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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
2
International conflict updates include Allied advances toward Belgium and Ostend while Canadian troop involvement is speculated. Local items report a memorial, Thanksgiving quiet, a fatal accident inquiry, church notices, and community events in Ontario.
Describes 42 000 strong contingent sailing from Valcartier to embarkation at Quebec amid rain soaked mud roads to Upper Canada and out to sea. Soldiers burdened by storm, night march, and mass embarkation as families bid farewells. Columns move to St Paul, with transport ships awaiting to sail down the river to the Atlantic.
The inquest at Acton found William H. Burroughs died after being struck by the Grand Trunk Railway train while in a weak condition. Witnesses testified the train passed over him near Acton No. 35. Burroughs, 46, unmarried, lived with his parents in Malton. The jury found death by misadventure due to his frail state and proximity to the north rail.
A fragmented report from the Worleyan Conference of Kayglamt recounts fraternal greetings and talks on child welfare in wartime, noting the Children’s Home work and a push for Methodist Episcopal and Kyla Episcopal Church union. Leads praise for personal delivery and shared aims across Presbyterians and Congregationalists, with figures like Rev. Clark and Rev. Hugh Wedley cited and plans for a new Sunday School hymn, tune book, and church unions discussed.
The Guth annual Wall Wall of Esquasing Agricultural Boclaty hall drew over 4000 attendees with record exhibits of forage, cattle, pigs, fowl, fruit and crafts. The stock show, poultry display, and new cattle and hog entries impressed judges. vegetables, floral and women’s work also featured prominently. Secretary Peacock reports nearly seven thousand attendance, breaking records.
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