This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
4
New official returns show 20,357 permanent houses completed in March in Britain, up 2,500 from December. England and Wales accounted for 18,800 with 1,500 in Scotland, including wartime rebuilds. Over 3,200 temporary dwellings finished as well.
Public sale from Harry Smiths estate at 1 St Milton on Saturday June 5 at 830 am DS T. Items include dining room suite, 2 couches, chairs, tables, piano, electric appliances, kitchen and bedroom furniture, bedding, cookware, china, bedding linen and garden tools. Cash settlement with clerk. no reserve as owner sold house. Hindley and Elliott auctioneers W Randall clerk. BAT-2
A farm diary notes reseeding efforts after a poor effort and rain delay. Cows turn out to pasture. calves and water needs spark stories of farm life. Weather favors fruit trees while crops lag. observations include birds, weeds, and garden tasks. The writer hints at June 7 voting and party preference.
The Grassholm area off Pembrokeshire, Wales, totaling about 23 acres, was purchased by Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. It hosts thousands of gannets each summer, though the text shows editing in progress before broadcast.
At the 1947 Ontario Mutual Fire Underwriters Convention C W Cankey warned that gasoline driven farm tractors and trucks pose fire hazards. He cited poor maintenance improper refueling and storage and debris around exhaust as key causes and urged careful operation around buildings to prevent disasters.
A Winnipeg taxi driver faced income tax assessment claiming ten percent tips as income. Critics warn Ottawa’s farm census questions could foreshadow arbitrary taxation, shaping incomes by nonstandard sums. The note ends by stressing photographer skill over camera.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.