18 Oct 1923
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1923
Page
1
A collection of fragmented items including church schedule notes for a morning and evening service, a call for follow-up with a pastor, a card of thanks for bereavement, a clearing auction notice in Nassagaway, a local contractor ad, agent recruitment, home knitting work offers, farm land and property listings in Halton and Wellington, and a note on loans and insurance.
The big English musical melodrama blends laughs thrills and fun with elements like Mickey and The Whip. Harald Libyay presents Comedy Made Man in LA style. Admission priced at 3pp and 3ée with two performances at 7.30 and 9 pm.
Advertises a wide range of overcoats at Macdonalds with England Richard Austin coats from England, Society Brand and Canadian-made options. Prices span from $11.50 to $75.00 with heavy driving Ulsters at $11.50 and leather-lined coats $22.50 to $30.00. Emphasizes weather-proof styles, fabrics, and seasonal varieties for men and young men.
An advertisement touts smart wool velour coats 48 inches long with fur collars or self material draped collars. Features include side closures and a tube silhouette, in colors seal brown, deer, taupe, black, navy. Sizes 16 years to 42 bust. Prices range from $25 to $145 with fur trimmed coats, many with embroidery and braid.
Fresh shipment of taffy varieties and peanut brittle offered as high quality goods. Regular 40c per pound, weekend special 29c per pound. Crackley Nut promo includes a Mintgas package for 10c with each box, marketed as a bonus offer.
Turnip trade reports show large quantities of tummipa arriving for shipment. Two buyers Horton and Nara handle ten to twelve carloads weekly at 70c per bushel this week. Community events include Acton Continuation School Field Day on October 4 at the park with a sports program and Halloween parade details follow.
A large blaze swept the planing mills, warehouse, and lumber yards of P. W., Gardiner & Bon at Galt on Monday, causing extensive damage. The fire gutted thousands of doors and window frames, with estimated losses around $250,000 to $350,000. Fire Chief L. Kapaa noted the event as the most severe he has seen in 33 years. The plant’s machine shop and stock were also damaged. repairs and resumption of operations were anticipated after insurance settle.
Local project expands recreational facilities as courts rise on the south side of MIN Street near the Acton Athlete Ambulance site. The crowd at last Friday’s event saw a strong turnout for Erin Fale Last, with a modest exhibit of bones, cattle, and poultry, while the railway and road activity drew many local watchers.
Police court actions report a Milton case hearing two Stratford girls aged ten and twelve for theft and assault involving a wristwatch, plus a string of other minor charges. The girls, tied to Mercer Reformatory, were remanded for inquiries. an elderly widow faced vagrancy and alleged alcohol violations, with outcomes varied. Two prisoners escaped from Guelph’s reform institution and were recaptured, while a notable sentencing section covers a notorious criminal’s three-year penitentiary term for multiple robberies in Ontario.
A long list of visitors and residents from Toronto and nearby towns spent a week-end in Acton and district. Names include Jamou Rous Jertha Gueat Wickina Deering May Deering Verlted Wansbrough Smith Campbell Collins McLaughlin Murray Hemyer Matches Matthews McArthur Morrison Tooter Hackett Brignall Reid Johnson Johnston Norin Brownd Cy Nelson Mitchell Moore Cleave Gamble Mawthorne Anderson Davis and many others as they visited relatives, attended funerals, meetings, and church events.
Fragmented report describes a judge making errors at a wartime style trial. It mentions a defendant Milton Ethel Hureiwon who allegedly abandoned a baby near Unureetown last spring and received a trim sentence at Burwaah. Aly, Jades Binith claims no mistake. The prisoner may be sent to Mercer Resurtatory. Sale note about warm winter socks at Hussell's.
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