26 Mar 1896
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1896
Page
1
A collage of local notices shows Brampton Spring Fair set for April 24 and Hamilton Horee Show on April 11. It mentions Easter events, road scenes, new subscribers offer, and business updates in Guelph and Acton area.
Local papers report Holy Week services at St Albans and Knox Church postponements due to weather. Obituaries note the deaths of Miss Husan Mann and Rev Father Maloney, with memorials planned. Reports cover convalescents, missionary meetings, and building work at a tannery yard expansion.
The storm Thursday and Friday caused drifts ten to fifteen feet deep on the railroad, halting traffic and wrecking one Grand Trunk engine with a snow plow near Cornare. Men cleared tracks Saturday and Sunday as churches closed and services were affected. Local notices report community events, marriages, and political gatherings amid widespread travel disruption.
A flood of social notes and obituaries appears from Acton area items. Mentions include visits by James Culaman and families from Guelph, Kennedy, Brown, and Nelson households, travel to and from Acton, and attendance at funerals. Rev Samuel Fear, a pioneer Methodist minister, dies at 66 in Bloes, after serving across Ontario. Also notes of Reverend Frank Warne’s appointment and other community updates plus an ad for Yarrow’s Condition Powders.
A drug store advertises home decorating items starting at two shillings and sixpence per roll for wallpaper and twenty five cents for complete window shades. Shoppers are invited to inspect the selection and prices.
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