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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1876
Page
4
Train lines from Aeton list West bound and East bound services including Night Express and Mixed trains. Local notices advertise a January free trial subscription and a sale on goods at Dickson and McNab, plus a lecture on Prohibition announced at the Tennessee Hall. Local updates mention residents returning from the terminal and shipments for October noted by Norval Shipments.
An 1876 Acton School Board meeting is described amid protests by ratepayers led by A A Grant against head teacher Mr. Ross. The letter criticizes temper, favoritism, and attendance drops, while officials defend the grant system and note no specific changes offered. The piece also includes local ads and notices about shops and goods in Acton.
An advertisement promises a free cure for youths failing due to nerves and early decay. It claims a great remedy discovered by a missionary in South America and asks readers to send a self addressed envelope to the Rev. Jose T. Inman in New York City.
The Advertiser announces the Annual Adventiser Fall Campaign for 1876 7 aiming to add at least 10 000 news subscribers this year The paper pledges to advocate Reform Liberal measures including an elective senate and Prohibitory Liquor Law It offers subscribers a steel plate engraving Wellington and Blucher Meeting after the Battle of Waterloo and a free balance of the year for 1877 plus various newspaper improvements and an agent package for promotions in Canada London Ontario based John Cameron Co advertises subscriptions and agent prospects
The pure bred Berkshire Boar Black Bobtail will be kept for service on the subscriber's premises during the season. Terms for the season are $1 cash at time of service. Black Bobtail won a prize at the Guelph Central Exhibition this year. He was bred by Royal Briton and imported John Shell. A young Boar from the Model Farm will also be kept for service. Robert Sims Lat No 30 2d con Esquesing October 23 1876. 17-2m
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