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Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Mar 29, 1928

Page

4

Obituary notices and death dates from scattered Ontario records

A sequence of obituaries and death notices lists individuals including Martha Cooper Coulter of Terra Cotta in March 1926 and John C Blacklock of Campbellville in March 1928. Other entries mention Albert Smith of Grand Tlapiia Michigan and Jennie Steel of Cleveland. Additional notices include Harah Jane Wack of Milton and Marion Cooper of Fequeslac in 1038, with ages in the 70s to 80s and widower/widow statuses.

Coulter Terra Cotta Martha Cooper Jaccph Coulter Blacklock Campbellville John C. Blacklock Omith Grand Tlapiia Mich Hev Albert Smith EB. Church Oterl Cleveland Ohio Jennie Steel Wiliam Steel Acton Andeinson Milton Harah Jane Wack George R. Anderson Fequeslac Ing Marion Cooper Stephen Renzel Clark Nuttagaweya Tuesaday Mary Langford James Ms. Clark

Springtime views and local notices in Acton paper

Palm Sunday services announced for next Sunday. Local ads promote maple syrup at 2.50 per gallon and bargain store quotes. Weather hints of early storms and spring hope appear amid farm notes, bids, and a Halton County farmers wheat pool branch forming.

Great Farmers’ Wheat Pool Halton

Persistent shopper tests clerks with blankets tale

A patient clerk endures a long display as a woman insists on seeing blankets after a sale. After half an hour he offers to search again if a friend might be hidden among the stock. The woman departs with handbag in hand, and the store records her as a former shopper.

Gacy Madan

March 20 3ales of Farm Stock and Household Goods

A list of forthcoming auctions with names and addresses. Kenneth McLeod and Nell McLeod will sell farm stock implements grain and hay on March 20 and April 31 at Nas gayowryn and Seventh Line. J O Moore Moffat and W E Oweckham Acton hold sales of furniture and household items in their districts.

Kenneth Mmcleod Eramoca J. O. Moore Moffat A. Mino Church Bureeth Acton Oweckhamer Frederick Street Nell McLeod Concesdon U Seventh Line Nasgayowryn Parmatock

Lappins Celebrate Twenty-Fifth Silver Wedding Anniversary

Mr and Mrs Thou Lappin celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with about eighty guests in the Acton Town coffee room. Pink and white roses decorated tables while the bride wore white and carried pink roses. Andrew Dobbie of Toronto proposed the toast as friends and relatives from Jamestown Toronto Georgetown Valleyfield Newcastle Milbank Tribune Glenwilliam Vineland and Kitchener gathered for music dancing and best wishes.

Thomas Lappin Lappin Acton Tink Mrm. Lappin Andrew Dobbie Toronto Jamaton Georgetown Valleyfield Newcastle Milbank Tribune Glenwilliamy Vineland Kitchener

Georgetown Presbyterian Visit Brings Enjoyable Evening

The Georgetown Presbyterian Young People's Society paid a fraternal visit to IK Knox Church in Knox, presenting an instructive program led by Rev. Mr. McLean. Miss Ethel Marshall spoke on Does the World Want Christ. other items included a chorus, readings, piano duets, and vocal solos followed by refreshments.

Presbyterian Young People's Society Georgetown IK Knox Mr. McLean Ethel Marshall Christ Mins McLean Rae Old Rugged Cross Miles Ada Hume Robinson Jean Macenzie de Knox Society

Brandon Fair Steer Brings Record Price for Emma Hamilton

Emma Hamilton, a Brandon area teen, sold a grand champion steer at the Brandon Winter Fair for $3 per pound, the highest in Western Canada. Auctioned to J R Speers for $2,820, the animal marked a record near the Chicago International Livestock Exposition level. May Smith also earned $783 from the reserve grand champion steer weighing 5870 pounds.

Emma Hamilton Brandon Emma Wester Canada Manitoba J. R. Speers T. C. Norris Chicacy May Smith

Cat Causes Confusion Over Farmyard Count

A Finnish servant asks a mistress to believe a cat has eaten chickens. The mistress insists the master brought kittens. The servant confirms the cat indeed had the chickens, clarifying the animal’s meal.

Finland Gertrude

Preserved Fish Service Praised By Patrons At Honest Prices

Patrons express appreciation for our service in securing Presh Pish at reasonable prices. We commit to handling fish to preserve natural fresh flavor from arrival to table, with careful processing in our proper dianner.

Unreadable OCR Fragment Highlights Clerks and Departure

The readable parts describe clerks at an office dealing with a departed man and a note about someone leaving the building. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear events or dates to determine a full story.

Local Acton Hardware Ad Offers Spring Farm Supplies

Gentlemen we are prepared to supply Spring necessities at reasonable prices. Plows cultivators seeders fertilizers cream separators wire fence and gates windmills pumps etc. Repairs and installations are promptly handled. J W Barberree responds by phone and at Acton P O 349.

J. W. Barberree Acton P.O

Public Auction of Farm Assets Near Stop 61 April 6 1928

W A Ryder offers a public sale of horses cattle poultry harness hay grain implements and household effects on premises one mile south of Stop 61 on the Guelph and Toronto Suburban Railway. Items include three horses several cattle poultry harness gear hay grain farm tools and miscellaneous household goods with terms cash or credit and no reserve. Proceeds benefit Nova Scotia Acton. Auctioneer Moy Mindel ey.

W. A. Ryder Oell Niksagaweys Uke Guelph Toronto Hedffer Maccey-Hurris Mussey-Hurris Massey-Harris Warrela Iran Nova Geotia Acton Mindeley Auctlaures Iit BR Erin. Co Plank

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