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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
6
Halton County notes a wet polling day with Drake win for temperance in Acton. The town reports celebration plans A ghost walk and Hallowe en parade at seven. E J Wascords store progress and Hydro Dept transformers for Wilsons mill are update. Local shifts include Dillmer losing votes and Miss Hickey taking over a Gananoque shoe business.
Judging contest conducted Tuesday under J A MacVanne highlighted top entries Micavy Horses Dalry Cattle Swise Woullyy Beade Cecil Chisholm and others with scores ranging from 60s to 99 points. Winners receive farm prizes and a chance for a Royal Winter Fair trip for top teams and individuals.
Acton Walldog Troop reports full attendance with ten new members. Plans set for Mallowe’cn accert on Friday November 1 and Aurelion Hala of Palm Stock and Imple- Bienla stop on Friday November 15. Roy Higaley details a Chicago hold up causing a young stenographer to whisper a farewell note as she dicts to Johnnie. The Hitls girl’s mother distracts her and a window scene ends with an airplane disappearance. Chanute ice cream offers a free cone to boys, attracting Osia dog near collapse.
Prominent Guelph postmaster Robert Mitchell died at General Hospital after fifty years in the city. Margaret Meacham, widow of Dr. Walter Meacham of Lennox, died suddenly in Ontario. William Michie of Acton and Joseph L. Thompson of Guelph General Hospital are also mentioned in memorial notices.
Toronto visitors Mr and Mrs Wilfred McDonald stayed with RW Lowrie for the weekend while Mr St W Lowrie held an auction of Min form block and implements drawing a large crowd. A supper and concert at Town Hall under United Church auspices featured instrumental and vocal numbers by AOC students Mrs Gordon Scntt Dr Basch and others. Numerous local residents visited, funerals were held for Miss Robertagn, and church events plus school activities filled the week with social and civic life across Eden Mill, Acton, Erin Village and Guelph.
An Experimental Farm Note reports couch weed can be eradicated by after harvest cultivation. Best results came from hay crops with repeated shallow tillage in July to October, keeping fields free of couch all season. Some plots avoided ploughing yet remained couch free, suggesting careful annual tillage clears land without summer fallow.
In a morning mix up a worker believed they had arrived late to work after finding the glass had fallen from a frame. The misperception followed the discovery of the broken glass in the groes, prompting a brief moment of confusion before recognizing the error.
An elderly actor-manager reportedly died, but Pak relatives doubted the news. On the funeral day a former colleague attended to pay respects and learned that the supposed deceased Lud had died after a period of coma. The visitor recalls the man was always late for rehearsals.
A reader from Brewers Point, Wis,Endorses Cobban reminiscences with memories spanning decades. The letter recalls Argus editors, the young men biographizing peers, Cobban's father, church attendance, and local names such as Mitch, Jim, Tom Emmington, Gurney, and Stewart. It notes celebrations at Smehouse Presbyterian Church with Rev Jay of Boston and a range of attendees from Georgetown, Limehouse, and Toronto.
A Chicago Tribune health official, W. A. Evans, argues physicians once touted whiskey for many illnesses but experience discredited its efficacy. He notes it failed as a cure for consumption, pneumonia, diabetes, and blood infections, and that its preventive use in malaria and snakebite fell out of favor.
A Memphis to Louisville traveler befriends a white haired woman en route. She learns her son, who invited her, is in the penitentiary and cannot meet her as planned. The man helps deliver the letter and consoles the distraught mother.
Parl fashion notes place women’s bells at Honugl walaine with updates in the Boyton Glabd region between the ankled and neck, tied to religious national engulrer trends.
A compact survey traces how beliefs about unlucky days, sneezing, and new houses arose. It cites Hesiod, Norse legend, Da Vinci, Aristotle, and Zulu thought to explain why the thirteenth day, sneezing when greeting, and moving into new homes sparked fear and ritual acts.
A Dominion Department of Agriculture note explains how to reduce shrinkage of stored potatoes. It stresses selecting mature healthy tubers, free of moisture and injury, and using proper storage houses. It outlines early middle and late storage needs including ventilation, dormancy, frost prevention, and strictly controlled temperatures from 35 to 38 degrees to curb sprouting.
A fragmentary line from Our Paper shows a slang filled exchange about burying saxophone players for payment. The odd cadaverous banter hints at a cheap, crude street joke rather than a legitimate funeral plan.
SITUATIONS VACANT Bright boy wanted for after school and Saturdays. Earn good pay and bonuses. Apply by seller or post card to 153 University Avenue Toronto. CHANGE OF BUSINESS I disposed of my Boot and Shot Business in Acton to Miss Hickey of Gananoque who now has possession. I thank patrons and wish Miss Hickey success. H. L. Harrison.
The advertisement lists Tottenham seller L. Comuttney selling by public auction at the Nule Hotel Stables on OS day in November. The sale features 20 colth-ranylay animals aged 1 to 4 years with a stated credit term of one percent per month. Auctioneers include GAY.
Auction sale Friday November 2 1929 at 2 00 pm sharp horses 0 head of quiet well broken weight 1200 to month credit on approved joint notes cash. W E F Gray Auctioneer Byeve Huxley Clerk
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