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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1878
Page
5
Fragmented OCR notes describe train and ferry times with gestures to daily services. Mentions Day Express and Westernmail with mixed numbers and times. A Methodist Church service schedule appears, with references to Sabbath opening and morning observances led by Rev. BR Honns, Pastor.
Acton shoppers read of wedding rings in solid 18 carat gold and a range of seeds at McGarvin’s. Notices mention fishing, ice cream season, local meetings, and community events at Crewsons Corners and Regent Hall. Incidents include a shingle mill accident and a man losing balance while fishing. Temperance division plans a June 12 picnic and a Manitoba lecture.
A burglar broke a window at Mr Hurst’s Regency Hall in Acton during Monday night or Tuesday morning. Silk ties shirts and suspenders were stolen, valued at no less than $50. No clue yet found. residents hope the thief is caught.
On Tuesday evening an unknown person entered John Coates's cooper shop and carried off a complete kit of tools worth about $12. The door was unlocked and the thief's whereabouts remain unknown.
The Sapparu School Presbyterian Toronto offers Sabbath School papers and a series of lectures by Rev Joseph Coon and Professor Campbell B A Montreal. Publications are priced at twenty cents each or three for fifty cents with a Catholicity of Presbyterian Yan Guurey noted.
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