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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 25, 1916
Page
3
Guelph Mercury reports a busy period with local events and civic notes. Elections favor a name change for the city while appointments, crimes, and infrastructure updates shape the week. Mayor and council actions, hospital staff changes, and road work loom large as May’s weather influences farming and street life.
An antiquated town hall notice mentions Fletcher’s Castoria and a May gathering with a program. It also advertises a $100 reward for proof of remedy efficacy and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonial claims and a mail offer from J Cheney & Co.
The New Baptist Pastor Teav J F Jones, late of Kincannina, accepted the call to Acton Baptist Church and began his work last Sunday. He seeks a parsonage and will not move until a suitable residence is found.
William J Waldie son of Alex Waldie Esq serves in Transport Service at the Front in France. He writes of wartime experiences, asks for letters and photos, and notes training on the old farm home preparing him for his present carrier with the wings.
A garbled local item describes a man thrown off a wagon and injured at a farm setting. It also notes ongoing Presbytarian Church services every alternate Monday evening and visits from several named residents, including Mr. Hayera and Mr. Farnell, with relatives from Toronto and Boston visiting in the period.
The Gualph Mercury reports the death last Friday of Mrs. Wolmes of Acton following a visit to Gualph where she never recovered. It also notes the death of Warren R. Caurnusi in Arthur Hirst, born 1844 in Scotland, who taught in Canada and moved to Toronto, dying after illness. Funeral plans for Mr Campbell are set for Fairview Cemetery.
Grindlay of the Dominion Fruit Branch arrives in Bt. Catharines Ontario to survey peach and other fruits in Niagara. He inspects orchards and interviews growers in Vineland Port Dalhousie Niagara-on-the-Lake and Lincoln area. Early findings indicate a potentially large crop though some fruit faces frost and weather risks. Grapes remain the least predictable with uncertain harvest timing.
Numerous visitors and relatives are listed visiting Mina Horta Hinith and others from Blora to New York and Ontario. engagements announced include Miss Anna May Lealla and Alfred Ursenlag Jamieson, with weddings planned in Georgetown and Calgary. Containing funeral attendance, a university convocation, and a new M.D. degree for Dr John Maturchy, the items capture a busy community calendar.
A taxpayer named A Tavera writes to the editor about grievances against local fanners over unused church property long granted for public access since 1882. He alleges neglect and damage to church facilities from driving and neglect, asking for courteous preservation and fair handling of privileges.
Nutloun Brook wan and Parner notes that farming changes and educator messages flood the area. Demonstrators reveal new methods while leaders survey business impacts with care. Caution advised to implement gradual reforms rather than rapid, disruptive shifts.
A report from the Ontario Agricultural College highlights the No. 72 oat variety as the most productive in trials and popular across Ontario. It traces breeding from No. 12, origin at Guelph, with strong yields and high prize scores across Eastern Ontario and Western Ontario trials. It notes price changes and distribution, including imports and local sales, with May 20, 2010, as the date of a released price and availability statement from G. A. Zavire at Guelph.
A fragmented excerpt urges daily walking and light bowling as health boosters, claiming frequent stooping stimulates the liver and improves endurance. It weaves in odd anecdotes about exercise, ladders, and a baffling job-letter story. The text mixes advice with disjointed, era-like exhortations and anecdotes.
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