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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1899
Page
5
A Thanksgiving day is proclaimed with gifts to the needy and gratitude for a bountiful harvest and a strong year of business. News notes war cost estimates in South Africa, Canadian wheat prices, and declining public debt, plus commentary on Canadian commerce and emigration prospects.
The Eramees Agricultural Society show at Rockwood drew a large crowd with perfect autumn weather. Exhibits spanned horses cattle sheep poultry grain roots and fruit with Toronto Brampton Guelph Fergus and nearby areas sending competitors. 800 entries topped the grain department while a new secretary’s office impressed all. Worthington Bros sold their Campbellville store to William Anderson of Jarvis. A Campbellville accident killed 27 year old William Locksley a CP brakeman recently married in London. The township show in Campbellville benefited from fair attendance though rain reduced horse displays and crowded the hall. A note invites prospective grooms to learn the new Marriage Rule at the Post Office in private consultation.
UK government rejects Keoger's ultimatum as air battles rage north of Mafeking. Three Boer engagements see Boers repulsed with losses while British armored trains unleash deadly Maxims. Ladysmith expected to endure a major clash as Boers move artillery from Newcastle to Ingagane. Canada pledges a 1000 man regiment for Booth Africa. troops depart in a week.
J S C Chater writes from Acton October 10 1889 correcting typographical errors in a Manitoba letter about threshing prices and wheat oats costs. He notes threshing records of 4020 bushels in a day near Brandon and comments on fuel costs and settlement in Manitoba versus Ontario. He compares crop prices, weather, and prospects for farmers while praising the Dominion.
Mrs J Wheeler returned Saturday from a Michigan tour visiting Port Huron Sag inaw Bay City and Pinconing. She met her only sister and family in Pinconing after twenty three years. Mr D M McDermid completed a new store and started business praising its neat design. The lime business is booming though care remains a drawback.
The week’s good weather aided farmers in fall work. Thanksgiving will be quiet here. Several locals plan Brin fair attendance and some will travel to nearby events if weather holds. Multiple residents and visitors are noted including Rev James Hacks of Guelph, Misses M and J McArthur from Petrolia, Miss J McMillan returning from Missouri, Mr Aroh McNab home from Michigan, and Mr Thos Ramshaw Jr visiting his brother. Social visits span Acton Eden Mills and nearby towns with various greetings and well wishes.
The Acton council admonishes residents to economize electricity as evening and morning service rise. It notes lights left on in unoccupied rooms and stores, urges turning off unnecessary lights, and promises to wire new homes. It stresses contractual obligations and potential rate reductions with increased patronage.
The Reformers of Bramona meet in the town hall on Thursday evening to elect delegates for the Liberal Convention in Guelph the following Wednesday. The page also notes liquor after hours prosecutions, local discussions on copper mining, and various short items including a Vancouver move, a concert recall, and medical ads.
A Alexandria hotel clerk, Peter McDonell of the Grand Union, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with ending years of rheumatic pain. He describes severe early illness, a long period of suffering, then relief after May 1906 and continued good health, urging others to use the remedy.
Two color portraits for Montreal paper readers are sent to yearly subscribers free with a year’s subscription. One depicts the Battle of Alma, the other titled Posay Willows. The offer promotes subscribing to the Family Herald and Weekly Star. Canada should be proud of it.
An English journal praises Barrys by Brian F Bullock calling it a delightful picture of Irish life and people. The book, published by W. J. Gage & Co. Limited Toronto, is priced 50 cents in paper or $1.00 in cloth.
A fragmentary notice states the sale of John Walter’s property, lot 27, con 1 Eequesing, on credit for 12 months. Auctioneer is Those Ingram. Sale time listed as one o’clock.
A medicinal air treatment Ostarrhozone is promoted as a guaranteed cure for catarrh bronchitis and asthma by inhalation. The ad claims thousands of testimonials and offers the product for 100 dollars through druggists or by mail from N O Polson & Co Kingston Ont with a sample outfit available.
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