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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
3
Skating on the pond a year ago is noted. Oakville Local Option votes and 225 participants are cited. Milton auctions, resignations, sermons, and church notices appear along with local business moves and a patent remedy advertisement.
Local items report family bereavements, promotions at Merchants Bank, and honors for community groups. Obituary notes Hugh Little, sudden death from apoplexy. library adds 100 volumes with heavy demand. Methodist Church hosts special evangelistic services led by visiting preachers. salaries and appointments changes noted for local officials and church workers. a tribute to Percy Griffith and letters from Pembroke hospital staff.
In a holiday afternoon gathering, Federation of Labor figures including John Mitchell and John Lennon urged temperance, linking saloons to poverty and factory disruption. They called for labor and church united action, noting saloon influence harms workers and communities and advocating closure on payday.
An old advertisement extols Little Digestera as a cure for indigestion and related discomfort. It features a testimonial from Thay in Toronto, claiming two boxes cured longstanding symptoms and urging readers to buy by mail from Coletta Medicine Co. for 35 cents a box.
Migu Muchto Mayalag returned from Sty Thomaa Inut week. Mr. G. Brown came back from the North West last week. Damon J. Anydey and family moved to Hauitton. Mrs. Jamee Noore and Mow Clare K visited frigade at Georgetown. Wah Moon was seriously ill Saturday. Joes J. Warren returned from a surveying expedition in the North West. Mrs. AL Murray of Rockwood visiting Miss Laing at Agooo treat. Roderick MacDonald of Toran spent Sunday with his brother. Murray MacDonald and Mrs. Frank Arnall of Kibrsile visiting friends in Acton. Ingh McDougall and Frederick Atroch confined with bronchitis. John Arthurs home from Gow Ganda on a flying visit. Alice Lowey of Guelph in Acton for pre nuptial visit. Lowry to marry Winnipeg next month. T. Statham and Brad Smith went to Toronto for Calvin Green funeral. Mrs. C. S. Hushh left for Minneapolis with her daughter Lizzy Cathro. Grand Trunk Railway advertising unit reports 205,007 visitors to its Seattle Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo booth. Plans for Canadian exhibit at the International Exhibition in Brande next year. Grand Trunk to build a fine pavilion there.
A Georgetown reader disputes a claim that all town residents support the proposed howling alley project. The letter from Geo Clark argues the statement misrepresents public opinion and cautions against broad generalizations about local views.
A call to readers to subscribe to The Family Thorald and Weekly Star of Montreal for one dollar a year to receive a beautiful sepia toned picture free. The notice urges early subscription and promises safe packing and prompt delivery to subscribers while the crowd grows.
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