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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
2
A provincial letter in the Acton Free Press urges equitable representation by county councils and municipalities. It quotes a subscriber praising The Alliance and discusses banking, debt, and proposed legislative clauses affecting chartered banks and stock operations.
A community gathering on Moorecroft lawns featured Millay of Guelph teaching practical cooking and butter use while Miss Huw of Toronto demonstrated meat and cooking methods. Tea was served and a social hour followed before an Institute talk on care and elegant cooking for students.
The minutes report a cautious budget debate with notes on staffing shifts at the Myth Hebi Department and a plan to reduce expenditures to the lowest practical level. Officials discuss a projected total of about 400 for the year, contrasting with a requisition of only 60 for the prior year. The meeting covers salaries, building repairs, and a call for applications to fill two High School Department teaching posts.
A family recounts their daughter Beistle falling ill with fatigue headaches and weight loss. After using De Willamie Pink Pills she improved quickly, regaining appetite, strength, and color. The notice promotes Pink Pills as a cure for blood poverty and related ailments, printed with generic claims and seller details.
A readable fragment describes St Andrew's College Club and Acton playing base ball exhibitions on Dominion Day. It notes players, lineups, and scoring details, along with later notices of community events including an Acton sample dye promotion at A T Brown's drug store, and local church announcements about anniversary services and a family gathering at Erin.
Mild social notes list residents and visitors such as Mire Wi Mortisans Av of Bacine Collegiate and D. Dick of Cleveland visiting Toronto area during a week. Mentions H. Nixon and Mew and Mia Henderson of Chelten- Tat plus Mine Russell of Norval. Agricultural detail notes farmers hiring chimigeauta for winter and turnip seed varieties at low prices from Phorp'n Swod Store in Guelply.
A fragmented local column reports on statute labor, sermons, and social visits in Eden Mills area. It notes Mrs Wy Greives of Toronto Jet. died Sunday after illness, leaving a husband and two young children. Mentions visits by Lois Crewwou, Cha Iavens, and Mills Tena Moore, and a sermon on foundations of Methodism.
An 19th century style testimonial pitches Dr Harte’s Celery-Iron Pills as a universal remedy for nervous debility and weak blood. It promises a money back guarantee if six boxes cost $2.60 fail to help after trying three, with unopened boxes returned for refund. The ad emphasizes positive results and single source purchase.
After weeks of stock-taking, all lines of summer parade must go before the season ends. We are not out for profit now. The business has had a good season on these items and the remainder must make room for fall goods.
We offer 30 dress ends in Fancy and Muslin regularly priced at 20 and 22 cents per yard, reduced to 15 cents. Stock-taking prices force deep cuts and sale begins now. Displayed and available for immediate purchase, with 400 yards of Dress Muslin from 20 to 22 cents per yard at Mc.
Grenadine remains a popular serviceable fabric for evening wear. After a season of selling, we present clear price cuts on the remaining ten ends. Black Grenadine regular three yards at 1.50 for 1.00 and other color ends priced accordingly.
A local sale advertises 49 dress skirts priced from 5 to 8 dollars. The note promises they must all go this month with customers able to choose any item.
Hot weather sale offers numerous items including ladies and misses cotton hose, cushion tops, mercerized sateen waists, raincoats, lace hose, duck skirts, white gowns, mosquito netting, muslin waists, children's printed dresses, men's linen collars, and chiffon ruffs in black and white. Prices range from single cents to five dollars, with notable items such as white gowns and chiffon ruffs highlighted.
Fragmentary notes show land prices and market activity alongside brief obituaries. Mentions of local estates and property values are interwoven with references to deaths and memorials in the community.
The fragment names several individuals including J Thorp Soodaman and Guelun Hoch with unclear roles. No dates or organizations are readable. Further readable details are needed to form a proper summary.
Fragmentary OCR shows a property listing in Wilton County for 160 acres with mentions of dwellings, barns, orchard and a dwelling house. Indicates proximity to Acton and a date line suggesting sale or listing activity. Exact names, dates, and locations are garbled. key terms reference a parcel near Acton with improvements on premises.
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