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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1926
Page
2
A 1926 Acton Free Press poetry snippet chronicles a child’s return home. Clinton Scollard lines describe a lively scene from hallway door to attic, with laughter and the warming hearth as a tired evening settles in.
Weather boosts harvest small fruits plentiful rapberries. Local brick works near completion on Guelph Street and Mr T Tarswell's new residence. Acton Wednesday market growing. H A Rutherford reports 490 pounds butter in prints. Thunderstorm hits Denny barn. Methodist Church hosts Rev J B Hector and temperance visitors. New Main Street bridge approved. lacrosse team defeats Preston 19 to 1.
In the late 1870s along the Missouri River near Sioux City a tough young medical student named George Allis used quick thinking and a rat distraction to subdue two armed gang members. He disarmed them, searched their pockets, and kicked them out, later becoming a physician who reencountered one robber years afterward in a tense reunion over a daughter’s fate.
A Sun feature questions reports of bumper wheat crops, citing a writer who notes overstatements by farmers. The piece recounts exaggerated yields and the potential impact on market perceptions.
Johnny Dugan climbs a toppled telegraph pole on a rain washed bridge to reach a stranded lineman. Ed Conlin and a section man brace the pole and rescue Johnny from the rushing river as Mrs. Dugan rushes to aid. The feat ends with Conlin saved and warned to keep the Dugans off the bridge.
Mr J B Richardson was installed as sub collector of customs in Burlington. Arthur Williamson visits his father E Williamson Brant Street. H M Pettit travels to Edmonton Alta to judge Shorthorn cattle at the exhibition. Horticultural Society to hold annual flower show August 18 in St Luke's Parish Hall. Kathleen Truman, nurse in training at Hamilton Hospital, underwent appendicitis operation. Firemen prep for Brampton demonstration on August 2 with drill and running teams aiming for prizes. Mr and Mrs J B Job and relatives visit from Porterville Cal. twenty-two years since leaving town noted changes. Wm Hammond reported strawberries over six inches. Mrs Harry Ghent later brought a nearly ten inch specimen.
An 19th century Scottish Covenanter from Whinnyknowe disputes a railway injury settlement. Willan Reid and officials first offer 100 pounds, but the farmer insists on 40 pounds, refusing any extra and pausing to consider the matter before a final receipt is forced.
Mr. Douglas Gowdy has gone to Vancouver on a business trip for Maclean Publishing Company of Toronto. Mr. John Newton and family were in Bradford on Saturday. Mr. H. McDowell is recovering from a serious operation. The Presbyterian Sunday School plans a gathering at Eldorado Park on August 5.
Dr and Mrs C A Warren of Toronto visit friends in town. Miss Jean McLeod of Toronto stays with Mrs H Y P Lawson. Mrs Frank Betty of Winnipeg visits Mr and Mrs S B Worden. Mr and Mrs H Jackson of Marino Mich visit Chief and Mrs Jackson. The Willoughbys reside at the Golf Links for the summer. H G Meir and family motor through Michigan to northern resorts. Mrs Emily Herbert of Crick Rugby England visits her brother A B Castell. Mr Castell meets his sister in Montreal. Harry Wright, Exchange Hotel proprietor, breaks left arm after ladder rung gives way while painting.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown and family move to Delhi where Mer Brown buys a farm. John F. Byers leave for a cottage at Orphan Lake Huron for a month. Mr. and Mrs. E R Eaman and family take four cottages in Haliburton county for a vacation. Wilson sells the Treble cottage on Park Avenue to Burrows Furniture Co. of Toronto. Chay Taylor wins oldest Orangeman prize in Milton parade at age 83 with 54 years as an Orangeman. Town and Trafalgar councils seek Ontario Highway Department support for a subway under the CN tracks at Seventh Line, Oakville. Co. Wilson of London buys John Alden estate, ten acres lakeshore east of Oakville. Marlatt Leather Co. plans a northward addition facing Forsythe Street costing about 30000 and adding fifty jobs.
Judge Elliot quashed Cecil Early's April 28 conviction for Ontario Alcohol Act violation. Mrs. Dick and her children vacationing at Kawartha Lake. Mr. Dick will visit weekly. T. McJannett resumes Milton Dominion Stores duties after seven months. Five Milton public school staff additions listed. Northwest Toronto M.P.P. W. H. Edwards and party attend Orange celebration in Milton. Oscar Hood visiting from Drumauin, first return home in 30 years. Nora McFadden and Ina Roberts visit Panton sisters, plan to sail to Europe visiting France Belgium and Lieut. Roberts grave.
Erin notes a long list of residents visiting or traveling including Miss Mary McMillan in Michigan Mrs Fyler from Toronto and Mrs Leitch Mrs Near and two sons of Detroit visiting Mr and Mrs Delaney and others in Erin A local church frame work ceremony at United Church Mogburg Wisburg wins third annual Marshal Festival a minor motor accident on Main Street Erin Ontario with Mr Russe Eagle and Mr Wilson details recalled by Advocate.
An elder recounts a tale of hope amid modern strain and a church fundraising triumph. He contrasts pessimism with optimism, recounts a 19th century subscription drive that raised six thousand plus, and recalls a corner stone ceremony with a silver trowel by David Plowes. He notes continued faith and support from Meth ody friends and his wife Mary.
An elder recalls fifty years since the opening and dedication of the United Church. Rev Dr Ives, a noted preacher from New York state, urged delaying dedication until enough funds were raised to cover the building cost. The piece reflects community memory and the church’s early fundraising efforts.
The article promotes Dr. Thomas Electric Oil as a reliable home remedy for inflammatory pains and minor injuries when a physician is not immediately available. It argues the remedy is a useful addition to the family medicine chest and can ease scratches cuts and bruises.
A Tatler note recalls a well known man addressing asylum inmates before one stood and left after about three quarters of an hour. The superintendent says the speaker hoped no feelings were hurt. the superintendent admits the inmate’s 20 year tenure shows no intelligence until now. Miller’s Worm Powders are touted as a safe, effective worm remedy used widely to strengthen weak children.
A word riddle yields an edible answer, spelling out a fruit. Each clue points to letters present in one word but not another, culminating in a tasty whole. The proposed solution is An-apple.
An advertisement promises Dr Leoubardt's PileRelief can banish pile misery with a money back guarantee. Hem Rold tablets claim to remove blood congestion in the lower bowl and deliver quick safe relief. E J Hassarid and druggists nationwide sell it with the guarantee.
Advert keeps promise of rapid weight gain for thin people using McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablets. It cites a weighed example of a woman who gained 15 pounds in five weeks and asserts liver vitamins from cod liver improve vitality. The copy touts sugar coated tablets and a money back guarantee if no gain in 30 days, priced at 60 cents for 60 tablets.
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