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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
2
A letter argues that anti British sentiment is a strong, persistent force in U S culture. It claims education fuels hostility and that even Canadians in New York observe Americans reacting angrily to Britain.
The text notes higher wheat prices due to world crop shortfalls and harvest timing. It argues gains will aid farmers and local economies as money circulates, enabling purchases and employment. It mentions Canada's advertising in Britain and immigration campaigns to attract capital and talent, aiming for renewed prosperity.
The article notes unusually high wheat prices for spring and fall crops in Ontario and Manitoba. With prices 16 to 200 percent higher and a 6,000,000 bushel yield increase, farmers may gain 6.5 to 9.8 million more revenue than last year. Weaker notes warn farmers to sell soon as exports rise and markets stay strong.
The report lists Tip Fons and C. H. Bennett among successful students in the vacant High School examinations for third and fourth form work. Also noted are E Hennedy D J McCarty R J McGollum A M McFarlane B Nixon G Stark H Jigmon P Yemen Founta Fons B Parsons and a special subject group led by O H Bennett and M B Gowland covering French German Physics Mathematics and other subjects.
Friends mourn the sudden death at her home on Monday evening of Mrs Mary Pickard Howson wife of Abs Howson The deceased was the third daughter of the late Rev Wm Pickard and leaves a bereaved family An obituary notes their long series of losses and the funeral yesterday at the family plot in Union Cemetery Gaslot
Ontario Agricultural College experiments over eight years with 152 winter wheat varieties reveal strong variation in per acre yields. Selected varieties from 1806 1807 trials performed well across Ontario, with 281 detailed reports from 85 counties.
In a small Margaret Street home, Mr Juhb Garrity recalls how his wife Belle rose from near death to health, after doctors offered no hope. A Cheltenham hotel keeper, Garrity credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring his wife’s strength, saying their family now keeps a box at home.
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