Montreal and More Rally Hopes Amid Unclear Note
fragmented OCR item mentions Montreal and a possible rally or tournament context. reads as a short news brief with uncertain details and no clear outcome or dates.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1877
Page
2
fragmented OCR item mentions Montreal and a possible rally or tournament context. reads as a short news brief with uncertain details and no clear outcome or dates.
The issue notes Thanksgiving Day on the 22nd as a holiday. It reports upcoming sermons by Rev. Davidson and Rev. Mandhee, local auctions, wages shifts, and church offerings. It details court cases in Nassagawoya, theft and assault concerns, and community notices on poultry prices and store sales at McLeod Anderson Co and Christie Henderson Co.
A cold snap left outdoors icy and treacherous when William Dunning, late of the Dominion Telegraph, slipped from a rail fence between Beardmore's tannery and Storey’s tannery. He fractured the elbow and broke the arm in two places, though a companion helped him home. Dr. Lowry is treating him and recovery will take time.
An advertisement touts L. E. Brown & Co. patented household inventions from Cincinnati and seeks reliable canvassers in Canada to sell them. It also promotes clothing and millinery items from McLeod Anderson Co and Christie Henderson Co, plus Canadian blankets and fur goods, urging early stock examination and pay. A separate note mentions a fire at Farmers' Warehousing Co. elevator in Belleville destroying 38,000 bushels of grain and a rural debating club discussing which is the hotter job pop corn or pop the question.
Extensive catalog of groceries and wares including Blacks and Greens teas, coffees, cacao, dried fruits, canned goods, canned fruits and vegetables, biscuits, confections, spices, sugars, and household items. Also glassware, tableware, paper goods, washboards, medicines, and general merchandise with note selling at manufacturers' prices. Acton June 187T Conveyancer issuing marriage licenses and insurance services listed.
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