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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
2
The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance charging every cigarette dealer an annual license of 160 dollars. The measure aims to control tobacco sales as city revenue, with about 20 million packs sold annually. President Cleveland vetoed the bill earlier, criticizing it as narrow and un-American.
Our Town Fathers meet to approve second Finance report with payments to Harvey Mann McEachers and others. A dog tax refunds for dead dogs and a pedestrian sidewalk across the Mill Street GTR crossing are approved. Cedar timber tenders from Watson chosen. meeting adjourned to March 22. Greece urged to withdraw troops from Crete via Athens delegation.
The Ontario license bill prompts shock among prohibitionists as amendments fall short of sweeping changes. A provincial temperance conference will be convened to mobilize opposition and pressure legislators after plebiscite results.
February examinations yielded top pupils across departments led by Tina McQueen John Moora and Gertrude Barry in the First Department Glass. Eva Matthewa Clara Cobban and Ada Holman posted high marks in Class IV and IV Junior. Senior and Junior groups across Second Third and Fourth Departments named multiple students with high scores.
Four hundred young Methodists spent three days in convention at Paris last week, returning home with high opinions of the town and its hospitality. The article notes Paris beauty, river views, and its split Grand River, plus local industry, culture, and the Epworth League gathering led by Rev G W Kerby and other dignitaries.
The Milton court heard Charlie Sharp acknowledge taking glocks but claim illness and intoxication led him to misjudge a neighbor's house, resulting in a prank. The report also notes funeral for Alexander McAlpine, and a stream of literary and magazine notices from The Cosmopolitan, Delineator, and Methodat Magazine with discussions of banking, Paul the Apostle, fashion, and religious essays.
The Whitby Chronicle recounts Solomon Thompson of Cardin township Victoria who suffered asthma for forty years and slept poorly. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for a year he reports renewed health and sleep with reduced rheumatism. His wife confirms his improvement and notes a recovered niece. Readers are urged to verify by contacting Thompson at Dalrymple post office.
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