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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
3
A historical snippet shows varied items from 1918 including hardware and china ads, farm notes on plowing and winter, influenza status, lost-and-found notices, and community items. It mentions Milton churches and M. O. EL ban, Christmas promotions, and a local theater act. Public comfort needs and a plan for a Peel Children’s Shelter are noted, plus a cattle fair and public auctions.
Te late war news reaches local readers as Pte Sheldon Moyar and Sergt Arthur Youdl are reported wounded in England. Pte Moyur, 26, lies at Etaples hospital with a gunshot abdominal wound. Mrs Moyur and family await further word as others from the area send regards to friends in service.
The War Album from the Montreal Patally Herald and Weekly Star is praised as a premier war souvenir. It promises a complete diary of the great struggle with extensive Allied information. A full year's subscription costs $1.26, with a copy available from the paper office.
Tebo and DeForest were sentenced to two years for a recent robbery from Mrs. Watters on Wark Avenue. The Beardsmore firm and associates in Toronto and Acton were implicated in bonds worth over one million dollars. Community notes include council updates, a junior hockey club formation, a memorial service for Pio Burt, a farmer’s move to Frederick Street, and Knox Church Ladies Ald concert highlights.
In Memoriam MAS JOSEPIL SHORT, widow of Joseph Short, died suddenly aged about sixty, survived by four sons and two daughters, funeral held at Hatinafad church with interment at Valinafad Cemetery. Alexander Sprowl, noted farmer of the township, died after years of ill health following a lane accident with his daughter Ethel. widow Rachel Kenney and three children were named in the obituary. Guelph Junction Railway declares a 10 percent dividend, total city return 67,376 for the year. David Kirkwood resigns after 42 years as Peel County clerk. gambling fined four men. war garden upkeep urged. Halton wins honors in Victory Loan effort. British soldiers' sanatorium changes at Guelph hospital. marriage of Mina DuLena Hayward to Charles Cotby Gorhanz reported with ceremony details. Mrs. Gordon Hayward of Toronto noted.
R J Kerr lists upcoming sales including Alex Donald Acton farm stock and implements on Nov 22, Brookville Dec 4 clearing sale near Orton Dec 17, Provincial Winter Fair Guelph Dec 11, and others. Also notes December 19 executor sale of Wilbert tomswy and December 20 Chas Dalwin Hillaburg sale details. Contact Kerr at Young Street Acton with telephone details.
Social and personal notices recall residents visiting relatives over weekends. Names include Mina Illa McPherson from Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Hynda, L. J. Campbell, Miss Jonard McDonald, Alma Thomas P. Martin, and D. C. Runnelt. A count of hospital stays, funerals, and influenza convalescence marks the week, with local officials and families noted across Milton, Acton, Gravenhurst, and Elora.
The text appears to note multiple death notices including Hrandon, a man from Baraldune McGregor, wife of Albert Hamilton, and Hangttun who died after influenza. It mentions a widow, four children, and four brothers, with a terse reference to Mrd. Mamilten and a lifelong dyyn hore.
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