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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
4
The item lists early notes about Christmas timing and council nominations, plus local events. Reports describe tax collections, a local auction, a new dairy opening, and a string of social and church activities. A charitable drive, canvass efforts by Methodists, and community announcements fill the page with names, places, and dates in a period tone.
Private John Sahil, Acton native, returned from the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force’s first contingent after a lung wound from Ivonchy Feanoa. He spent convalescent leave of three months before reporting for duty again. Local events include Mrs. Wemerristle’s birthday anniversary and a successful benefit concert in Milton to aid Belgian orphans.
A letter from Miss Mary Afaadas of Becond Hook rout requests resignation citing unsatisfactory war work and pupil interests. The Board approves her resignation effective at Christmas, and discusses two applicants Mary Maury and Burit Fleury with Fleury to be engaged at $500 per year starting January 1. The meeting adjourns.
A descriptive survey lists former business lines and property occupancies in Nusineea town, noting that only three base planta remain in their original false places while multiple stores, offices, and trades relocate or close. It records names of owners, shops, and street corners along Mill and Willow, tracing post office, hardware, barbers, and clothing stores as they shifted to new sites.
In a fragmentary note from Anton several residents are listed as visiting or attending events at nearby homes and towns. The text references Mr and Mrs Wi Sryer Mr W Anderson Mrs Wo Vie Norman and others with unclear roles or exact events during a holiday period.
A garbled social and personal column lists visits and transfers among residents and visitors. Names include Ray Hort, Miles Lattle Moore, Avlof Dilla, Christie, Coloman, J Victor Colowan, Nora Kennay, Ernest Laggett, Mrs Janet Watson, Mrs W B Unworth, Mrs Qunninghans, Mrs G T Cus Lat, Mrs Thos Ebbage, Clare, Mrs Rotartson, A M Basich, Mr Jon Lake, and Mr James Wayray. Activities cover weekend trips, homecomings, hospital nurses ruling, and a death in the Lake family, with scattered mentions of towns Qualph Toronto Guelph Acton and surrounding area.
Offer refunds of rail fare on every ten dollar purchase plus a large Christmas stock of men and young men suits coats robes shirts gloves scarfs handkerchiefs and more. Shop for gifts and enjoy a pleasant display of goods for gentlemen friends this Christmas season.
Nei McLean aged fifty seven from Lafret Hos Erin died on Wednesday after a brief illness caused by throat condition. He was son of Donald McLean and husband of Janet McTavish. Survived by Mrs McLean and four of their five children Jane Young Donald Mary and Duncan. An elder of the Presbyterian Church he attended in Ospainys. The funeral was held on Sunday with many attending from Everton.
A damaged OCR passage mentions numbers and terms like Return Strait and RGIS with scattered fragments. The readable content does not establish a clear event, date, or names to summarize into a coherent public notice or story.
The document describes the incorporation under The Companies Act of a company formed in Toronto Ontario with George NeClure and associates including Joseph Maw Dutten and others for leather textile and composition goods. It outlines assets and phrasing for acquiring existing businesses and expanding into related manufacturing and trade activities. It also covers possibilities of purchasing patents licenses and joint ventures and the conveyance of shares or property to undertake the business.
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