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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1903
Page
3
Fragments report community events, meetings, and notices in Halton and nearby towns. Highlights include council planning on July 20, picnic arrangements, postal schedule changes, and local harvest notes. The Free Press marks its twenty ninth year as subscriptions renew.
A Knox Church Sabbath School leaders plan a pirate allegory event if arrangements with Walterbay are favorable. Rev Skene of Millalae preached to large crowds at Karax Diveh and spoke passionately on youth life. Acton High School standings show students excelling in classes and exams as local civic life continues with church events, barn building, and park gatherings. A Wesleyan celebration marks Methodism’s founder's birth with services and a garden party. Southanton beachgoers report a 10-foot lake monster near Lake Huron attracting witnesses and local officials.
Winter order for spring delivery. J D Hianilten's Electrical Monumental Works in Guelph accepts orders for granite and marble monuments to be set this spring at reduced prices. New electric and pneumatic machinery promise faster, better work with low prices for current orders. Visit the works or mail to J T Hamilton Guelph.
Lively social notes list visits and arrivals across towns including Kowanta Merlin and Toronto. Names such as Johan Lindsay Mia Marguires Zaelinear and Miss Marie appear among frequent trips, extended tours in Europe, and exchanges with relatives, friends, and colleagues through May and June.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a local event with names and places likely from a parish or civic notice. It mentions Mr dol Duncan, Colney, and a church affiliation, with references to a deceased or celebrated individual and political alignment.
An 19th century advertisement touts Baby's Gwar Tablets as a gentle laxative for infants and children. It claims cures for colic and tummy troubles, promotes wind relief and refreshed sleep, and asserts no opiate in the medicine. Testimonials from mothers and doctors are cited to support efficacy.
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