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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1947
Page
8
A travelling salesman registers at a small hotel when a bed bug crawls across the register page. The man jokes he has been bitten by bugs in many hotels, but this is the first time one inspected his room.
Trans Canada Air Lines plans 650 dinners aloft on Christmas Day for about 60 turkeys and 50 pounds of mincemeat with trimmings. Passengers on routes from coast to coast and across the Atlantic will dine on roast turkey or beef tenderloin in London bound flights.
A note states iodine stains may be removed by any solution used for ordinary photographs. The guidance emphasizes simple photographic solvents can restore stained items without special chemicals.
The notes report council decisions to raise funds for a first class plane, hog show winnings by R. Agatw's stock with a four and a half cent live weight price, and a 25 dollar check for three hogs. Public Library vote set for January 3 with municipal elections. Endeavor officers named at Knox Church, a factory accident injuries, and local social events.
A 1927 Thornaday Free Press note previews a Christmas Eve tree gathering. It also mentions Mr. and Mrs. David Williamson planning their diamond wedding anniversary and a Toronto Guelph line railway color scheme update.
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