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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
2
OCR reads as a garbled schedule of named individuals and events with dates like December and Thursday, mentioning rooms, meetings, and possible civic or social items. Key names and places are unclear, but the fragment preserves a sense of a public or organizational calendar.
The North Toronto town council adopted a local by law by a narrow majority in 2005, amid a heated temperance wave sweeping through the South. Booker Washington urged a universal open bar repeal as Senator Melvin Jones highlighted Canada's growing European trade links and favorable financing.
Ontario towns and townships approved local option bylaws in a broad vote reflecting progress toward temperance reform. The three fifths clause hindered some districts, while several communities moved to implement by bylaw ordinances and funding measures aimed at limiting liquor outlets and supporting temperance work.
Acton voters re elected the old council as the majority backed incumbents Willan and Gray. John Jonas and others faced scrutiny, while larger turnout yielded mixed support. Kennedy retained mayoralty in Trafalgar ward with broad backing.
A vintage medical advertisement touts "Dr William's Pink Pills" as a cure for weak, pale women with watery blood. It extolls improved appearance and vitality, claiming better cheeks and eyes, renewed energy, and a restore of health, urging readers to buy by mail from The Dr William's Medicine Co, Brookville, Ont.
A brisk sale at Ryan's Alteration emphasizes decades of promised accuracy and public confidence. Massive markdowns hit Ladies Coats, Fur items, Down and English comforters, and trimmed hats and gowns as the store clears stock amid ongoing renovations.
A wedding took place Monday afternoon at 3:30 at the vealdypont home of Mr and Mrs Wan Nickell Perro. Mayme Nickell married John A Garrick from the Army of Garrick & Anns, contractors. Rev Qinan Davie conducted the ceremony. Guests included immediate relatives as the couple departed by 4:25 train amid showers of confetti.
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