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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
4
Reports detail branding of crew from Baben of the Wood in Mow Hamburg, a gift to Guelph on Monday, and a Toronto return journey. A child accident near Limehouse ends in death as Mary Henderson dies from a straw fork incident. The community mourns with funeral attendance, school processions, and floral tributes. A sermon and lecture on missions are planned for November 27 at the sixth line church.
In a Monday morning hearing at Algistrate Warp's private office three boys under sixteen were found guilty and ordered to be punished by police. The Mercury notes the incident alongside local Victory Loan totals and a police report of a whiskey bottle theft at a tannery, with Austrian suspect Mike Nickastope fined under the Ontario Temperance Act.
Lance Corp A W Largo returns to Whitby hospital. Sgt Swackhamer from Hamilton and others on short leave. Pte Fred Williams visits Mrs Cockburn in Wysadotte before rejoining. Sgts Fred Carter and Reginald Gunton noted with casualties and service families cited. several others reported home on leave or wounded in action. Philip Falkner dies of gunshot wounds in France.
Notices describe Bethel Anine Sunday School Christmas entertainment on December 10 at Knatch bull. Also upcoming anniversary supper and service at Elesnerar Church on November 30 and December, with De Chown speaking on war and the Tonia Quartet from Hramp ton. William Cleare funeral noted after death at Geonzo town from soroplana.
Mr. Fok I Sayers wained up for a Torone event Friday. Mrs Willi McNall Lids visited friends in Tacasta during the week. Mr Charles A G Matthews of Toronto was here with relatives over Sunday. Mr W J Shortill of Markdale spent days at the old home at Hallingfad. Boise 1a MedPhamon spent Sunday at Robt Mackhers home. Jonnie Matthews of Toronto worked at Mr James Atatthaus. Ale Ames Mason born from Alton on Saturday. Tinmothar and Misson Manon returned home with him. Mr W Panton owner of the Champion Milton left for a moose hunt. Mr William Nickel Detroit arrived to visit Mrs Henry Cole who died Monday. Mr John A Henderson of Winnipeg spent days with his father and friends. Mr and Mrs William Williams and Miss Annie McCutcheon attended the funeral of Mrs Richard Hamilton at Erin. Alan Nellie Williams came from Auvers to meet her brother Private Fred Williams arriving from the front.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Fred Maddock in Acton after illness, Mrs. Henry Cole after long illness, and Mrs. Richard Hamilton in Erin. Maddock leaves two young daughters and a widowed mother. Cole leaves a large family and many survivors across Ontario. Hamilton, a former Acton resident, leaves a daughter Mrs. Welker and a history of local building work. Funeral services were held in local churches with ministers officiating.
OCR fragments report wartime and political items across Canada and the United States. Mentions include shipments of wheat, a sunken American ship, a train fatality in Niagara, parliamentary appointments, labor federation actions, and various regional political and military updates from Toronto, Montreal, and beyond.
A jagged, OCR filled spread notes Portl' farmry protest to Minister of Agriculture Ty A Crorar about non-exemption for farmers. It records a judge’s death, government embargoes on iron and steel shipments, Danish anti-foreigner measures, British political resignations, East Africa battles, and local legal cases including a $24,000 damages verdict against Archbishop Spratt and others.
A parliamentary commission reports that William Dariss Company Limited and Matthews Blackwell Limited earned extraordinary profits during the war, with returns up to eighty percent on invested capital. The government has restricted packers to a maximum 11 percent profit and limited bonuses, reshaping the industry’s earnings. Major General Frederick Maude’s Mesopotamian campaign is also noted in London dispatches.
Bali STILATROUWD reports Wim Moodox of this city died at General Hospital after a taldurien injury from a 60 foot fall at the GTR facility in AhEapa. He died Saturday following the accident.
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