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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
2
Multiple short notices list properties and help wanted. Includes brick house for sale on Elgin Street Acton six rooms hard water. farm land joining Acton 200 acres ploughing done. valuable property near post office. earnings and trades offered by Guelph Ontario laundry department.
An advertisement likens choosing an overcoat at MAC DONALDS to picking sweet peas from deep rooted vines, suggesting generous blooms as more coats are selected. The copy mentions a tailoring plant and an extensive supply chain feeding it.
Halton County voters rally for prohibition with about a 4500 vote lead across all nine municipalities. In each polling place the four referendum questions drew large majorities against liquor sales and related measures, with strong totals reported though official returns were still pending.
Mrs. KF Colberts visits Tavistock and Woodstock. Miss Hertis Smith travels to Toronto for a city position. Winchester Guelph residents spend weekend at Br Peter Gibbons. Air W McNabb and Master Cameron visit Toronto. Mrs. Ernest Culp of Vineland visits her parents at the Methodist Parsonage. Mrs. Nell McIntosh returns from Dundas. Mrs. W J Gould attends Mrs. De McGarvin funeral in Kitchener. John Brown and son Herbert visit Glen Williams. Frank Hrush of Buffalo visits relatives in Acton. Mrs. Elizabeth Gray and Mrs HL LePage of Toronto spend a week at Moorecroft. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gamble spend Thanksgiving with relatives in Eramosa. The Middleton group visit Mrs Geo Campbell. Acton residents attend funeral in Toronto. Miss Alice Eliott regains strength but falls ill again. Mrs. Sheldon informs of Scotland return and Mrs Skeldon’s death in Edinburgh. Mrs John A. Carag of Salem arrives to visit Fairylow Place. Discussion of Carson family legal legacy and a Washington convention of mothers. Victory Loan campaign officers listed for Acton area.
Ontario voters overturn the Liberal Conservative balance with the defeat of Premier Hearst and most cabinet ministers. Prohibition strong in rural districts and Liberals and Labor gain seats, while Adam Beck’s Flydro Electric projects are praised as key province builders. Knox Church honors choirmaster Harold Wildgust departing Acton with a farewell reading lamp and thanks.
An overseas arrival named Harry Joy visits the area while Bre Beitengel Afr prepares for Joys California home. Bre Captain Kenney, son of W Ne Kenney J D, expected home from Egypt soon after extended service. A Rural Canada article by Fred C El fora on church progress and community value.
Acton voters reject opening bars in a major referendum victory with a majority over 200 for prohibition. Women lead polling at four booths, with Mrs Jane Diamond noted as the oldest voter at ninety seven, and local organizers praised for mobilizing a record turnout.
A crowded report covers the Prince of Wales visit to Guelph with a holiday for Acton schools, four election meetings in Acton, and political resignations. It notes Ar. W. F. Strong's resignation as Halton Agricultural Representative and a jail/arson case in Galt. Also mentions St Joseph's Fair, local marriages, an old tannery chimney removal, and social events at the Suhssing Clans. The Family Herald offers a Prince portrait to subscribers.
Ontario voters reject resumption of liquor sales in bars and government shops. Prohibition gains strength as rural areas vote nearly unanimously no, while towns show two to one or three to one against. Prohibition supporters hail reduced crime, savings boosts, and greater happiness as a burden lifted and trade harmed but not ruined.
Council met in regular session to authorize a carload of poles wire and brackets for electric line repairs at Acton. The finance committee passed accounts totaling 670 62 and a refund request from Beardmore and Co for half the second instalment of taxes on the Smith property was granted due to damaged premises and teardown. Mr Maton thanks supporters for campaign help and pledges democracy over party lines.
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