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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
4
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A long editorial surveys Canada’s referendum process and war debt, noting the $582 million budget and $226.7 million postwar costs. It calls for debt liquidation steps, road repairs in Guelph, and supports expanding a Canadian Chamber of Commerce in London. It also discusses female magistrates, patronage political disputes, and a local Shoe Factory Committee plan guiding negotiations.
The volume of manufacture and sale of motor vehicles is marvellous. Only twenty two years since the first automobile was made and sold in the United States. Last year sales reached one million eight hundred thousand. Ten years ago automobile industries began in Ontario and passenger cars produced to date total about four hundred thousand.
A new Ontario statute requires all dogs to wear tags costing 25 cents to be secured from municipal clerks. Fines for non compliance are set at ten dollars, with a five dollar penalty for failing to complete the assessor form. The piece also notes broader prohibition sentiment in the United States and outlines Ontario voting eligibility and local civic recognitions, including retirement of Markdale publisher C W Rutledge and the passing of Rev. Robert Campbell.
The article notes a revived public confidence push in Canada with a new slogan and media support. It cites The Literary Digest praising the effort while warning against foolish optimism and urges citizens to buy what they need to sustain trade and economic activity.
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