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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 09, 1876
Page
3
A brief local notices item announces church services temperance events and incidents of general interest in the community. Submissions marked Persvester’s rate include a penny postage note and must arrive by Wednesday morning.
District Court items from Acton include remarks on local residents and businesses. Mr. Zimmerman reports assessable property at 151000 while Galloway’s bakery resumes operation. Social events include temperance concerts and a brass band program. a burglary at Moore house & Godson’s dry goods is under police investigation.
The Acton School Board met at the School House on a Sunday evening with members Kennedy Smith Moore Snyder Hall present. They resolved to circulate notices to parents who keep children ages seven to twelve from attending, per the Ontario School Act. Russell Ross’s February report was adopted. Hall Moore proposed a committee to oversee building a sidewalk around the school.
Last Call informs debtors to settle accounts by the 20th inst and states collections will be pursued by a solicitor. A brief note reports Oak Leaf Club of Omagh defeating the Wide Awake Club 10 runs in a baseball match on February 25. An advertisement extols cocoa benefits and a homeopathic chemist appears in the text.
A local business announces a switch to a cash principle to cut costs and offer lower prices than Grangers and city jobbers. They promise reduced prices on all goods, special cash buyer incentives, market-based produce exchanges, and careful butter grading, while urging prompt settlement of overdue notes.
At the Methcodic parsonage Plattsville on March 1 a daughter to the wife of Rev John C Stevenson. Died in Nassagaweyaj on the 5th inst the wife of Mr Alex Nichol butcher.
Acton markets list prices for wheat, oats, peas, potatoes, onions, butter, dressed hogs, hay, lambs, and more with varied ranges. Guelph markets show fall and spring wheat values, peas, barley, eggs, butter, and potatoes with specific per unit quotes.
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