20 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
1
A garbled obituary fragment lists multiple names and ages, including Watana Tu ohiva and Margaret Welubi, with scattered dates and places. The text memorializes deceased individuals in a blurred, OCR-laden style, giving little coherent detail beyond general biographical hints and familial mentions.
The Guelph City Council considered a Local Option petition bearing 100 names, with contention over mayoral support and ward votes. A by law to regulate the issue would cost about 85 000 and affect roughly 200 electors. Nearby notes discuss apple trade, labor concerns, and a growing slate of lumber and clearing plants across Canada, with changes to the industry and regional forecasts.
A Velday event in Bond Htrdet saw two young artists impress the audience with talents in singing and humorous verse. Mina Gangs Bhreoblwensee and Bombury, a well known boy singer, offered a program of sentimental songs and comedy that drew multiple encores. They are engaged for future concert work and are billed to appear in a town on the 20th.
Council awarded AL V Croft of Guelph the contract for cement walks on Willow and Agung Streets, with a rate per foot for the first section to connect Main Street and Pack Avenue. Croft pledged start next week after council acceptance, while local concern over weather and crowds at the fair abated as turnout exceeded expectations.
A lengthy odd letter from the National Drug and Chemical Co of Canada recounts a West Africa to England to Canada postal journey. It notes a Toronto write-up, London postmark, and Montreal forwarding, praising the company’s watch repairs and apprentice system while urging support for a school movement led by fathers.
A reader from Valifax NYS describes years of constipation and relief after using a product called Indian Root Tablets. He claims the remedy cleanses the whole system, cures constipation, and has no equal as a medicine, asserting widespread sale at low price.
A detailed wedding reception tale unfolds with the bride and groom and the local Epworth League notes. Pastoral passages mix with weather, farming yields, and civic comments. The narrative brushes Epworth League events, travel to Toronto and Acton, and a dramatic riverbank peril scene near the Culebra Cut, blending community life with an ominous rail construction account.
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