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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
3
Readable items reflect a small town paper with holiday forecasts and local events. Mentions include Streateville ladies bowling, the strawberry season, a Huliday Monday on August, sermons on Sundays, Mr. Huffman of Kaquesing injured, weather notes, wheat harvests, and community notices about renewals and local incidents.
The article notes that results of entrance examinations are pending and will be posted in a public window. It describes construction work on a rail line, including steel laying, bridges, and awaiting lumber orders. It also covers a heat incident affecting an elderly resident, church services in Knox Church, and Rev. Wilson’s England trip with hopes of improving hearing. A hound named Sport exhibits aggression in heat, while road work continues on Mill Street with stone and new India ink coating planned. It reports Armenia and Turkey tensions, a lecture by Mr. M K Dyer, and a Toronto visitor praising a long‑time Sunday School teacher Mr. Grant.
Ostmealers scored all runs while the Howlers failed to land a single on the plate. Umpires Wm Worden and Wr. Pearson presided as MacLean and Laird from the Anglican Levies played for the Mathodistac wing amid accident details to their pitcher. The report mentions local speeding notices and by law votes in Guelph, along with various oil-field notes and a judge’s proceedings involving Henry Piger.
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