16 Nov 1876
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1876
Page
1
A garbled Acton page reports train departures and mixed express details, plus local notices. It notes subscription offers for The Free Press, a discussion of prohibition talks, and a few community items including a lecture on liquor traffic and local business notices from Dickson & McNab and Nerval shipments. Several personal health notes and shoe-yard pricing appear in the fragment.
A letter to the Acton School Board discusses complaints against teacher Mr Gr and the potential dismissal. The writer argues government grants to schools are fixed and attendance fluctuates independently, urging careful inquiry and caution before terminating staff amid broader village concerns.
A draft ad promises to cure youth errors and nervous weakness with a great remedy discovered by a missionary in South America. Readers are invited to send a self addressed envelope to the Rev. Josevi T. INMAN at Bible House New York City for a free recipe.
The Advertiser announces a campaign to gain at least 10 000 new subscribers and promotes reforms including an elective senate and a Prohibitory Liquor Law. It offers a premium engraving for subscribers, a free balance of 1877, and agent packages to London Ontario clerks postmasters and teachers.
The Berkshire boar Black Bobtail, winner of four prizes at the Guelph Central Exhibition, will be kept for service on the subscriber's premises with a $1 cash season fee. Bred by Royal Briton and imported by John Shell. A young model farm boar also available. Lot 30, Esquesing, October 28, 1876.
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