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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
7
Local notes report fall wheat sowing and school staff changes in Acton and surrounding towns. Weather, fairs, and road work are noted along with upcoming events at the Acton Fair and village activities.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as internal remedy for catarrh, claims it treats constitutional causes and is endorsed by physicians. It mentions G. Heneu & Co of Toledo Ohio and lists testimonials and free samples.
Readers learn of Acton items including a $60,000 county bridge project and a plan for a town road and public works upgrades. The piece notes local support for a shoe factory loan and features community voices on industry and safety measures along the Toraito highway.
A 33 member Acton Boy Scouts troop joined the farewell to Governor General Duke of Connaught in Foranta Exhibition. Leaders guided the procession with Troop Master W. Coles and Captain L. Marthe, listing dozens of scouts by name in the historic pageant.
Pte. Dan Rouse and Pte Arch Neuss of the 160th Battalion London visit their sister May Narr last week. A letter from Pte D. I. Smith of the 34th Highlanders says his battalion reached Liverpool on the 11th of Angeal. They endured uneven weather and a pleasant voyage. Driver Norman Height of Georgetown has recovered enough to dispatch messages from camp in England. Pte. J. D. Bailth writes from Bethlehem Camp England recounting crossing the sea with his battalion and noting how the night of ships and fighting craft in the Channel made the Canadian boys feel Britannia rules the waves.
The text claims a third of people have catarrh and that nasal treatments are ineffective. It advocates treating catarrh by enriching the blood with Scott's Emulsion, described as a beneficial tonic free from harmful drugs.
A Labor Day event at Wearndimore Court featured a fired doubles handicap won by Mies Huby Clark and Mr. Pecoy Howarth. Milas Clark earned praise for her tennis display. doubles won by Means J. Wood and K. Cooper. A ladies’ reception at Heverley House followed, with prize presentations and remarks by Mr Yank Wood.
The article outlines wartime activities including recruiting volunteers and drilling, ammunition production, trench work, cavalry, artillery, and mounted infantry. It covers Royal Flying Corps, Field Telegraph, motor cycle machine gun battalion, provisioning an army, building and launching a battleship, mine sweepers, the Silent Sentinel, and naval squadrons with the Grand Fleet in the North Sea. It also highlights life on HMS Queen Elizabeth and the submarine service the Hornets of the Fleet and concludes with loyalty to the Crown.
Prize list outlines races for horses and harness, with cash awards and goods from various donors. Cattle classes include best calf, butter, bread, and cheese items, plus miscellaneous horticultural and farm product exhibitor awards. Awards total, notes collectors, and sold entries, with donors including Nelson Company, Crookfield Saddle, and Henderson & Co.
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