Community Social Notes Highlight Visits and Services
Miss MM E Odbert spent the week end in Toronto. Mr L Ridgway of Detroit visited friends there. Mrs Jennie McDougall of Toronto visited over Sunday. Anne MacDonald returned from Waterloo for the week. Ailsa Barbour week end with friends in Brampton. J P Macpherson of Toronto visited Acton relatives. George Ghent Jack and Gordon of Grimsby spent Sunday with local families. The Doble funeral for Cecil Doble at Shakespeare occurred Monday. Visitors from Waterloo Milton Guelph and Toronto populated Acton weekend notices. Rev GC L Poole preached anniversaries at Springford. District Deputy Kennedy led I O O F installation in Georgetown Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Macpherson
Toronto
Acton
Mr. Anion
George Ghent
Jack and
Gordon
Grimsby
Wm. Postor
Jas. Doble, Jr
Cecil Doble
Shakespeare
HE. F. Kennedy
Georgetown
Word Puzzle and Answers From Early 20th Century Exam
A collage of quiz questions and answers covers topics from wampum composition to composers, biblical authors, and political terms. It includes figures like Wagner and Whitman, notes on track width and rail terminology, and a rhyming proverb about rising early.
Guelph court fines and Brampton carnival plans
A Guelph police court sentenced J P Henderson to six to twelve months in the Ontario Reformatory for passing a cheque with no account at the Bank of Montreal. In Wingham F Gampaon found his wife dead from probable self harm by chloroform. an inquest was deemed unnecessary. Brampton prepares a large Halloween street carnival by the Lions Club featuring a monster parade, prizes, a Chesterfield chest prize drawing, and a late vaudeville show with acts from Toronto and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformatory
Guelph
J. P
Henderson
Wingham
Ontario
F. Gampaon
Sampson
Aha
L. M. Btuart
Johnstone & Rumley
Everton Cemetery
Brampton
Hallowe'en
Lions Club
Capital ‘Theatre
Toronto
New York
Glasgow death noted for Mrs McGeachle’s mother
Mrs Jod McGeachle received word of her mother’s death in Glasgow Scotland on October 6. Friends extend sympathy to the family in this bereavement. Mr and Mrs George G Greenlown Kilbride announce the engagement of Edilly June to Blan Joy BH Chisholm son of Mr and Mrs W S Oklaholm Milton with marriage planned in early November. Mrs Robert Wansbrough visited Toronto over the weekend and admired Rev Mark Matthews sermons in Seattle given seven years ago in First Presbyterian Church at the anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jod. McGeachle
Glasgow
Scotland
George
Robert Wansbrough
Toronto
Traffic safety plea from Ontario Safety League
An open letter urges greater care by all road users to reduce fatal and minor traffic accidents. It stresses careful crossing at intersections, signaling, yielding at right angles, reduced speeds at corners, and caution near schools and pedestrians, especially the elderly and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oarder
Aafety
Ontario
Voisin's Visit Ends With A Quip About Water
A visitor who toured France plans a dinner at Voisin's but jokes that after famed wines he wants a reliable bootlegger to provide ice water. The Paris friend suggests Voisin's for wine, while the traveler lightheartedly shifts to a practical drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Voisin’s
Voisin's
Burgundy
Bordeaux
Bonfire Weekend Hints for Autumn Hikers
Outdoor breakfast ideas for fall hikes with bonfire cooking, pancakes, bran addition, and simple recipes. Tips include dry kindling, milk and evaporated milk, coffee, and grocery notes for a rustic camp meal.
The Shiber Y and the Hod Carrier Tale
A workman praises another then reveals he and the other shirk duty. The piece recalls William J. Burns’s remark that hard work in evading work yields little. Shirkers are self deceitful, cheating both employer and self, as the hod carrier carries a full load yet gains nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam J. Burns
Uieroed of the Flames and Stage Struck Screenings
Janet Gaynor headlines two featured shorts or segments, including Uieroed of the Flames chapter Q and the comedy Stage Struck, presenting a night of film offerings with Gaynor in prominent roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Gaynor
Unreserved Auction Sale of Horses Cattle and Sheep
Auctions held on premises Lot 4 Seventh Ling Erin Townships November 2 at 2 pm. Lot includes Percheron mare Thoroughbred mare and other horses with ages from 4 to 16 years, Holstein and Jersey cows with calving dates in December and January, sheep Southdown Oxford and more. Terms: cash 8 percent off. Grady and Petchwal Lindsay Clerk notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolly O'Neil
Aire
Captain Mordon
Wolstein
Tolstein
Halstein
Ayrshire
Southdown
Oxford
Will Not Live To 100 Years Facts From Dominion Bureau Report
The Eighth Annual Report of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes 1928 deaths of centenarians in Canada. Ontario led with 268 centenarians while Manitoba and Alberta had two each. Death certificates show ages 100 to over 108, with historical counts of centenarians across 1921 to 1927 from 100 to 116 years, including many males and females.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Autistics
Ottawa
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Toronto Dairy and Meat Quotations Report
Market quotes show wholesale prices for dairy products eggs poultry and meats in Toronto. Included are butter creamery No 1 pasteurized prices eggs poultry live and dressed meats beef hogs mutton hides wool and grain futures with ranges and delivery notes from wholesale houses and country shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Dersmin
Basdia
Dessamd
Choice Rees
Nai
City Real
Two Acots Laugh For Worth Of Money In London Trip
Two Acots holidaying in London attended a comedy. One laughed loudly at every opportunity while the other, in a withering tone, asked what he was laughing at. The response: he aimed to get his money's worth from the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leisure and how to use it like Livingstone's example
The piece compares historical work hours with modern leisure and asks how today’s generations use free time. It cites David Livingstone studying at night while working, then pursuing education and mission. The author urges purposeful use of leisure to gain lasting benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Livingstone
Notory
Africa
Civingstone
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Preas
MM. E. Odbert
Mr. L. Ridgway
Detroit
Jennie McDougall
Anne MacDonald
Waterloo
Ailsa Marie Barbour
Nell McElachern
Wm. Brullin
Charles McLeod
Torsonto
Gordon McLeod
Jaby Barrara
Nlx
Pred Babcock
Bunice
Milton
Wm. Lands Borough
Blanche Brooka
Mral Prudence Gock
Miss Kathleen
Misa Myrtle Qook
GC. L. Poole
Springford
W. J. Hamilton
Westport
N. B
Anne Wwathaway
Francis Parkman
Edward Gibbon
Thoms
Macaulay
Gulzat
England
Dall Eireann
Legislative Assembly
San Francisco
Boxton Common
P. T
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Ohitb. Louis
Wichard Wagnerendelssohin-Northoldy
William Ghakeapoore
John
Jenson
Henry VIII
Howard VI
Mary
Aligabeth
Jenny Lind
Ireland
Walt Whitman
N.m
Elbridge Gorry
Maaxsachusetta
William Biackatone
Agar
Ane Dolbe
Loaic
Oto
Mt Will
Wome
Barbara B. Brooks
Brookville
Cloverleaf Orchestra
Gents
F. Royes
Reg
Wilbon
Coulta
E. P
George's Square Guelph
Gregory “Theatre
Joe B. Hrony
Canedy
Fox Movielone News
Cylinder Love
Edward Everett Horton
Voice of Hollywood No
Long Legs
W. ¥. Gray and
Wrank Petchw
Audth J
Lindsay
Clerk
F.o.b
Iom
Mulcher Holfern
Nhutcher
Georgetown Lumber Co
Acton and
Norman McLeod
SELOX
Castile
bAc
Nelson & CO
Mill Street
Sunworthy
D. E. Macdonald & & Bros., Ltd
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