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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
3
Acton Free Press reports council plans for a small bridge over a Main Street stream with timber tenders sought. Notices include church events, anniversaries, and lectures. local business ads and mining ventures are noted, with community updates from Acton and neighboring towns.
Quiet nuptials at St James Church Rectory joined George Agnew and Jessie Beacoby in marriage under Rev And Belt. The couple will reside on Willow Street near the town hall as friends toast their future. Accidents and daily life weave through a busy week with several injuries at the tannery and a notable reunion of local photographers.
The Naw Residencia H P Moore known as Moorecroft is completed and the Moores have moved in. The colonial style residence on the Acton site features brownstone foundations, maple and sycamore interiors, electric bells, gas piping, laundry and ample upstairs rooms with modern conveniences. Architect J A Ellis oversaw the project with contractors from Brampton Acton and Toronto delivering carpentry plastering metalwork and fittings for a comfortable family home.
Miss Amy Adamson of Springfield visited friends this week while Mrs. Scott and Mr. I Geott of Toronto stayed with Mr J F Brownridge. Rev F W Thompson of Pulaley Street Church Guelph preached to a large congregation. A load of our young folk attended Conductor Snider's sermon at Milton Sunday night. A sleigh party of twenty enjoyed Mr William Johnston's home Wednesday night. Mr Richard Nixon of Lorento was home briefly last week. Miss Ida Hood departed for Guelph to spend several weeks.
Fragments advertise a recruiting travel position for faithful men or women in Ontario offering 8780 salary payable weekly, with permanent tonltion and self-addressed stamped envelope. The notice references The National Star Building Chicago and lists scattered figures 250 400 600.
A local column from the Faye Press lists visitors and departures in Acton. Names include J A Speight and Mies Bpeight at Aghyrové, Rev H A Macpherson and bride returning by train, J Moffat leaving for St Paul, Amy from the parsonage visiting Acton friends, Joe M Moore of Georgetown visiting, and R D Graham at the Grand Lodge in Lorento. Other notes mention attendance at funerals, moves to new homes, a resignation of Rev B B Wikings, and plans to send delegates to a Paris convention. A push to petition legislators on marriage license rules is noted with an amendment proposed by Mr Chapple.
Investors seek safe profitable bets as gold mining gains attention nationwide. The store promotes reduced prices on seal capes, fur trimmings, opera cloaks, Ulsters and muffs with discounts up to one third. A display of white goods and spring undergarments accompanies the winter stock sale.
A 74 year old man from Kurndale Nova Scotia suffered erysipelas for 40 years bleeding piles for 16 years and rheumatism for over a year. After seven bottles of Paine's Celery Compound he could eat and sleep again and felt young. The testimonial is vouched by a justice of the peace and local officials.
G Bryan & Co advertises a Damaged Linen Sale starting February 18 with items like Towelling by the yard Damask Table Linen Napkins and Towels. The notice emphasizes minor flaws and low prices for towels crash towelling and Huck towels and notes red indicators on damaged pieces.
A sale offers one hundred seventy two fine bleached damask table cloths in sizes from 1 to 3 yards at prices from 5 to 7 cents. Many cloths are slightly damaged but worth more, with a red string marking damaged parts.
A local sale advertises dozens of bleached linen napkins and table linen at steep discounts due to slight damage. The listing includes damask tablecloths and sheeting in various sizes and prices, with quantities measured in yards and pieces. The event notes readiness by Thursday morning February 18th and promises value beyond the stated figures.
A fragmented ad notes large year pricing and discounts on Cloth Shades 3x6 and Lace items, half price wallpaper, and a Canadian postal style order form. It mentions name listing, address fields, and assorted garbled brand names.
Manufacturers offer gas brazing for bicycle frames and wheels converted from direct to tangent spokes. Spokes bent to any angle kept in stock with guaranteed satisfaction. Bicycles finished in any color. Georgetown.
Collins butchery thanks humorous customers for liberal patronage since January. Offers fresh beef, mutton, lamb, pork, poultry, lard, hams, sausages, and fish. Prices kept as low as possible without sacrificing quality. Prompt delivery and Fatstock wanted. General notice from B Collins.
A local dry goods house touts waste reduction and low prices on Ladies Jackets Beaver and Serge Velvet collars and cuffs. Jackets at half price and other coats and capes one third off regular price aim to draw shoppers from grocery stores to their store.
A new shipment of Crumbs English Prints arrives with designs in Indigos Blues Pinks Red Greys Lilac Blacks and Whites including stripes spots figures and Dresdens patterns. The prints boast fast colors and washable quality. New flannelette tickings cottons and sheetings plus carpets and warps are added weekly to the grocery department at low prices.
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