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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 29, 1877
Page
7
Fragmentary timetable and church schedule list trains and express services for Acton and Toronto with an added church invitation. Revd Hons, pastor, notes Methodist church service every Sabbath evening at 6:30 and morning and evening on the first Sabbath of each month.
Guelph readers hear from S W Galbraith and T A Neare in Acton news. Local accounts billed. remittances to J H Hacking at Acton Christie Henderson &Co. Auctions, bakery ads, and notes on illnesses, a fatal colt, and burglaries. Temperance gathering and society notices. J H Hacking sells Acton Free Press to Moore and Galbraith. Kanye.
The text notes the skating rink to be completed before mock season with a poetic couplet on ambition and virtue. It references skating at J. B. E and McGarvin's as part of the local activity scene.
Mr Chan Lasby of Acton tops a provincial contest for Honor Mathematics in Cobourg. A College student notes Lasby’s high ability would have earned the prize if awarded. The text promotes winter apparel from Christie Henderson Co and bargains from McLeod Anderson Co Georgetown, plus Beatty piano prices and J E McGarvin worm powders.
Pay Up Sharp. All parties indebted to the under signed are earnestly requested to call and settle their accounts on or before the 10th day of December. ARRIVALS Christie Henderson Co. invite customers to select from latest designs in millinery and mantles. MecGarvin's Cough Syrup advertised as best remedy for coughs and bronchitis. A narrow escape from murder at Guelph hospital involving James Smith. John Hyde injured, Smith restrained after attack. Malcolm Curry dies at age near 80, pioneer resident. A male infant found at Wilson House. mother sought. Stratford & Huron Railway locomotive first listed at Listowel with celebrations. Weather warnings urge warm clothing to prevent colds. Skates at J. E. Moarvin's.
A damaged OCR fragment lists dermatological and insect bite items including burns scalds piles bunions warts pimples itcit ingro mosquito. The legible parts are limited, offering no clear story or context.
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