Rural Fair Ahead In Acton Felt 1991 Event Promised
A fragmentary notice notes Acton Felt 1991 as a premier rural fair likely to surpass past editions. It mentions school decor completion by Wr Jas Vadson and a generally subdued mood among students with few celebrations as the event nears. The report also references local misdeeds with sentences for theft and a parolee’s status, including a 30 day sentence for monument markers and a two year sentence for an apprehended produce king in Chatham.
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Acton
Faye Weena
Ontario
Whdtan
Klores
Gteres
Thia
Yeravinee
Querin Ag Manmner
Hallon
Canadian Education Report Shows Rising Technical Training
A recent Canadian education report notes a fourfold rise in technical education from 1920 to 1920, with one day technical student per four ordinary high school pupils and evening classes growing 60 percent more than day programs. It cites 2,080,040 elementary and secondary pupils in 39,707 schools, 05,305 teachers, and 18 percent at secondary level.
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Canada
Dominion
Calla
The Boas Eye the Stenographer in Odd Exchange
A curious scene unfolds with The Boas addressing a stenographer about a filing cabinet and lunch. A mother questions Myra about a past incident while a husband recalls a family parlor moment and the wrong word that troubled him.
Judge Questions Speeding Man Over Church Rummage Sale
A court scene shows a judge pressing a man on his speeding at fifty mph. The defendant blurts he hurried home to save his wife’s church rummage sale attire, claiming haste to protect his other pair of pants. The case is dismissed.
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George
Fragmentary dialogue on a memento in a socket
A fragment shows a speaker asking about a keepsake in a socket and another replying the item is a lock of her husband’s hair though he is alive, his hair supposedly showing signs of aging or damage.
Preserving dignity in work thoughts from Lord Dawson of Penh
Lord Dawson of Penh reflects in the Atlantic on a farm labourer in England who, out of work for months, rejected a five shilling weekly rise after considering independence over relying on the dole. The piece contrasts belief in self-reliance with economic precarity during the era. The note closes with a stray reference to the Canadian National Exhibition at Park 8, 350 acres.
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Lord Dawson of
Penh
Atlantic
England
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Acton Fairle
Eldorads Park
Wong
Johnstong A Humley
Miitreet
Thatromp Gardens
Aston
Georgetown
Presbyterian
United
Guelph
Province of
Wallinnfad
Walton
Mason Knhting Comany
Houdsya
Lorne
Wr. Jas Vadson
Ye McKenzie
Kitchener
Gome
Alue
John Inglea
Crewsona Camors
W. P. Dudley
Chatham
Education IN
Corticelli
Ac Boys
Bhutcher
Pallant
Mill Street
Myra
Platea
Yants and
Law
Clawson
E& Camry
Pfss
Teenight
Raady
Capiatn
Frit Acton Company
Ort
Guldes
A. J. Irwin
Ontario Prohibition Union
Halton County
Arrow Bus
Exhibition Grounds
Western Exhibition Entrance
Lakeshore Drive
Wiles
Natew
Falra
McLean & Co
MIL
Holland
Darwin
W. A. DeWinter,Inc
Pst Bu Neemstede
Europa
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