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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
2
A chaotic stream of wartime notes reports graft and irregularities in provincial party erections and stockpiles, with hostile talk on consuls and ambassadors. The piece notes Air tone of loyalty tests and treason prosecutions, plus pleas for civilian support and relief efforts for soldiers and families.
In Acton a man named Lewis Telon from Tot. 24, think Mine, Baquoning, arrived at a hotel with a horse and buggy, then a fatal sequence followed. The horse bolted, the buggy toppled, and Telon’s body lay near the hotel shed. Witnesses saw the horse and buggy moving, a post mortem was ordered, and an inquest to be held with a funeral planned for Saturday at Walmaw Cemetery. The dead man’s family, including four children, mourns a sudden loss as authorities probe the circumstances surrounding the incident.
A correspondent details a mail to Cochrane Oregon Box 301 and describes the Jacksonborough area on the Motagatai river near Departure Lake. He paints a Western town with 25 frame houses, a schoolhouse with 15 pupils, a Methodist Sunday service, a large lumber industry with 100 workers, and a military presence at Watlington camp. He notes fertile land, unsettled prairies, and notes about prisons and settlers, ending with thanks to Acton and sign-off from A Macke.
An incomplete World War I letter describes battlefield movement and casualties. The writer reports Major Hallantsa injury, German retreat, a night attack through town, and a shrapnel wound to the head. He details hospital transfer, fellow soldiers okay, and a final note on local wartime public works.
The report notes fall wheat and rye looking fine and spring barley thriving, fruit trees full, and overall harvest promise. A local tragedy follows as Joan Heatrice McDougall, child of Mr. and Mrs. McDougall, dies after a few days of rheumatic fever, with community grief from Knox Sunday School and Mission work. Additional notes mention recovery from pneumonia for Mr. Wesley Murray and social visits, while A J Gayder of Brantford will lecture at the Methodist Church on Tuesday evening.
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