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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
4
A local collection effort reports farmers counting notes for repairable enterprises and securing money loans. The department offers prompt loans, handles sale notes, and states advances for accounts with low valued interest.
The Acton Free Press notes wheat harvest timing, pavement contracts to begin August 1, and a busy week of exams, church services, and community happenings. It reports on haying conditions, a Royal Broyner works output, Father O’Loaney conducting a funeral, and local advertisements for jewellery, furniture, and trades.
Reading through the town notes, improvements at the Tanneries are noted alongside sermons by Rev. F.C. Harper and steady church activity. Reports cover school resignations, parish updates, a new stamp issue, golf club gatherings, and community announcements ranging from charity events to local business changes.
A long social column from Acton lists visits and greetings among residents. Entries mention Mrs Christine af Goadph and others hosting, traveling to Guelph and Toronto, and gatherings at Moorecroft and Grinaby Park. Several local residents, such as Mina Sara Laie and Miss Minnie Cook, are noted for travels, studies, and family events. The piece also notes community positions, including Ganliner’s appointment and local business happenings.
An old advertisement extols Baby's Own Tablets as preventive for infant illnesses including diarrhoea. It claims the product eases distress, supports digestion, and can be given safely to new horns, with testimonials from a Mrs Vanderv onny and others. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail from The Willittia Medicine Co. Treville Ontario.
An assortment of goods advertised from Thorp's Read Store in Guelph. Dyes, fabrics, seeds, and household remedies promote Rexall Dyes and multiple tonics. Also notes on laxatives and toothache remedies with prices and endorsements.
Week long sale features ladies cambric blouse waists with embroidery and tucking at 1.25, fancy cambric suits at 25, white muslin underwear at maker’s price, 33 dozen Egyptian cotton hose for ladies and children, men’s warm weather suits 40 percent off, boys wash suits, new soft front shirts 25 percent off, straw and linen hats half price, plus novelties in collars and neckties marked cheap.
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