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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
10
Local itemized notices cover harvest work and weather, town hall decor, school and church activities, market prices, and a memorial noting November. The piece highlights civic happenings, auctions, fall farming, and community prayers for northern sufferers, with brief obits and local timelines.
Town and Country notes report six year old Knox Mioteun Strachan, son of Presbyterian minister Hav J T Ktrachan, won the top prize in the Milton County school fair speaking contest. Other items mention Miss Mina Marjory Hope of Toronto visiting, hunters’ season notices, and Canadian National Railways promoting special trains for hunting trips.
Notice of a local improvement for a cement sidewalk on Knox Street in Ayton with total cost 440.00 dollars. The municipality covers 249.38 while adjacent property owners pay 190.85. A Court of Revision will meet October 2, 1928 at 8 p.m. to hear frontage and assessment complaints. the clerk will provide the assessment map during business hours.
Local sale offers 100 pounds of fresh marshmallows described as snowy white and velvety smooth. Perfect for roasting with a price stated as 40 cents per pound for the event Saturday.
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