Recollections of Acton from the August 1897 issue
In Acton notes Mr J C Matthews covered Georgetown Post Office during a holiday. Erin’s W A McEacharn introduces a Waterloo threshing machine, threshing for Morgan Crewson. Pigeons sent to H S Holmes circle Acton, head to Fairy Lake then Toronto. Marries Dorrie Osburn James Dobbie Limehouse Rockwood. DIED Robert Moore Nichol Fergus aged 52 years 4 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Matthews
Georgetown
Honderaon
A. McEacharn
Erin
Waterloo
Morgan Crewson
H. S. Holmes
Gtro
Toronto
Mwheratadk
Acton
Fairy Lake
Dorrie Osburn
Rockwood
D. Sharp
James Dobbie
Limehouse
Sarah Osburn
Moore
Nichol
Fergus
Robert Moore
John Moore
Taranto's union station opens with Prince of Wales ticket
The August 11 1927 issue notes Taranto's new union station opening to the public. The first ticket issued went to the Prince of Wales and is valid for all time. A Hackney man and his wife recount a long family visit, with 1800 miles driven. A Nassigaweya pioneer farmer’s descendants hold an annal reunion at Arkell, and a quiet wedding occurs at St Joseph's Church. A Shanghai birth and several marriages are logged alongside a quirky GE mosquito color study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taranto
Union Station
Prince of Wales
David Storey
Hackney
Man
Thos. Storey
Storey
Racine
Wis
Nassigaweya
Neil Black
Arkell
St. Joseph’s Church
Wilry Elizabeth
Martin Kelly
James Blacklock
Oshawa
Golden wedding joy and civic tales from Burlington
Burlington hosts a golden wedding for Mr and Mrs George H Hicklin at 125 Water St East. The town reports a stolen pair of bicycles from the lake bank on Monday night. Rev Fraser of Clageton reports a ministerial appointment at the United Church hospital in Galt on Tuesday marking his sixty eighth year. The Burlington Lions Club staged the largest carnival in over twenty years at the park with record crowds and a big finale. United Gas and Fuel crews convert appliances to manufactured gas as Furnaces will be changed before September. A federal cooperative housing plan with insurers to build 120 new homes in Burlington, with 30 acres already bought from Fred Bell for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Hicklin
Water St
East
Ronald Harvey
Charlie Marsh
Lake Bank
Fraser
Clageton
Mink i
Burlington Lions
Clu
United Gas and Fuel Company
Burlington
Fred-Bell-for
Ga¢ete
The Sunday School Lesson on Moral Purity
The lesson outlines keeping the heart by guarding thoughts emotions and choices. It defines heart as inner life, links thinking to feelings and will, and urges conversion to align mind affections and actions with God. It warns against sin and stresses virtue and resistance to temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elymas
Sorcerer
Cornelius
Jas
Jesus Christ
Christ
God
Satan
Civil servants in Saskatchewan may run for political office
A note in Saskatchewan cites that civil servants may run for political office. The guidance frames discipline and self control as moral development, urging men and women to consult moral standards before yielding to desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
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Agnew
Shanghai, China
R. Gordon Agnew
Mary A. Caldwell
L C. Porter
General Electric
Ree
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Elmira Oe
Bracebridge
Grand Valley
Hanover
Orangeville
Mount Forest
Brampton
Caledon
Galt
New Wimbu
Shelourne
Aberfoyle
Bolton
Mflton
Markham
Streetsville
Waterdown
Woodbridge
R. M. Bell
Optometrist
Ekin
Ontario
Chapple S Eile
Wyndham
Angus
Universal Milking Machines
Viking Cream
NEW Holland
Hoover
Milton District Co-operative
Ufa
Acton Park
Kendrick
Georgian Bay
Parry Sound
Penetang
Wasaga Beach
Meaford
Ruelph
Harold Wiles
Aladdin
Hydro
Jane
Ottawa River
Ontario Hydro System
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