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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
2
Fragmentary notes mention Paemens Houmas and local election talk in August. It cites editorial note on the campaign, Conservative nominations, and comments on moving picture influence and public morality. Also references Lloyd George settlement and municipal tax allocations.
The report outlines a council meeting with discussion on a by law for municipal expenditures and support for the current year. It notes talk on electric current supply and cautions action with the Hydro Electric Commission. Editorial items warn of wheat, rail and agricultural industry trends and local political notes.
An English chemist reports a new process to grow air plants and extract from Meni leaves for Halvia like cures. American preparations are planned for import under KRALVIA, while local farmers thresh and note light grain yields. A double header baseball in Acton-Guelph ends with Acton sweeping both games. local readers recount players, scoring, and a controversial match incident.
In a fragmentary report from Tomook county, residents of a small Ontario village near Rookwood discuss summer visitors and local happenings. Names such as Mina Norma Jolnnten and Xira David Stewart appear amid notes of house sales, garden upkeep, and a junior basketball game lost by the Mockwood club. The telephones buzz with chatter as guests and neighbors socialize and plan visits to the Traders' Dauk.
In support of Reciprocity, a Ridgewood Farm note argues Halton County, Ontario with its fruit farms stands to gain most by expanded access to Buffalo and eastern U S markets. It insists tariffs on soil products protect farmers and that imports will remain duties-bound. address Ridgewood Farm Travatean P.O. Ontario.
An advertisement touts a tonic from Indian remedies developed nearly a century ago in the Comstock Laboratories at Brockville Ontario. The claim describes curative properties for indigestion headaches blood purification and skin clearing and promotes “250, 2 box” sales everywhere.
An Acton shop targets working men and women with pay week bargains and a money back guarantee. The ad claims to stretch each paycheck for home needs and invites customers to test the store’s promise.
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