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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 24, 1923

Page

10

Raney Persuaded to Stand Again for East Wellington

Editorial praises Hon. W. B. Raney as Government candidate for East Wellington, praising his moral influence and predicting his reelection. It also notes Rev. Beni H. Spence leaving the Dominion Alliance secretaryship to campaign for world-wide prohibition and future work in Scotland. The piece urges timely gratitude and personal responsibility with “Pay as you go” as a guiding motto.

Raney East Wellington W. B. Raney Ontario Beni H. Spence Dominion “Alliance Canada Spence Scotland

Political Rumors Stir Halton Wet Dry Debate in Ontario

Rumors claim Ofer faction may push Dale to withdraw and back Hillmer with temperance voters in Halton. Premier Drury backs strict Ontario Temperance Act enforcement, foreshadowing a straight fight between wet and dry forces as campaign expectations rise in the banner temperance county.

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Campaign Voices Clash Over Province's Future

A parade of Conservative Liberal and U FCO speakers claim the province will be ruined under any party. Conservatives promise sane economical government while Liberals defend righteous administration. Farmers are depicted as unsure of their stance.

Conservative Liberal U.fco Conservative Party Liberal Party

Two Newspaper Men Oppose Mr Jw Shepperson in South Brant

Morrison M McBride will oppose Jw Shepperson Liberal candidate in South Brant. Shepperson, managing director of Ham and Nott Manufacturing, is teamed with McBride as printers by trade. The note recalls past Brantford Expositor staffers and Canadian editors connected to T H Preston.

Jw. Shepperson Morrison M. McBride South Brant Shepperson Ham Nott Manufacturing Company Teida Messrs. Shepperson McBride Arthur Kennedy London Advertiser Bertain Costain Saturday Evening Post Ross Munro The Globe Roy Sayles Weekly Newspapers Association Brantford Expositor T. H. Preston Canada Daily Newspapers Association Witz Renfrew Meccury

Improving the Status of Children born Out of Wedlock

Nova Scotia advances a bill to improve illegitimate children’s status and require fathers to provide more support. The proposal would raise indemnity from eighty to one hundred twenty five dollars with a maximum of five hundred dollars. It also permits legitimation if parents marry later or recognition as heir of the mother if they do not marry.

Canada Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Respect Your Gift or Talent Says Work Has Value for All

The text urges youth and parents to value every vocation from farmers, carpenters, and plumbers to doctors, ministers, poets, and musicians. It argues success comes from embracing one's natural endowment, with carpenters praised as essential and miners noted for great contributions alongside kings.

Editorial Notes on Ontario Politics and Local Insurance

Editorial remarks compare Drury government spending to its predecessor and critique politicians for aiming at “home runs” in a looming June provincial election. The piece notes Halton Liberal candidates, resignations from the Liberal executive, and speculation about Curzon succeeding Bonar Law. Also mentions Hanover Council insurance coverage limits and local prohibition debates in Guelph.

Oakville Football Defeated In Local Match Amid Oddities

The Oakville club lost 2 to 1 on Saturday with scattered reports of unrelated incidents, a Toronto pickup and minor accident in the area. A village meeting authorized plans for a park hall expansion costing about 4 000 to support the local church’s Sunday School activities.

Oakvilly Football Club Sturtington Toronto Oakvillae Thoman Joyce Bronte Wodnen Park Hall Hunday School

Town Notes From The County Church And Council

Sunday parade at the church led by Rev Davideon and Dr Golop attended by local residents. Various town updates include roadwork improvements at Noble levator crossing and Gallway, a revising of the veterans hatter Erin townahly upcoming, and plans for a new high school add funding of $20,000. Local residents return from Toronto and Santa Barbara visits, with construction contracts awarded to Dura Construction for the new two story school building.

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Prolonged illness and notices in a small town paper

A garbled local notice sheet records a death of Mrs. Hay after a long illness at her daughter's home, and mentions visitors from Ottawa and other towns. It also notes a by law pause under the Municipal Housing Act, a posthumous commission, a reformer magistrate’s recent activity, and engagements including a forthcoming marriage between Mrs Annie of Orangeville and Mr Robart Anna of Ottawa.

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Burlington social notes and local land disputes summary

Dorothy Mao hosted friends for Mia Endrich Porter’s farewell as she moves to Orillia with her parents. Land transfers near Rao Brow and Water Street prompt council action on street use while Muskoka summer plans shape travel. A Norfolk area visit by David Thomas of Ann Arbor is noted along with town commerce discussions and a large wartime era banquet in Burlington.

Misa Dorothy Mao Mia Endrich Porter Redids Orilila Rao Brow Muskoka David Thomas Ane Arbor Alb Thomas Coloman Etret Purpomud Niaware

The Royal Trouble With You: Happiness Requires Effort

A physician counsels a distressed young woman that happiness must be earned through unselfish action and persistent effort. He cautions against expecting marriage or luck to bring joy, urging her to plant seeds of good deeds and personal growth to reach fulfillment.

York Hottta Teadt Goa Ivan Tate

The Cunning Autograph Collector

A perplexing tale of autograph con artists and eager buyers, centering on a driver in London who damages a Kipling manuscript request and a landlord who exploits the situation by soliciting multiple payments for a misdirected signature.

Ambiguous Card Maze Instructions Document

A cryptic text describes matching numbers across two rows with one row ahead by one, guiding a teller to take specific quantities from the second row. It explains repeatedly selecting from the larger and smaller rows to produce various outcomes and concludes with arithmetic examples and a puzzle-like setup.

Faded Market Harsh Words in Town Tale

A garbled town scene shows a grocer scolding a hungry family over buying tea and bread. A stranger arrives promising tar and relief, while a dogged sense of shortage and tension fills the brief, comment like text.

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