Capital and Reserve Fund Summary With Cashier Note
Capital and Reserve Fund totals shown include 81,404,000 and 81,000,000 with an 13,168,000 line item. J. Turnbull is identified as cashier in the accompanying financial record.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
3
Capital and Reserve Fund totals shown include 81,404,000 and 81,000,000 with an 13,168,000 line item. J. Turnbull is identified as cashier in the accompanying financial record.
Interest paid at best current rates added to Principal without Pass Book. Withdrawals allowed with written order and Pass Book. Farmers notes discounted. Money loaned to feed cattle with prompt advances on sale notes at a low rate. Full banking facilities offered. correspondence solicited.
Acton Civic Holiday planned for next Thursday noted along with Toronto exhibition a week from Monday. Weather mentions rain and a tornado with minor local damage but no serious impact. Reports from Detroit and Indianapolis Christian Endeavor and Epworth League conventions cited. Two riders collide under Alisa’s bridge injuring Mr Lowry. Clergy updates for Rev McAlpine and replacements. Mayor Relaop’s address to the Methodist Sunday School praised. School opening set for September 1 with Labor Day on September 6. North West reports crop damage and high losses. Carrier pigeons released by York Ginb and M.A. McMillan head to Toronto, returning home soon after. Twenty percent below pricing advertised by Hamilton’s granite and marble firm.
Acton proclaims Civic Holiday with plans for a Toronto Electric Co dynamo and a Waterloo excursion at low rates. Local notices report moves to Manitoba harvest work, a pretty home wedding of Minnie Bratham to George Edwards, and eighty years of residency of Thomas Cook. Also notes lacrosse matches and Fairview Cemetery monument activity in Fairview.
Mr and Mrs Smyth celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Eagle Lake near Acton Muskoka with about forty relatives and friends. Mr Smyth born 1821 in England arrived in Canada 1857, long served in local government and as Postmaster Midford. Family notes recount eight sons and three daughters with nine still living.
Citizens hope for good weather as a Falls excursion train runs from 8:50 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a $1 fare. The Band Concert at the new stand drew praise. Parents Emma and Ernest enjoyed a Cleveland Detroit trip. Daisy and Hazel Barber head to Europe for a year. Rev and Mrs Mason vacation in Buffalo. Belo Township potato crop looks strong. Gilbert McArthur suffers a bad fall while hauling wheat and will be housebound. Hugh McMillan of Erin turns 60 with many friends visiting to celebrate. D S McMillan and D B McMillan plan a Northwest trip.
Readers list visitors and hosts across Acton and nearby towns. Names include Miss Bertie Smith of Milton visiting Toronto, Mr A T Brown in Toronto, Mrs J A McLachlan at Fergus reunion, and many others from Toronto Hamilton Guelph and London visiting Acton or hosting guests. The column records people traveling, visiting relatives, and spending holidays with local families.
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