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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1910
Page
3
Reported last Thursday Hugh Mann operates a novel manure spreader on his farm showing independence and curiosity. The anecdote highlights his pride in handling the machine, contrasted with a brief note about a church pulpit service in Knox and a reward offer for a health remedy in a scattered, garbled notice.
A fragmentary Acton page records a quiet Tuesday wedding for Hubert Smith and Miss Ethel Galena with local clergy, gifts, and a city honeymoon. Other items include church notices, farewell to Rev McKechnie, death of George Agnew at Brandon, and property talk on Acton Hotel and local buildings with community sentiments.
A crowded week features visits from notable residents including J B Mourte of Georgetawe Heeedd and T B Young of Noble's store, plus several locals traveling to Halifax and Toronto. Fire south of Fairy Lake destroys a barn after an arson claim, while a funeral for Mrs Cranston is noted. Local Option rhetoric spills into council debate with warnings to keep hotels respectable and avoid cross-town influx.
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