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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1897
Page
2
Neighbor notes list costs for road repairs on Speyside crossroad. Charges include Alex Holmes for gravel on multiple lines and pins removal totaling 18.00 68.00 21.84 and 62.50, Mrs. Robert McPherson for gravel 18.40, and Peter Gibbons at 17 days spreading gravel for 17.00.
A temperance hall gathering led by Rev T W Loxford of the Disciple church was postponed. Readouts mention a pleasant night with dances and entertainment at Mrs J Padlinch, with many locals hosting and visiting friends in Campbellville Lowville and Bullinafad.
The King's Daughters announce an art entertainment on the evening of December 16 at St. Catherine’s. Mrs W Wetherald of St. Catharines visits her sister Mrs M A Ball. A local library reports new book additions and praised committee taste. Burglary at the station house between 1 and 2 am damaged the door. tools from Landy’s smithy used. no money was taken and no clues yet.
Reports from Berlin and Bracebridge describe the sentencing of W. J. Hammond and James Allison for the murders of their wives. Hammond, 28, and Allison, 17, received lengthy terms after trials in which the juries recommended mercy for Allison. Both men faced death by hanging on February 4 and February 18 respectively, in a striking coincidence noted by observers.
A clergyman offers guidance to those seeking gold prospecting, outlining moral considerations, responsible mining practices, and the importance of community welfare as miners pursue wealth.
Rambel Jacobs, a well known South Grimsby man, was battered to pieces by a savage bull on his farm near Bunton Ontario. He and neighbors had dehorned the animal before leading it to the barn where the beast gored, trampled and killed him. He was about fifty and leaves a widow and family.
Thomas Barnett of Bryanston died after a tree fell on him while he worked at his farm. Concussion of the brain was given as the cause. The report also notes other local items: Archibald Buchanan’s suicide near Penetanguishene, a violent incident at the Hamilton Herald office, and various notices including an auction and a paper mill update at Hall.
A lively sales pitch detailing furs from many regions and animals, praising Cheapside as the fur headquarters. The passage extols diverse offerings from beaver to mink, musk rats to kangaroos, and promises high quality, repair, cleaning, and dyeing services with a jab at cheaper rivals.
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