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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
2
The text blends population figures for Canada and Halton County with provincial intentions to take over terminals, local council discussions, cigarette bylaw debates, and upcoming municipal elections. Names and places are fragmented, reflecting a paste of notices and opinion snippets from a historical issue.
W. H. Storey & Son Limited announces new Hercules Nip Pro gloves with triple locked stitching and guaranteed replacement within a year. The ad highlights durability, comfort, and strength, backing products with a strong guarantee to win public confidence. Also reports local events including a Winter Fair attendance and various community notices from Acton and Glen Williams.
Mary River Hamilton native of Teenwater Bruce County has spent a decade in Paris and Berlin. She plans to create Canadian landscape pictures while in Europe and study abroad to showcase Canada’s variety of nature to raise national art appreciation.
A cable dispatch from Delhi reports the death of Rev. Dr. Elmore Harris a noted missionary and philanthropist of Toronto who died during a wedding journey in India while visiting the Durbar. He was a member of the Massey Harris company and valued at about a million. The obituary notes his address at an annual Bible Society meeting two years earlier. Also reported is the death of Rockwood resident Dawid Blawart at 52 after an illness. He belonged to the Disciples' Church and is survived by a widow and two children. The article closes with a moral essay and humorous anecdotes from periodicals about common-sense work ethics and a parlor tale about painters and whiskey.
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