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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1876
Page
3
The Free Press informs readers that subscriptions expiring with the current issue can be renewed without extra charge during the next few weeks. It notes many subscribers wish to continue but find payment inconvenient at present and invites instructions otherwise.
Telegrams report growing danger of a general war in the East with contradicting details. Hostilities have begun between Servians and Turks, with Serbians suffering about 2,000 casualties in the first engagement. Berlin sources say independent papers agree war pretexts are frivolous and Russia is preparing for broad war influence.
Reports from across Ontario counties indicate a generally favorable crop outlook. Fat wheat is strong in some areas, though northern sections show winter kill. haying has begun and rains have reduced grasshopper damage, with fall wheat lighter along the Wellington Grey Bruce line.
Telegraphic report from North Ontario last evening shows W. B. Gibbs Conservative leading Currie Reform by nine votes.
In South Ontario T N Gibbs representing the Conservative party defeats Edgar of the Reform party by a substantial 41 vote majority marking a clear electoral win.
Last evening at 9 o clock Mr Guthrie representing Reform defeated Mr Goldie Protectorian by a majority of 150. The document lists majorities across towns and counties including Guelph Erin villages and Rockwood with Guthrie leading in Centre Inn and Everton.
Pre election notices indicate voting and vacancy actions across multiple states. Officials in Arkansas Vermont Maine schedule vacancies in December. Ohio Indiana West Virginia and Georgia set actions in October. The nationwide vote remains November 7.
The Acton Methodist Church was formally opened on a Saturday with a service at 10:50 am led by Rev. Dr. Ives of Auburn. A large crowd attended despite rain as Rev. Lake preached from Matthew 5 and urged faith with works. Subscriptions to clear the remaining debt reached over 4000 before evening services.
At the Democratic Convention Governor Tilden of New York won the nomination for president and faces Hayes of Ohio. The Herald calls this a relief and predicts either candidate will yield an honest administration and steady progress toward payment and prosperity, pleasing both parties.
The notice urges renewing subscriptions now for a set annual price payable in advance, detailing the term and payment method.
A Perth town report notes the Osunthav School Parliament event and religious inquiries, while regional anxieties rise over European war. Government actions target alcohol sales, with hotel and shopkeepers warned. Libel and political corruption cases draw attention as petrified relics and American skepticism tempers global tensions.
dispatches describe a fierce encounter between United States troops and Native Americans with 300 white deaths and 31 wounded. General Custer and two brothers are among the slain as the Seventh Regiment fights valiantly before succumbing to overwhelming force. Indian camp stretches three to four miles, twenty miles upriver from its mouth, letters confirm the loss.
Grancetown July 1 The Atlantic s of Toronto lost to the Young Canadians second nine 32 to 19 while the Mutuals of Toronto fell 40 to 6 to the Young Canadians first nine The fur trade is depressed with prices for all varieties lower than in many years past.
The July issue now contains 96 pages and offers a much improved appearance. The publication urges discarding the ugly cover in favor of a more tasteful design to boost attractiveness.
The fragment reports multiple birth notices and a marriage adjacent to the wedding of Mr Hugh McLaughlin’s son Crewsown McLaughlin of Trin to Miss Mary A Hillyard of Shelbourne. The text is garbled with repeated lines and misread names.
A garbled advertisement touts a cure for nervous weakness and early decay, promising a send for a free recipe from a missionary in South America. It also praises cocoa as a breakfast staple and health aid, naming medicinal sellers in London and New York, and urging fortified nutrition.
Tenders will be received up to July 15 for building 40 rods of fence around Church Hill Grave Yard. For full length and specifications contact James Nyder Acting Isaac Snyder Church Hill or D W Smith Erin July 5 1876.
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