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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1875
Page
4
The article critiques Keeley and his supporters accusing manipulation of claims about a device. It cites Mr. Odllier and other readers doubting the invention’s credibility and notes alleged aims to swindle investors and drain treasury funds.
A Providence Journal reader recounts the belief in spiders as omens of stormy weather noting their “wise” instinct and sheltering under tents as the wind and rain approached. The item describes damage from a Friday storm at Samuel Hammill Sr.’s house and nearby debris, including torn pipes and a burned web scene.
A Grand Trunk Railway freight truck struck a man walking toward Guelph as it neared a crossing east of Guelph. The engine stopped. the man’s body was placed beside the track for removal and investigators examined clothing and belongings found aboard. The coroner and authorities noted the fatality near the York Road crossing with reports of the victim’s identity and circumstances under inquiry.
Fragmented text notes grants, railway connections, and ticket disputes across Hamilton and Niagara area. Mentions include funding thresholds, construction milestones, and an expected revival using regional railway lines near Georgetown and Bay. Also references a arrival in New York with Cuyler’s Church Brooklyn.
In Toronto a broker named James A. Ross reportedly drank heavily for days. On Saturday he asked his wife for beer, then shot himself in the left side after a quarrel, dying later at a hospital. He leaves a wife two daughters and a young son. The Scottish vocalist Kennedy family items and a new U S coin likeness are also noted in the report.
A fragmented OCR record lists medical professionals H. Lowery and M.C. Morrow with affiliations to Bellevue College and Victoria Canada and Acton residence on West Bowler Street. Also mentions Matthews in Ames as conveyancer and marriage licenses issuer, plus insurance and loan agents and municipal court references in Acton and Q.B. Fourth Division Court.
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