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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
3
Mead Office Hamilton establishes capital and assets with Wan Gapauox as president and Asia Tomerose as vice president and general manager. General banking services offered including savings, discounts on farmer notes, prompt loans, and collection facilities at Georgetown Branch.
The Augmented Free Press reports civic holiday events in Acton and nearby towns. Updates note paving work on Church Street, a humorous Civic Holiday visit in Toronto, hotel fines for Monor law violations, and upcoming council meetings.
A string of town notes covers an accident at Mrs Cobban’s home, new permanent pavement progress on Church Street, and a looming council budget presentation. The piece notes grain elevator plans, a proposed steamer elevator at Acton, and a recent jail term for a night disturbance. It also praises Mr Nixon’s commercial master appointment and mentions a quarterly communion service and a new mansion in Newmarket.
Fragmented OCR reports a halt Monday in Guelph at the Royal City Clerks request with multiple names and events. It mentions a near accident involving a horse and rider near a railway crossing and notes community reactions and local sermons and appointments in Moon Falls.
A call invites every woman in Acton and nearby to A. T. Browns drug store for a free Rexall Dye sample dyeing wool cotton silk jute or blends. Also touts Baby's Tablets from Mialordne Company Brockville Ontario as a remedy for teething and digestive upset with testimonials from a mother in Lindys Ont.
A crowded social column lists residents visiting relatives in Toronto and Ottawa, returning travelers from Welland, Detroit, and Boston, and locals hosting guests at Fairview Price and Moorecraft. Numerous notices mention engagements with family, travels to Cleveland, Toledo, and Geneva, and appearances at churches and picnics.
J Whuniltens Eteetrical Monu mental Works advertises granite and monument work at spring sale prices. The firm claims capable machinery and lower costs, inviting inquiries to set up and complete orders with reduced rates.
A fragment describes public figures debating aging and tact in a town meeting. The prose suggests a speaker pitying an elderly individual, reflecting on social attitudes toward age. The text is incomplete and fragmented.
A Canadian tailoring shop thanks customers for patience this season and promises bright, stylish goods at fair prices. Two shipments of fall suitings arrived with more on the way this week, inviting early orders before current stock is gone.
A damaged OCR fragment lists assorted room furniture and prices. Items include ANEDROOM No 1 ratroom suit surface on table Chaly rocker dining room chairs and parlor pieces with rough values. Kitchen table and chairs priced, with other miscellaneous hall and parlor furnishings and estimated costs.
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