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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
21
Acton grows from a modest rural settlement into a budding village led by energetic families and forward thinking residents. Traders, artisans, and farmers form a tight-knit community shaping schools, markets, and local roads as they seek opportunities and collective progress.
Fire about five o clock Friday morning swept the Glen Lawson Malla grist mills of Messrs G. and E Tolton, located a mile east of the village. The blaze alarmed by freight train whistles woke residents while the interior burned beyond salvage. Tolton residence narrowly avoided destruction as workers saved the home. A burned pile found later resembled human bones, but identification was impossible. motive remains undetermined.
A country youth after attending an Acton entertainment left his horse by the roadside with his female companion. He returned to find the horse missing, perhaps unfastened or broken loose by a prankster, forcing him to walk four or five miles through slush and snow on a cold March night in 1877.
Nominations announced December 30 1875 show McGarvin as Reeve and Henderson defeated. Councillor selections list John Speight Edward Nicklin John Secord Chas S Smitiadde D Christie Horace Hall Rani Adams Thomas Eb bage Richard Hamilton Duncan Kennedy and others elected. final council slate posted January 1876 with McGarvin Reeve and Secord as councilor choices.
A labourer William Smith Tailway, after heavy drinking, caused a furniture smashing spree at home and was arrested. He was arraigned before the reeve and fined. The incident, dated May 13 1878, references merchants reselling regs at lower prices as a note on enterprise.
A February 15 1877 item describes wristlet parties as the latest fad. Ladies furnish numbered wristlets, one of each pair is placed in a box and sold to gentlemen, whose matched wristlets are worn by the ladies. The evening centers on matching pairs and paying attention to the owner.
A 1880 report describes burglaries in a quiet town where four to five sites were hit for provisions. Thieves took ham bread butter a teapot scales a pocketbook with six dollars and a watch. No clue to perpetrators. The toll gate in Esquesing remains the last unmoved toll gate and local councils discuss town hall site.
A partnership of W Ho Storey D D Christie and D Henderson forms The Acton Banking Co to open a banking office in Acton around September for general banking including drafts discounts deposits and money receiving on liberal terms under Mr Henderson’s management.
Acton Free Press files recount street lamp installations with up to twenty lamps and a proposed ad price per lamp. Flyers note mothers should prevent two year olds on fair days.
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