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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 04, 1876
Page
2
Reports from Constantinople recount conflicting dispatches on the Turkish insurgency and Mukhtar Pasha's fortunes. European powers weigh Turkey’s decline as debt and internal strife threaten the empire while observers warn of looming conflict and a changing balance of power.
Commissioners restrict licenses causing 110 of 300 applicants to be left out in the cold. Threats of drastic action loom as a test case aims to challenge legality all the way to the Privy Council. Hill yard Cameron will aid, with opinions predicting success against liquor sellers.
A Globe report notes Toronto Presbytery debated Rev. Macdonnell's stance on future punishment and the Confession of Faith. A majority seeks modification or unequivocal assent. Macdonnell and a dissenting minority appeal to the Synod. Also covered are Chicago ballot fraud uproar and a railway theft attempt with chloroform.
A seamstress Labouillier killed Mrs Murphy by four shots at her Ste Henedine home from a pistol hidden in her dress. The victim died two hours later, and Labouillier was arrested next morning on a train while attempting to flee toward Quebec.
In Acton on the 1st, the wife of Mr George Ryder of a daughter. Near Acton on the 28th, the wife of Mr W P B Tissier of a son. In Acton on the th ult., the wife of Mr Robert Dickie of a son. In Acton on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr Thos Overton.
Market list shows prices for white wheat, barley, oats, peas potatoes apples onions butter dressed hogs hay lambskins lard tallow bacon ham shoulder and other items. Quotes range with per unit figures and variances in a compact historic market tally.
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