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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1923
Page
6
Fragmentary obituaries and notices list births of newborns in Burlington and deaths across towns. Entries mention names such as McClure Brown Elliott McPherson Campbell and family relations, with dates from March 1923 and memorial lines reflecting mourning and remembrance.
A collection of brief local items notes springtime signs in Arton with arrival of birds and Easter preparations. Entries discuss taxes, subscriptions, school openings, weather shifts, and community notices as residents welcome milder days and plan for holidays.
Local Limehouse and Rockwood notices report social visits, church events, and farm activity. Inductions at Norval Presbyterian church, travels to Acton and Toronto, a public lawn gathering, and a large horticulture session highlight community life.
Wide thaw reveals wheat stocks and crusted fields amid mild injuries from recent cold. Local drivers warned after several incidents. meeting held to discuss enforcement and safety measures.
The April issue of Rod and Gun Magazine from Wood-Wack Ontario surveys hunting and outdoor topics with reports from the Ontario Hunt Club and a Toronto convention. It notes notable material from departments and lists subscription details, with events including a high school board election in Toronto and a library talk. The Armenian boys farming project at Cedar-Vale Farm in Georgetown is also mentioned along with a planned sale and local notices.
A writer describes a public carriage scene involving the Hettle family, notably Mary, leading to embarrassment as she loudly questions her father about the jail they pass. The incident draws attention from other occupants and heightens tension in the crowded carriage near a gloomy building.
A garbled OCR note lists farm stock and implements sales with dates in March. Norman Cook in Goraffaxs township on Broad Road from Orangevilla to Fergus, and W. Mc Cauley at May's Schoolhouse near Willaburg, scheduling clearing sales of farm stock and implements.
Auction notice for Ben. Pettglh and W. Wilson listing heavy draft mares, Holstein cattle, Jersey and Holstein cows, pigs, sheep, and a large array of farming implements. Includes sale date March 23, 1923, at 1 pm, in Equoring, terms cash under 15.60, six months credit on approved notes, livestock tested and owned by the seller.
Corporate sales pitches claim long distance methods boost revenue with phrases about 15 000 blooms and dealers buying over 1000 bags by telephone. The text invites sharing a plan to use long distance to grow business and asks may we tell you how.
Auction notice for lot 31 at Nith Uno three miles north of fAejon and six miles south of Lul Unifad on Wednesday April 4 1023. Items include aged mare bay gelding six years, multiple cows heifers calves hogs and yearlings, draft and breeding stock, farm implements boots and harnesses, frost and wood machinery, plows, mowers, separators and a buggy. Terms: 58 percent off list for cattle hay grain and poultry. payment via joint notes. Auctioneer Kerr and stock sale details appear in the notice.
Public auction listing at Cedar Vile Farm Georgetown on March 31 1923 includes a mixed catalog of horses cattle poultry implements farm machinery wagons and household items. Proceeds toward Armenian Relief association of Canada with no reserves. Auctioneer Benj Petch with clerk W A Wilson.
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