Social notes of Acton community over New Year period
The column lists residents and visitors marking New Year celebrations in Acton and surrounding towns. It notes Mrs. J. P. Carrow and others visiting Parca ta, Miss Jean McDonald and many families spending time in Acton, Toronto, Guelph, Whitney, and Georgetown, with funerals, weddings, and travels referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean McDonald
Acton
A. E. Nicktin
Guelph
H. 8. Niclein
Mra Onweld
Yarry Onweld
Ruth’ Gardiner
Wm. Muir
Toronto
George Eiliote
J. EB. Gambler
Thelma
T. G. Anderson
J. Groot
Collier
Fred Anderson
Manda
CG. Campbell
Georgetown
Acton Brampton Hockey Clash Dominates Weekend Notes
Acton and Brampton battled in a hard fought hockey game with Brampton winning 3-1. The report highlights Rough play penalties and key players Kentner Salmon Gibbony and Large, with Oakville and Durlington results and upcoming junior matches.
Gift of Money Purse Delights German Husband Abroad
A German living in the United States asked his American wife to choose a gift for Ali in the old country. They spent their fortune, but his sister still had some, and careful management left a comfortable sum. The wife found a leather money purse embroidered with forget me nots and the word Money. The husband praised it as perfect, and it was sent to Germany at Christmas. A later check confirmed the gift was appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicana
Ali
Old Country
Saya
Slater
Telitanio
Frite
Germany
Acton Hockey Club Players Attend Wedding Gift Event
Fans react to a late Friday event as the Hockey Club presents a wedding remembrance to Greer by Manager Garden. John was married Saturday to Misa Thelma Gamble of Acton, marking the third team member to marry since joining Acton. The Acton Burlington Ramble notes old Man Luck as Acton Draw Map's rival, but the home view favors Acton’s improving play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greer
Garden
John
Misa Thelma Gamble
Acton
Acton-Burlington
Ramo
Wurlington Gazette
Four Minutes Test Drives Jury Verdict in Fire Case
A long trial over a building fire blamed on a spark from a railway locomotive ended with the jury awarding the plaintiff about $15,000. The four minute argument examined whether that short interval allowed the blaze to start and spread before the engine arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weator
wit auing @ millway company
Winca
Ida
Leason
Rambo seeks divorce soon after wedding
A Southern couple, WUOSH and Liva, wed in a rushed ceremony. Two weeks later the groom, Sambo or Rambo, visits the reverend, appearing despondent and asking for divorce, lamenting he cannot endure the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bambo
Liva
Sambo
Rambo
Lea
Pahnon
Slats Diary Seems To Chronicle Hogs Parquhar Tales
Snatches of diary style notes recounting everyday occurrences with friends, family, and a carnival of nicknames. The entries mention misunderstandings with a girl, a relative with a disease, a funeral, a birthday language note, and playful mischief at football practice.
Seventy-Two Year Old Woman Resists Photographer’s Challenge
Mrs. Mia Spencer of Derryville visits a town to have her photograph taken for the first time. She asks the operator to resemble “sister Mary” as much as possible and insists on preserving Mary’s negatives, despite two different proofs and the photographer noting his two year retention policy. She decries the results as not matching Mary and leaves, declaring she will never take such photos again. She tells friends the young operator rarely gets the likeness right and vows to keep the negative longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Crampton
Brampton
Excelsiors
Itoforce Jones
Inchec
Toco
Moatty
Kentner
Salmon
Zimmer
Wolloway Miles
Uma
Weatty
Trampton
You Kontner
Walters
Greer
Gibbony
Wolloway
Arya
Iire
Enriler
Old Brampton
Large
Gour
Beatty
Weaver
Gibson
Wild
Hkendall
Burton
Kinick
Mia
Spencer
Derryville
Mary
Mra. A&pegeer
Norryville
My Veteron
The Value of Brain Over Brawn in American Labor
A fragmented, era styled reflection notes workers should value intellect over manual toil. It cites a desk clerk and Henry Ford as examples of success driven by brains, urging all ages to blend brains with hard work rather than rely on labor alone.
Market Reports Dairy Prices and Toronto Quotations
Market notes present Toronto quotations for dairy products and hides. Butter and cheese prices, pigmented by creamery terms, appear with varied unit values. Wool, calfskin, horsehair, and hide quotes follow, alongside grain quotations from the Toronto Board of Trade and various Northern grade classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Toron
Twain anecdote on envy and praise in childhood memory
A fragmented reminiscence discusses a child's envy of elders and the way attention and praise shape self perception. It recounts Husy observing a guest at a ball and the guest appreciating homage, then the child wishing for the guest's prestige and even crooked tooth and spectacles as symbols of distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husy
Mia Golomon
Sinsy
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the Free Press
J. P
Carrow
Parcata
Mr. Burton Willaina
Port Colborne
Miss Husband
Hilbride
Jeremish Bellapant
Byington
Wm. Bracken
Predtom
Acton Irlanda
Mrs. Earle Brown
Kitchh~ener
N. F. Moore
J, Og, Lindsay
Yaabe
Moa Conway
Charles A. Conway, Esq
Irene Flowers
Lorraine Wilson
Mrs. W. D. Walloce
London
Mrs. Kunnewin and
Familly
Mra. McNight
Whitney
Malcolm McLean
Mra
A. ‘I. Brown
Yoronto
Peter Y. Smith
John ¥. Kennady
Into Row
J. W
Nat Yoronto
Kenney
Barbara
Miss Wawthorn
John Henney
Bower Avenue
Robert Eakin
G. 0. Campbell
Luena
Mra. Anderson
Spencer Wunsband
A.T. Brown
Mallelon Cook
Gordon and
Torble Cook
Peter J. Smith
Annetta Barnes
Aéton
Ti. J. McPherson
G. A. Dilla
FP. J. Trowning
Albert Virown
Kitchenor
Tapent
Norman Lambert
Winnipeg
Malcolm MacLean
yYe
Mr. Prank Day
Rockwood
Myr. Cordon Mackaay
Harold ‘Wansbrough
New Year'shore
Allan Wnth
Warold Wansbrough
Gordon Mackay
David Wilamoon
BL AL Wansbrough
Mosara
George Hing
Chas. Wilson
Acton Public Utiliies Commission
Provincial Association
Royal York Hotel
Robert Vennett
Milas
Bertrand Conover
Miss Congwery
Erindale
Mr. and'Uys
J. F. KE. Yerry
Joan Morglin
Brantford
Roy
T. Albert Moore
Capt
Marry N. Moore
Philadelphia
Norma
Toronto, Conservatory of Music
Moorecroft
Miss Johnston
Midloway
Gibbons
Huffman
O. Kentner
Arcie
Oakville
Kells
Woal
Murphy
Shannon
Ceargetown
Oakviile
Durlington
Warlington
Milton
Vowtory Srain
I. P. Aurlington
Hrampton Acton
Overygetown
Hogs Parquhar
Emmy Gortter
Link
Buddy Wood
Langwaye
Mildurda
Qhain
Qgrain Doealerg
Hetail
Yolall
Khippers
Allvo
Ontario
Haga
Brunswick
Thatcher Ste
Springers
Milkera
Taumbs
Tari Bacon
J*bruth
Mark ‘Twain
Whiday
Yiddle Oahtor
Loew's
Mathipoe
Nila Asthor
Twooster Mouton
Taeda Ohaptora
Tait Optical CO
Wyndham Street
Ontario Memorial Co
Acton Monument Works
Nicol W& Son
Western Harley
D. H. Lindsay
the Electors of
George Finney
Naly Price
White
Ivory
D. E. Macdonald & Bros., Ltd
Quelph
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