally. Curtis House of Grimbny spent Foster holidays with J T Smith. Mrs H Prankum and nine daughters of Hartiston visiting the Hulls. WJ Kentner of Acton weekend with the Binghams. Dr and Mrs Hutchinson and daughter of Dreampton were Sunday visitors. Elma, Howard Tufford, and Reg Stuart of Boomaville visited Peter Blidlair last week. Workmen excavating for D S Leitch new concrete garage between the grist mill road and Globe Motel.
Mrs Money of Canada reunites with family in Oakville as Mrs Harry Millar hosts guests. Dr and Mrs Stanley Brand visit Milton then Oakville briefly. Mrs Ballie and Miss Edith Battle travel to Montreal. Mrs John Calder of Glasgow arrives to reside with her daughter Mrs Robert Hall in Maple Avenue. Mr and Mrs Harry Giddings Jr return from wintering south. A delivery wagon accident occurs near Oakville. Lakeshore farmers begin plowing as Easter week visits occur in Brantford and Port Credit. Jno R Byers and Miss Dorothy Mary attend McNiven Chamberlaine wedding in Toronto.
Joseph I C Clarke recounts an unexpected hotel incident in Tang Hang Tsuo Japan. A tip to a maid ends with polite bows and a mysterious document from Afles Plum Blogscom. On the train a friend translates the note as Received to one dollar.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr H G Southworth URATABS for men over 40 with adder or prostate weakness kidney and bladder problems. It claims rapid relief after a few days, lists symptoms, and offers money back guarantee via local druggists.
Messy report details residents visiting relatives in Toronto New York City and Ottawa. Mentions Gardner Nenger Jackson Mackengle and others, a constable buying a motorcycle and a mining company bankruptcy affecting local figures. Also notes a church appointment to a mission field in southern Saskatchewan.
Burlington resident Mrs Whitham spent the week end at the home of Mr and Mrs White. Gordon Hepburns group spent Easter holidays in St Catharines. J Nielsen moved into Geo Pearsons house in Peru. Bhorey and Jon John visited Niavara Falls with Hhoreys son. John Wallace returned from Florida in good health. Wanteron bought a brick home on Main Street. Mrs Elgin Ford of Amherstburg visited Milton. Earl and Norris spent time at Niagara Falls with their daughter. Walter Wheeler Neville of Toronto visited Milton. Mrs Oliver Stewart attended a social in Toronto in honor of Mrs Lindbergh mother of the aviator.
An Agricultural note explains how improper storage and handling cause rot in stored fruit, including nonparasitic diseases like bitter pit and water core. It links decay to spraying practices, orchard conditions, and storage facilities, urging careful picking, packing, and field scab control to protect the crop.
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