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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
1
The Acton Gazette published weekly at Mill Street Acton charges $1.60 yearly to subscribers. Subscriptions due date shown on address label. Advertising rates apply: transient ads 10 cents per line. 5 cents per line for each additional insertion. Contract ads 100 inches yearly priced per inch per insertion. Editor L. P. MooI.
The annual report notes milk deliveries at the dairy totaling 2 902 564 856 pounds, up from 2 600 542 089 pounds the year before and 2 630 001 765 pounds in 1916, with butter and cheese prices rising. It also mentions a coincidence as Grand River Railway by law faced by-law debates while the Guelph Junction Railway issued a record quarterly dividend of 12 percent totaling 20 400, alongside council delegation reports and plans to transfer Reliance Shop Company agreements to start local production.
The piece surveys Canadian and international views on prohibition and liquor, Wilson’s stance against profiteering, Daylight Saving tensions, and Britain and the United States urging thrift and War Savings Stamps. It cites editorials from Guelph Mercury, Picton Gazette, Toronto Globe, Alvinston Free Press, Acton Free Press, and Globe.
In Alaska a bedridden patient nears death from fever and convulsions while doctors fail with condensed milk. Bill, a stubborn critic, discovers a cow producing vast milk flow. He insists on pure milk for his father, overseeing daily milking for three months until a life-saving bottle arrives, ending the illness.
The article outlines a typical day in the life of the Prince of Wales noting rising at seven, meals and public engagements, library work, and dinners. It highlights his duties with the Duchy of Cornwall and a yearly income around sixty thousand pounds, with about half spent on estate benefitting initiatives last year.
The senator denounces a wealthy figure for avoiding taxes and calls him unpatriotic. The quotation then shifts to a mock Irish exchange with O Brien and O Hallahan characters, highlighting themes of friendship and financial demands in a satirical tone.
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