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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
6
Oakville tax rate listed at 24.00 mills with a flurry of town notices and community updates. Reports mention council discussions on the year’s budget, church events, educational anniversaries, and local club activities with several residents traveling to Toronto for events and military training courses in Guelph and Chatham.
The wateenth annual ball of Astan Fire Arijada will be held on Belday November. A performer dislocated a shoulder while proceeding to the sea. Aliraiy Heautier slipped and dislocated her shoulder. Military notes mention Lt. Gear HH and a battalion near Chatham. Bank changes include Way M. Roberts resigning from Merchants Bank. A. Harvey advances at Gore Hay. Kings Ontertlan Bible Class debated Elia versus Efial. Measpoters town hall opened at 72,000 with Corintian stone trimmings.
Hobart Akins, longtime Nasagawaya farmer and community member, died at Guelph General Hospital. He was born about eighty years ago on the Nauagawaya homestead and was a son of the late Thowey Akina who came from Tipperary, Ireland. Surviving are his children Will J., Thomas J., Mrs Nelson McLaughlin, Mrs Gilleaple, and Mrs Willan Darby, with his wife predeceased him. He was active in the Mbenevar Methodist Church and laid to rest at Ebenszex Cemetery Monday afternoon.
Local society reports list residents and visitors across Merlin Guelph and area. Names include Mr and Mrs Thomas Euston Mr Yoh Huai Mrs Ada and Mr Joseph Wolinea Mrs A McNichol and others visiting relatives, with several traveling to Toronto and Hamilton for family events and hospital calls.
The Post Office urges careful packing of parcels for troops to ensure safe delivery. Use strong double boxes of corrugated cardboard with lids, woolen wraps, multiple sheets of packing paper, and outer coverings of linen or canvas. Write sender and contents on the cover. avoid thin boxes and brown paper.
The provincial treasurer acknowledges Acton's donation as documented in a November 1928 letter. Hon. My. McCarry directed thanks to Acton’s community, noting receipt of 9141.80 from Ted Croan Hosiery and expressing gratitude for the generous distribution by the counties.
Readable fragments describe a 1914 wartime letter from Lance Corporal Moore aboard a ship to Canada. He mentions 2000 soldiers aboard, seas and storms, poor grub, cramped bunks, and plans to travel via Plymouth and Liphook, with references to camp life and weather. Also notes a later society meeting and charity work in Milton for Halton Children’s Aid Society.
Technical World Magazine profiles Pearl Harbor as a formidable Pacific naval base. It details a crescent harbor within Diamond Head and an extinct volcano, a large drydock, a $400,000 submarine plant, and strong coastal and underwater defenses. The article emphasizes strategic depth from Honolulu to the island fortifications and predicts inability to be overwhelmed by enemy action.
A reflective piece argues that turning forty marks a moment to choose action over postponement. It contrasts the lure of easy comfort with the burden of unfulfilled plans, noting the vast potential left unrealized while life’s road grows dustier. The narrator muses on delaying politics, hunting, or travel, and cites humorous asides about aging, wealth, and misplaced optimism through quoted lines and a tangle of references.
An early discussion explains sun spots cycle roughly every eleven years and their wide impact on Earth's weather and telegraph lines. It notes temperature differences, magnetic storms, and possible links to droughts and floods, questioning the nature of cosmic influence on terrestrial life.
A brief promotional note urges placing copy in space at fifty cents a week for a year, claiming it will significantly aid business and pay off the investment. The message emphasizes trying it for a short period to test results.
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