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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
3
May 16 1929 report notes Empire Shopping Week runs May 25 to June 1 with slogans Made in Canada and For Us the Empire Begins in Canada. Acton council outlines tax arrears totaling 16.02 for 1926 73.67 for 1927 1158.30 for 1928 and 1625.49 for 1929 with penalties and strict collection.
Canada stretches wheat sowing to about 25 million acres this year while last year yielded 533 million bushels from 24 million acres. The three Prairie Provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta produced over ninety percent of the crop. Canada remains a leading global wheat supplier exporting to 47 countries. The piece then salutes Acton Schools for excelling at the Halton County Musical Festival with praise for Directress Mrs. M R Moore and notes the healthy spirit of competition balancing winners and losers.
Henry Ford argues in American Magazine that relocating factories to smaller centres eases land taxes and rents, improving living conditions. With highways and rail routes linking towns like Acton to Toronto, these areas may attract established industries and become distribution hubs.
The Milton Reformer reports Trafalgar Township eyes equalizing assessments after Nelson Township’s 410 000 increase last year. North end residents say lake shore properties are underassessed and a Milton meeting considered the issue amid countywide moves toward cross section and internal reforms.
Editorial notes applaud rising car sales and sunny weekends while Canada leads in agricultural growth this century. A citizen asks about Fairview Cemetery care plan. Carleton Place reports a 20 percent hydro rate cut retroactive to 1929. Empire Day prep in Ontario schools draws praise. Orval Shaw captured by police. Loblaw of Alliston pledges 50000 for street paving if town matches.
Basins district residents like Mita Bertha Warmilton of Toronto spent the weekend at home. Several families including the Grundys and Zimmermans hosted visitors while church and community ties are noted. Distress offices announce closures and local visits continue through late summer.
The fine new addition to the Brilch & Bone electrical plant is progressing rapidly. The building will total 13 000 square feet and the firm now employs 360 hands. Various local and visiting residents noted as stepping through town during the week.
Halton County gains new Liberal Organizer Roebt Marsh on the job. Notices report visitors from Munson Alberta and local movements including bus service purchase by Crubenman. Community notes mention Rotary talk, local waterworks truck, and occupancy changes in Niagara and Dundas streets.
Mrs George Harris visits her son BE Harris in town as Andy Whetham and Russell Campbell drive to Owen Sound for the weekend. Mr and Mrs W A Emery return home after a Florida winter. A chimney fire at Newton Bissons causes little damage. The Holtby family en route from England to California stay a couple weeks with Mayor Hartley. Chas Cannell injures leg at Gornham's Meat Market but is rapidly improving. Plans for a new High School approved by Ontario Education Department. tenders to follow after municipal approvals.
An advertisement touts Dr Southworth's Uratars as a remedy for bladder weakness and frequent urination with pain and nighttime getting up. It promises a money back guarantee if the first box fails to provide swift relief and urges readers to ask their druggist for the product in sealed ten day packages.
Milton society page reports on visits and meetings including Mrs Lyla Bronte and Mrs L. dloney in town, the Malison County WTU executive meeting at Acton and June 16 convention invitation, plus recoveries of Thomas Martlett and G. Thamypeon and health of Mrs A E Milson. It notes Dr Gowland in New York and the town loss of Granley Fay, a musician and choir member, and an accident involving Maurice Michnick near Hamilton.
Carlton Fitchett pens a verse in The Post-Intelligencer lamenting cold air from the Great Northern Railroad tunnel through the Uia Carcade range. He notes drafts, shrinking coal piles, and frozen faucets, joking that a storm door should be installed to ease the breeze from Montana and improve comfort next summer.
A mosaic of maxims warns that attire should heal not wound and knowledge should empower. It cautions against judging the Ragged Boy or Shaggy Foal and notes the eye cannot read distant goats. It adds a warning that self made fortune builders face eventual scrutiny from the inspector.
An advertisement offering account book binding mass production and periodical binding services. Describes careful binding, neat ruling, prompt completion, and mentions Wyndham Street Guslph near Over Williams’ Biare.
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