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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
1
A local retailer touts wide savings on women’s high class summer suits and year round wear. The text highlights subtle design details that appeal to women and notes extensive price cuts across the collection.
A Thursday night welcome for four returning soldiers in Acton drew a large crowd. The ceremony included prayers, songs, speeches, and gifts such as gold watches. a new flag was unveiled for the town hall tower.
Obituary notices recount the death of Pia Frant Creamer at Camp Dix New Jersey due to cerebral abscess. Funeral duties were conducted by Rev Maunsell. interment at Mallview Cemetery. Additional notice honors Mrs. Crawford, longtime resident and church member, describing her family, life in Acton and Ontario, and impending funeral arrangements.
The Farmers' Sun reports that U S producers expect standard binder twine to sell around standard per manila at wholesale factory prices with discounts for large orders. The United Farmers Cooperative aims to sell Ontario bound twine at 26 gauge per 100 feet with mixed cash and bulk discounts amid ongoing farm supply negotiations for 1919.
Acton Council met with full attendance as Finance Committee presents tenth report. Topics include housing scheme, waterworks progress, street repairs, and factory inquiries. Artesian wells and 24 hour telephone service considered. meeting to discuss further actions in May.
An upcoming LO bazaar at Mrs Jyman's home on May 29 invites all. Bishop Hlahop W. St Clark DD will lead confirmation at St Alban's next Sunday at 7. Other confirmations planned at St John’s Rockwood. Also reports on a fine for intoxication in Oakville, missing daughter search in Kitchener, and town meetings on telephone connections and Tansley Bridge progress.
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The Guelph District Methodist meeting held in Elora recalls early settlers and notes church membership growth despite influenza. It outlines the proposed Rockwood circuit realignment with closures of Everton Eden Mills and Rockwood churches and transfers to Acton, Eden Mills, and other congregations.
Two native women physicians, Dr Mary Heene of Musto Hospital and Dr Deida Kahn of Nanehang hospital, head committees in the yearly inquiry into a vampire outbreak. The report notes several researchers and medical staff involved, with emphasis on female leadership and local health institutions.
A list of residents from London Vinit Acton frend Ciawool and Kingston Toronto Lansing and other locales visiting relatives and friends in Alabama Georgia Florida and Canada. Notes include returns from Toronto Renfrew Renfrew and St Petersburg Florida with mentions of social visits schooling and a missionary graduation in Toronto.
Three young ladies from the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire presented Acton with a generous civic gift at a meeting. The Reeve and Councillors received the donation with gratitude and pledged continued loyalty and duty to the community and country.
A historical reminiscence echoes a public exhortation praising Canadian citizens and allied nations for their wartime sacrifice. The speaker lauds loyalty to the Crown and asserts the responsibility to aid mankind, invoking battles and imperial values to rally support and unity.
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