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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
6
Readable items note spring cleanup and road improvements, tax talk, voter eligibility and town elections. Mentions Easter weather, local prayers, school fence, and warns against littering. Highlights township council meetings, debentures inquiries, and upcoming roadwork on Wilbur Street.
A fragmentary notice invites attendance at a regdory event near Meramec, mentioning a Wellington Hotel and dates July 7 and 8. It references a turnout for a forthcoming venture and signals limited opportunities due to prior failures.
Fragmented OCR listing shows bales farm stock implements and buildings, with stray notes on livestock, cattle, horses, and farm tools. A stray, lengthy paragraph on thinking and intellect appears, but the readable items focus on farm trade and property. The readable portion references places like Acton and various farm terms.
A fragmentary column mocks temperance era liberty arguments for polygamy and weapon bans, referencing scriptural attacks and civic order. It ends with a notice that J W Kennedy and sons will open a phunking and ununithing branch in Anton, inviting inquiries.
An exchange notes postwar changes in vital statistics in France with births surpassing deaths and improved morals while Germany suffers high infant mortality and emigration. It mentions thousands leaving Germany for South American countries, Brazil and others, as well as social concerns. St Joseph's Church hosts a social Thursday evening in the church casement with Mrs John Kennety showing how to go, all welcome.
A college candidate cites the will of Mr. Cool Sholten to fund two students at 2500 yearly but argues the sum is fixed. He warns modern tuition costs rise from automobiles, dinners, clothes, and other expenses, suggesting education access grows harder despite progress.
Auction near Orton on April 7, 1921 lists heavy draft mares, geldings, cows, calves, hogs, wagons, plows, harnesses, farm implements, kitchen ware, and household items. Items include a black roadster mare rising two, several milch cows, a bull, and numerous farming tools. Terms include credit options and assorted gear for farming and transport.
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