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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
3
Fragmented notices describe local improvements, school days, and holiday quiet as residents prepare for business. Lost items include a large black cape near Alex McDonall’s hill. Shipping lines and steamers listed for Lake Ontario and Port Arthur, plus Guelph works orders and reduced prices.
Local items recount church gatherings at Methodist and Presbyterian venues followed by a St Andrews style golf report and Acton community updates. Meadow birthdays, school picnics, and a park outing at Goontown with 60 attendees are noted along with pavement work by Royal Artillery in Acton and various town visits and travels.
A caddie laments costly rules and by laws hindering business on Acton golf ground. He urges a Town of Trade to address by law changes while hoping for future openness and public interest in the village.
A garbled note advertises fast cold relief from an old source. It mentions a remedy by Lusatlee Ura Quiilie and a tabled method. The text hints at quick tricks but lacks clear instructions or verifiable details.
A well known resident of Guelph identified as David St. Guelph took a large parsonal dose of poison on Sunday afternoon while alone. Neighbors found him in terrible pain and he died after attempts to revive him failed. He was forty years old and leaves a wife and one son, Daniel, who manages the farm at Penetury Station.
An ad promotes Haby's Own Tablets for infants and children to ease stomach troubles, fretfulness, and sleep issues without opiates. Testimonials claim rapid relief, improved digestion, and healthier growth, with orders via mail from a Canadian address and limited retail availability.
Dr OG AL AL Warren attends Holl Nay mb bin bose. Mba M Cuney of Chiewage and many others are named among visiting relatives and friends. Several residents travel to Grand Tuesda Mich, by Byne Court, and to Chicago for family and professional reasons.
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