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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
5
Ontario government outlines measures on venereal disease treatment in hospitals and municipal funding for care. Premier Hearst faces questions over alcohol legislation amid public demand for stronger beer content.
Hundreds of barn owls are killed yearly harming beneficial raptors. Experts say owls feed on noxious rodents such as ground squirrels gophers and mice, often bringing food to nests every twelve to fifteen minutes. A single barn owl can destroy thousands of mice annually, illustrating their value to farmers.
List of names appears under high school and public school departments with February exam standings. Names include Marguerite Stewart, Olivia Mowat, Mabel Hoblingen, Violet Huntley, John Waldie, Clara Lantz, Laura Macdonald, Harald Wen Luona Campbell, Letty Lawrie, Florence Robertson, Claus Johnston, Alice Johnston, Nell Gibbone, Mona Maxwell, and others. Military notes report cadets and soldiers visiting home from Canada and England, promotions, leave, and correspondence from Pte Robbie Dunbar and Pto Arthur Watson, with addresses and camp details.
Mrs Willum Bell died peacefully Tuesday at her home with her son Jeremiah Bell in Church Sherto after a long illness. She had been treated at Guelph Hospital for internal ailment but declined. Born Mary Banterbroal in Nuasawaruweya to the late George erhrvolk she lived 92 years on the Gueldh road. Her husband William Bolland predeceased her in 1913. She moved to Acton with her son who built a Knox Avenue home where she lived until death. A devout Presbyterian, she was loved by all who knew her. The funeral is set for this afternoon at 1 o'clock at Interview Cemetery chapel.
H. J. Kerr's list outlines scheduled sales from March 12 to April 9 including names such as John Awray John Reid James Green Robert Larbour Ira H Vanater and John Hood with auctions of stock implements household effects farm stock and furniture at various locations like Erin Mimosa Hills Shiloh and others. Contact RH J Kerr Young for further details via telephone 16.
A physician reflects on daily life and happiness. He notes people chase wealth and status yet often live dual lives with outward parade and private misery. Emphasizes cheerful acceptance, work dedication, and childlike trust to find contentment at home.
An Erin Township clearing auction sale lists livestock cattle hogs harness implements and grain with numerous pedigreed oxford down and polled Angus stock. The sale, to be held March 19 at 1 pm, includes mares colts fillies steers and hogs, several implements and household items, with terms of cash under ten dollars and credit on larger sums. Train will meet at Hillsburg for distant buyers.
Clearing out auction sale by Ira B. Vannatter Georgetown listing registered Shorthorns hogs horses and numerous farm implements with seed potatoes hay feed and other stock. The sale is at Erin Township Lot 4 on March 27 1918 at 1 p m with nine month notes or cash terms and a long list of livestock and equipment available.
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