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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
3
Local officials urge clean pavements to impress visitors while freight and mail trains face delays. Measles outbreaks close Meadows Hall at Guelph and prompt early Christmas holidays for students. a general Christmas gift idea suggests repeaters and greetings for distant friends.
A high class recital is planned for Monday evening featuring instrumental works by Laure Wray and J. W. Hews, with a new Yamaha bay piano to be used. The event aims to engage the congregation and friends, amid other church activities and updates on the Acton area.
A long, fragmentary column records scattered social items. It mentions various individuals in Toronto and surrounding areas visiting, news of deaths, marriages, and hospital stays. It also describes a Four Oclock Tea tradition at a Toronto company and local option results in West Slaven with multiple towns listed.
The notice outlines nomination timing around Christmas and seasonal shifts, noting December Monday holidays alter the usual election day pattern. It mentions Georgetown opposition to Dillards applications, a Toronto stock show consignments, and a farm stock sale in Acton with auctioneers listed.
A testimonial from Marian Hage of Wappells Hask. touts a Parisian Hair Tonic claiming it stopped hair loss and dandruff and left hair soft glossy and full. The ad extols the product as the best choice for women and children with a bold offer to ship worldwide from the publisher in Guelph.
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