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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Nov 09, 1933

Page

8

Remembrance Day events and local notices listed

The article notes sleighing arrivals and street drainage cleansing for winter. Unclaimed coat found at the Arena is still at the Paris office. Local ads promote goods and value. School girls teams played softball and basketball. A Thank Offering Meeting is held at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. M. B. Davidson as guest speaker. Remembrance Day shopping and Poppy wreath displays are mentioned. Induction at St Albans Church and a farm visit by OAC students are noted. Memorial service at Adam Pioneers’ Cemetery postponed to next summer.

Adam Pioneers

Provincial Days at Royal Winter Fair Highlight National Unity

The Presid ent Col Harry McGee says Provincial Days at the Royal Winter Fair will proceed as before to stress national unity along with agricultural promotion. Canadian Day opens on Wednesday November 22, followed by British Columbia Day November 23 and Maritime Day November 24 with Maritime Provinces combined, then Quebec Day November 25. provincial ministers or representatives are expected each day.

Harry McGee Maritime British Columbia Quebec

Clergy to Take Parts in Service at Bokilers Monument

Reverends Bennie McLeod Little Gandier and Taylor will take various parts in a brief service. Reveillé Pont will be founded by Bugler Jas. Lontitt at the Bokilers Monument, with a small ceremony at 3.00.9.m.

H. IL. Bennie McLeod John. Little Gandier W. J. Taylor Bokilers’ ‘Monument

Strawberry Jam Confession In Quirky Exchange

A brief cartoon style dialogue shows Little Charlie telling his mother she looks tired and she replies she is so tired she cannot move. He admits he has eaten most of the strawberry jam, creating a humorous domestic moment.

Fragmentary tale notes coercive marriage pressures

An obscured statement describes a man pressuring a girl through threats of poverty and humiliation to marry, followed by expectations she will endure hardship afterward. The fragment hints at social control over marriage without clear attribution or context.

Twain anecdote on a Georgia court case and a Solomon riddle

A telling tale recalls Mark Twain describing a Georgia court where two African American women contest a single child. The judge, reflecting on Solomon, ponders a verdict and proposes splitting the child in half, provoking simultaneous protests from both claimants to spare the life.

Mark ‘Twain Georgia Poth Solomon

Quotation notes for Toronto dairy and poultry trades

The document lists Toronto quotations for dairy products and poultry eggs. It covers butter creamery grade prices, churned cream, and various creamery grades, plus country shipment points. Poultry and eggs show ungraded eggs prices, pullets and fowl weights, and price ranges for different sizes and feathering.

Toronto Torato

Remembrance Day Pupils Hear Poppy Meaning and Prize Essay

Trustees and Mr Gorrell with Rev John Little and Mr Prank Day addressed Rockwood and Acton Legion on Remembrance Day. Prize essays were awarded for The Poppy, with Madalin Gibbons first and Alfred Duby second. The piece explains the Armistice of 1918 and the ongoing sacrifices of veterans. The Poppy Campaign funds care for ex servicemen and their families. Wear a poppy to honor the dead and the living alike.

O. C. Gorrell Rockwood Public School John Little Prank Day Acton and Rockwood Canadian Legion Canada

Estate of Herbert S Dyer Claims Notice

All persons having claims against the estate of Herbert S Dyer late of Beenwoe Village are notified to send in their claims to Rose L Dyer Administratrix at Kee Street Renewing Guelph by October 11 1933.

Herbert Dyer

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Wroli Paris Rockwood’ School Acton ‘School Girs Presbyterian Church M. B. Davidson Galt Vetcraft Burr St. Alban’s Church Caledonia P. A. Sawyer Snyder Guelph Willowdale R. L. Johnston & Sons Royal Winter Fair Rye Ae Ae Evermore John Coker Thomas Edwards James Gambie Henry Hampton Robert J. Mutrie J. Wilfred Oakes Peter Pick Arnold Philips R. John Stumpf Patterson? S Ny Re Toronto Board Bay Manitoba Northern Ontario Chokce Rama Madalin Gibbons Herbert S. Dyer Monarch Chit Red & White L. G. King Acton L. G. King King &McEachern Main Street E. Harrop Gore District Norwich Union Canadian Fire Insurance Companies My. J. R. Kennedy Cold Weather Service Everready Prestone Exide Central Garage H. P. Lawson Jas. Nan Remembrance Bay Chase Adee Grocery Department St. Williams McCormick's Wheen S . Carbolic Dominion God Save the King Bolotat Joe Blunt
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