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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1898
Page
3
Readable fragment lists names and roles of board members including presidents and officers, with partial titles and affiliations. No clear organization context or location. appears as a snapshot of a governance roster.
A notice states a general banking business is transacted by J. P. Belly Agent Georgetown. It highlights discounted notes of responsible farmers, collection of sale notes and commercial paper, drafts payable at principal points in Canada and the United States, drafts on Great Britain bought and sold, deposits from $1 upward with interest at current rates, and special deposit receipts for large sums.
Readable items cover school reopenings Labor Day plans and fair weather. Notices include local taxation rates, plebiscite ballot, and new appointments. Wedding reports from Acton and Guelph, a prohibition drive, and a lacrosse result featuring the Crescents defeating Georgetown.
Local social column lists numerous Acton residents and guests visiting Cobourg Toronto Guelph Georgetown Niagara Falls and other towns. It mentions visits by Miss Mabel Nelsay, Rev. J. K. Godden, Mr. E. B. Bollart, Mr. James Warren and many others, plus a probate update and a court session in Toronto.
Readers in Acton and nearby areas learn of the prohibition plebiscite set for Thursday September 20th and of local business notices. The article mentions an Acton resident, Mr Alexander Russell, suffering a hand injury limiting harvest work, plus campaigns by insurers on barn notices and a move by Thomas Hy-Seara to acquire local papers.
We offer a wide range of dinner sets with many designs and patterns priced from $5.00 to $25.00. The largest stock ever shown in Guelph features toilet sets from $1.75 to $8.59. 17 packages of Fancy China have just arrived from importers. Call to examine stock. no obligation to buy. we are happy to show goods.
Wartime finances and the predicted burden of maintaining new possessions are explored by Charles A. Conant in the Review of Reviews. The piece contrasts government spending, revenue methods, and long term costs, with related notes on publications and contemporary events across Canada and Ontario.
Market snippets show Buckwheat Hungarian millet and teed corn values with prices ranging from 43 to 45 cents a bushel. No full context provided for date or location.
A fragment lists wardrobe items and textiles with prices and clearing discounts. Items include muslin window fabrics, guipure edgings, lace trims, shirts and collars, summer ties, and linen collars, with regular and clearance pricing and yard or each unit details.
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