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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1930
Page
4
The Milton Champion notes the wardenship will be decided at the first council meeting. Reeve Mason of Acton is widely favored to be unanimously chosen, with Marion having held the post nine years ago. The inaugural meeting is in Milton next Tuesday.
The Temperance Education Council outlines a plan to distribute 15,000,000 pieces of temperance literature through bulletins blotters and envelopes. It seeks a $100,000 annual budget and asks for subscriptions to support ongoing educational work. The proposal connects to government efforts and liquor revenue debates about funding such programs.
The National Better Business Bureau cautions that recipients need not return or pay for unordered goods. If unused, they may hold the items, and a sender may seek storage if not reclaimed. Paying or returning such merchandise encourages the nuisance, experts say.
Fragmentary report notes a shift in the English cabinet with a larger proportion of ministers perceived as teetotal. Names such as MacDonald and Snowden appear in the discourse, while the text remains garbled about specific parliamentary shifts and progre ss.
A Brampton Conservator report discusses whether Canadian licensing of radio stations will curb Sunday entertainments and advertising driven by American influence. It questions trends toward Americanization and the implications for theatres, dance halls, and Sunday papers amid program objections and policy changes.
In Brampton last week Brampton Conservator criticizes a local hockey game report for unnecessary personal reflections. The piece defends accuracy, rejects misstatements about Georgetown and Acton players, and questions sportswriting manners and fairness.
The text covers election disputes in Newmarket with a mayorshift and local team confusion. It discusses upcoming canal opening plans and government views on enforcement, plus editorials on law, public opinion, and the need for consistent rules in sports arenas including Milton and Ayton with smoking bans.
A long Sunday school lesson is described with references to officiants, participants, and congregational events. The piece notes the presiding priest, the Provincial Mostmaster, and several attendees from Windsor and surrounding areas, including various named individuals and locations.
A garbled mix of poems and local notes including an odd prayer passage, hospital reference to Sir Joseph's V Hospital in Guelph, an Ajax Milton hydro commission appointment for 1030, town statistics for Multan 1020 births marriages deaths, plus an advertisement for Miller's Worm Powders asserting safety for children.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a jumble of words related to daily entries. It mentions days and appears to reference routine listings from a newspaper page without coherent events or names.
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