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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
3
Local notices report Fall events and upcoming fairs in Acton and Georgetown. Highlights include hospital updates, school and church items, produce shipments, and a trial in Acton court. Also noted are recent weather, harvests, and community meetings plus tributes and a death in London connected to local families.
Worn’s tannery restarts Monday with full complement of men after earlier gaps. New brightening lines added for steady monthly operation. eight hour day planned thereafter. Library and school project uitbreeded at Lorne School with new book selections to circulate. County notes report varios property surcharges and dog damage recompenses. Woman’s Institute to meet Friday with travel talk by Mrs Sivahl Little. Lowry resigns Havergal post to open private vocal studio in Toronto. Schools reopen Tuesday with enhanced care and new heating and ventilation plans under Mr Coleman.
An advertisement extols Fig Pile pills as a cure for various illnesses. It promises relief from indigestion and kidney trouble, claims purification of the blood and clearer skin, and notes each box contains forty pills selling for one shilling. The ad lists A Rodlapron as location in Acton Ontario.
A lengthy list of residents and relatives traveling to Toronto Detroit Winnipeg and Manitoba for visits work or study. Several return from trips to Guelph Acton Preston and Burlington with updates on health and job changes.
The listing shows multiple shoe items with marked regular prices and sale prices. Items include Women Oxfords and Misses styles with discounts, plus infant styles, all described with sizes and sale figures though text is garbled.
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