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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
3
Reads like garbled OCR of a small town newspaper with varied items. Mentions markets, local sales, road work, police matters, a hospital hotel charge, a railway official visit, and community notices. Includes names of residents, businesses, and local events as loosely reported.
The county council weekly approved PW Bovard and Hous of Hamilton for 810 048 to build a new registry office at Milton. Also notices include sermons by David Woes at St Albans Guards on Sunday, and Willan Hrows buying a house and leasing property. Community events cover the missionary speaker Caskey, school readings, and the King’s Gallison Witteelas reorganizational meeting. A patriotic fund report outlines grants to several societies.
Local residents and visitors from Coongatown Hempton Quelph and Toronto were seen in Acton and nearby towns this week. Notables include Mr Robert Waldle, Mr FE Couch, W Harker, H A McDonald, and Miss A Zimmerman moving to Churchill while others traveled to Toronto Neamypton and Victoria University for short visits and family events.
The piece outlines a seed germination test using a shallow pan with sausage wood or linting paper, counting kernels germinated after ten counts. It mentions using burlap cloth, a wood lid, and a heat source for germination and notes documenting results for official agricultural authorities in Burlington.
The article describes an ambulance on display by the Melaughlia Carriage Company shown in torsata. The Canadian Red Cross Society benefit sale features a McLaughila Hulok cylider and a large Red Cross banner. We note fittings for stretcher-stowage and surgical supplies, with the display attracting public interest.
A damaged excerpt describes the Prison Fleet under Royal Edward authority, detailing prison ships and the men aboard. It notes the commandant Col. Contos and a prisoner committee overseeing work aboard ships, including cooking, cleaning, laundry, and ration drawing from a depot.
A vivid account traces the rise of trousers in British fashion from ancient Britons to Wellington era uniforms. It notes opposition by clergy and academia, the Duke of Wellington pushing the style, and final acceptance transforming male attire and military dress.
A garbled miscellany recounts figures on wartime ammunition and ancient artifacts. It mentions a 30,000,000 casings total for Bald artillery and 363,009 rounds, discusses Ulrasburg’s siege, a Sphinx blade artifact at the British Museum, and ivory trade figures for elephants, with scattered quoting of old legal witticisms.
An old advice piece promotes Scott's Emulsion as a cure for winter sickness. It claims that cold weakness invites illness and that the product nourishes blood, strengthens lungs, and heats passages. It urges readers to buy at their drug store and notes it builds up health.
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