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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1878
Page
3
The fragment lists Westbound and Eastbound trains with times such as 1:08 am and 11:30 am plus a Methodist Church service schedule. Rev. R. Monos is named as pastor with services every Sabbath at 6:30 and on the first monthly Sabbath.
A wide list of goods and notices appears including wedding rings at Hynde Jewelry, Turnip and Flax seeds at local stores, rain notes, ice cream offerings at C W Hill, a jobs ad for a stout man, and various local announcements from Acton and area including railway notes, temperance festival plans, and local personalities such as F J Drew and J P Secord with meetings and promotions.
A local Gazette notes growth of J. E. McGarvin’s Hall of Pharmacy in Halton County. The piece praises improved premises, emphasizes trusted druggists and low prices, and highlights dress goods sales at McLeod Anderson & Co. in Georgetown.
Daniel McMaster a well known engineer of the locomotive Alki died at Newcastle Washington territory on May 13 while repairing the reverse lever under the engine. Three loaded coal cars rolling down grade struck the locomotive pushing it forward and the eccentric shaft pressed the engineer’s right breast ending the life instantly.
A railway incident near Acton Ontario ends in death as a locomotive crushes machinist and engineer Mr McMaster. The man, age about 25, fell beneath the ash box and damper rods before relief crews could free him. His family and friends in Acton and Seattle mourn the loss, with funeral held at the Presbyterian church.
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