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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
3
A brief note records funds handled and money advanced on account of a named party at low interest rates. The entry notes favorable terms and creditor to debtor relations without naming institutions or amounts. The terse item reflects a financial transaction recorded in a local ledger or notice column.
Local notes recount pastures in good condition after showers aiding crops while township council plans Monday meeting. Reports praise band performances and new electric lighting in Yarker, with obituaries and community notices for Henderson and Worsnop families and local church events.
Acton council met Monday at eight o'clock chair by Reeve Pearee with all members present except Henderson. Reports from Finance urged payment of accounts and cited names like T.H. Holies and Jim Pearson. Motions adopted to fill library board vacancies, amend by law on livestock control, print copies of amended by law, and discuss permanent pavements and cemetery issues. Dominion Day opened new hotel at Buslington and local garden party thanked council. Notices mention funeral and cemetery decorations for Robert Little monument unveiling. various town developments and local events referenced.
A flurry of visitors and hometown gatherings fills the week in Guelph and vicinity. Local residents welcome relatives from Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, and Cobourg while reporting on Union events, reunions, and travel plans to Acton, Guelph Junction, and surrounding towns.
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