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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1946
Page
8
Bayka Russell reflects on urban noise and peaceful moments in a fragmentary verse about a city’s heartbeat, stillness, and a brook where a sleepy bird settles as night widens. The tone blends observation with a dreamlike meditation on sound and silence.
The August 17 1896 issue notes Thomas Morton selling his barber shop and moving to Milton, Beardmore Co tannery roof work, a gold medal offered by John Strachan for top high school exam marks won by Maggie McQueen, Knox Church events with Rev Hugh A. McPherson induction, a fatal accident in Erin Township when a man fell from a horse drawn cart, Georgetown paper mills expanding with 7000 for machinery, and local births deaths and marriages including D. N. Boothe’s son, James H. Wansborough’s death at age 5, and Eva Peart McGill’s age 39.
Highlights include the Hand of Guelph sacred concert on MIL Street and Freddy Harmwood's serious accident after being struck by a car near Windsor. Local bylaw for Main Street concrete work may cost 1100 dollars pending Highway Department approval. Community events include the Acton Citizens Band picnic at Blue Springs and a Ladies Aid tea at Mrs. Gow Manales. A daughter was born August 8, 2386 to Mr and Mrs Hugh M Ret. Browning Dills marry in Toronto with Myrtle Mitts and Frank J Browning as beneficiaries. John McIntyre dies at age six on Young Street Acton.
In Winnipeg youths altered customs by shedding shirts during a back alley confrontation over an affair of honor. The TWO participants removed their shirts and handed them to bystanders for safekeeping as the dispute unfolded.
A Sunday school lesson from 1616 discusses the Eighth Commandment and safeguarding property. It argues against theft by employers and employees, warns against gambling, and emphasizes trusting God to provide while prioritizing His kingdom and righteousness over earthly worries.
Lewis Milligan links Lenin and Stalin to political deception and class warfare. He argues the mightiest ally of Russia is labor strikes and calls for exposing political trickery to prevent future wars. A Westchester notes item reports a local baseball team helping extinguish a bush fire near Londonderry.
A J71 engine that pulled eastern Canada’s first passenger train into Vancouver sits idle in Canadian Pacific Railway yards awaiting a permanent display site. The city explores parks and a streetcar loop area but finds options limited. Built June 1896 at Delorimier Avenue shops, the old locomotive bears a Queen Victoria image on its tender.
Canada prepares for the Royal Winter Fair return in Toronto from November 12 to 20, drawing thousands of visitors and exhibitors in live stock crops fruit and vegetables. The article notes the fairs international stature and compares it to Chicago events, highlighting leadership changes at the International Live Stock Exposition and recalling Barney Herde and Bo Ogilvie.
Official estimates show poultry meat output around 176000 pounds with a 2 percent drop from prior figures. Egg production hit 360,948,000 dozen and farm cash income from eggs totaled around 14.5 million dollars. Eggs used for hatching at farms valued about 4.7 million, with total gross value about 118.9 million. a portion marked as expenses rather than income.
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