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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 03, 1877
Page
2
The article argues that investing in highway improvements yields high returns for business and property values. It criticizes short sighted tax cuts and calls for trained overseers to manage road work, noting that early season work prevents dust and mud and yields firmer roads by mid June.
At Burlington on the 19th an action of the License Commissioners licensed several individuals to sell liquors across towns including Nussagaweya Barton Hill Exgnesing Ballinafad Norval Saint Ann's and Oakville with shops and wholesalers listed. A subsequent roster lists those refused licenses including McQuarrie Edwards Johnston Garvin Marshall Armstrong Alexander Trisler Heiter Young Parton and others across Acton Georgetown Bronte Oakville and Lowville.
Contractor T. F. Robinson of the H. N. W. Railway section south of Cookstown expects to finish grading five miles by mid June.
The dispatches note that Russia and Austria pledge to respect Servian neutrality while Turkey faces pressure in the Danube region. Reports from Paris and Berlin discuss neutral policy and allied aims as European powers reassess cooperation and individual interests amid the Russo Turkish conflict.
The paper states that Russia has not concluded a new loan. Russia is prepared to prosecute the war through the year and pay interest on its sinking fund debt, with long prewar negotiations giving ample time for preparations.
The first new engine arrived at Milton last week and the company named it the Hulton. A train of flat cars loaded with telegraph poles was distributed along the line by a gang of Frenchmen. Brewers in Toronto urged higher whiskey duties to help revenue, arguing it would curb illicit distilling, which has produced at least 20 known stills last year.
The St. Louis Browns and Syracuse Stars played a remarkable fifteen inning game without a run, concluding only at dusk due to darkness. The match featured heavy batting, sharp defense, and standout individual plays, leaving a rare record in baseball history.
Waranget reports the Dunkin Act is now in force though hotels keep houses and yards open. A temperance hotel opened with the county’s largest public patronage. A fraudulent Baptist minister Rev. Chas Hamilton eloped with widow Hannah Newcomb after a revival, abandoning wife and child. both were expelled by church members after the thefts.
In Listowel on April 30 workers began the Stratford Railway line heading north. Large gangs are grading and procuring ties timber and other materials. The road-bed is to be ready for the iron by August first.
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