11 Nov 1920
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
1
A fragmentary notice requests the return of three grain grinders and two maple leaf choppers allegedly taken from the Brotherhood Church on Sunday evening. It invites the finder to contact Paul F. Kennedy at No. 4, Anna Inte, to arrange return and avoid further action.
Father Gondrow at St Josaph's Church announces a sequence of evening meetings with Father Conway of New York in the Hociety of Pallet Wathors. The program runs from Sunday evening and continues daily through next Sunday with talks on topics including The Kingdom of God and The Church and the World, plus a late Sunday session on The Author of God.
Local news item highlights include thoughts on war memorial upkeep and a service for fallen soldiers, a Methodist communion report, and civic notes on waterworks plans. It lists community events, musical offerings, elections, school funding, and social gatherings with names like Charlton, Nelson, Murphy, and Hallantyns, reflecting small town life and public affairs.
Fragmentary wartime style local notices list names, marriages, engagements, visits, and travel plans. Readers are told of upcoming events including visits to New York and Toronto, engagements announced, and residents visiting friends, with several Canadian locations and dates implied in the clipped text.
The Halton Wentworth Association announces a $2 subscription price, seeks to reorganize the association with members from Halton and Wentworth counties, and outlines new dues of $4 per year for newspapers. The gathering, led by W. W. Wheaty, discusses leadership, committees, and transportation for annual meetings, with updates on local editor Roy Hayles and Dr T O Gray’s health.
An unclear wartime fragment recalls sailors on a dimmed headland. Names like Ningvak and Tyrol emerge amid garbled phrases. The text hints at a judge of the nation and a reminder to spare someone, then fades with a note of forgetting.
An inquest at Bandwich, near Windsor, heard Inspector Ney dO and owner Jeverley Trumble recount a fatal gunfire at the Chappell House hotel on November 6 1020. Milvacklin was wounded by Sprackin in self defense after Trumble entered with a revolver. The jury ruled Sprackin killed by Trumble in self defense.
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