08 Mar 1923
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
1
A display features jaunty flared and boxed coats three piece costume styles bloused Jacquette tailleurs. The show offers sizes from extra large and a complete price range of 25 to 70 dollars. The event aims to intrigue all who come to see the versatile collection.
Women select new season styles featuring 50 springlike fabrics and colors. The price range runs from 14.50 to 60.00. Highlights include sport coats tailored tapers and bloused wraps with side clasps from New York Gapé8.
Fine knife pleatings are a feature. The new prints are shown along with bouffant taffetas for youth and Spring and a whole family of crepes. Prices listed as $22.00 and $55.00. New millinery, fur chokers, blouses, skirts, underthings, neck fixings, gloves, veils, accessories, printed crepes, cotton ratines and other fabrics showcased for the season.
Announcement that Pastor Hav. Tr AX J. Mardiklvray at Knox Church was granted a three month leave of absence for preaching work opposing the Church Union movement. A freight train incident near Acton caused a passenger delay and minor derailment. Also features notes on Holy Land lecture at the Maple Church, waterworks boast, Women’s Institute meeting, Presbytery news, and a long Town Fair reminiscence with community figures and local prices.
The February public school honors list includes top placers such as Marjorie Lawson and Owen Maddock with scores noted. Other named students from various classes, plus teachers and a related Elora Diamond Jubilee celebration, are mentioned in the same compact report with local civic events and theatre news.
A long obituary record notes Cuaklgo Caton and family, detailing emigration from Troland to Canada, farming roots in Oxford and Middlesex, and Acton ties, along with Dr John Prandintren’s sudden death at 620 Church Street Toronto, highlighting careers in medicine, church leadership, and community service. The notices mention survivors, relocations, and graves.
The article reports on Able Sermons delivered by Lewis F. Kipp at a Baptist Church anniversary. It details morning and evening worship, mentions speakers from the Methodist and Presbyterian congregations, notes good attendance despite poor weather, and highlights Kipp’s clear gospel messages and scriptural focus in the morning following Isaiah and John, with an uplifting evening sermon on Paul’s writings. It names contributors from Toronto and praises the inspirational impact on the congregation.
A fragmentary 19th century text details actions by Texing and local ministers in Dublin. It mentions Councillor Frank Wright proposing a dog owner tax, various clergy including Hobarty rector, J W Gordon and J Uren offering sermons, and planned union services amid Lent.
In a small Ontario town a funeral was held Tuesday for a private figure named Wan following a conviction by authorities. Attendees included Charles Mackett and Rever. Ferguson, with interment at Palrvisw Cemetery.
A long list of social visits and personal notices from Silay and surrounding towns. Numerous named residents and their movements are noted, including weekend visits, family gatherings, and attendance at local events. The items mention Miss Margaret Mayrice of War honte, Lillian Wilefong of Kitchener, and others in Georgetown and Toronto visiting friends and relatives.
A cooperative Ontario Dairy excursion showcases a live stock train featuring cows steers bulls and poultry. The event highlights pure bred bulls from Ontario and aims to demonstrate breeding quality while answering demand for good bulls at reasonable cost for farmers and communities across the province. The Milton display is scheduled for Saturday the 10th.
A garbled but legible report discusses a leaky tap as a burden on water supply and finances. It notes proposed funding shifts to cover losses and the impact on provincial highways, with officials weighing maintenance and public duties while seeking safe, reliable water service and equipment.
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