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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
5
The piece discusses curtailment of munition orders delaying full effects until harvest ends. It urges fuel and food economy, supports labor reallocation to mining and farming, and promotes seed wheat and winter crops. It includes Burlington petition support for higher soldier bounty funds and notes a private letter from East Sandling about a draft deferment to join the front.
Two soldiers from the Canvalesced Woe hospital in Toronto were hosted for two weeks by Mr. King Cooper on Wellington Street enjoying the outing at home and in Cabing motoring and other diversions. Pte Scanlan son of Rev. Dr. Scanlan of Port Elgin is wounded in action and his father was killed in May. Pte Fricker of Acton, overseas with the second contingent and wounded, is reported approved at Quebec en route for home. Dates of fall fairs in Ontario are listed with Acton Holton Brampton etc. and include Sept dates and fair weeks, highlighting local fairs in September and October.
A vivid reminiscence from Hamiota Manitoba in 1917 notes drought like harvests, extensive farm work, and reliance on telephones for emergencies. It highlights local gatherings, Orangemen celebrations, agricultural exhibitions, and social bonds as Manitoba lags in fruit cultivation while Ontario shows resilience. The piece laments wartime losses and recalls figures like Rev Mansoe Doyle and John L. Moore, marking a community through hardship and shared labor.
A digest of wartime items from Wednesday to Saturday including British actions in Flantera halted by a calo, Premier Venizelos appeal, Canadian Northern Railway purchase, Lake Erie wreckage, and pensions. Notable mentions: Duke of Devonshire at exhibitions, Laurier remains Liberal leader, and conscription debates in Parliament. Also reports on aviator feats, famine concerns in Austria, and Toronto hospital openings amid war mobilization.
Disorder marked a Win-the-war meeting at North Toronto Town Hall while pacifist leader B D Morell was arrested in London with police seizing papers. Reports note wage, strikes, and public exhibitions, plus wartime politics and local incidents in Toronto and Ontario.
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