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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1924
Page
3
The four leading presidential tickets pledge strict law enforcement on prohibition. Democratic vice presidential nominee Governor Charles Bryan of Nebraska is highlighted as an active prohibition speaker and organizer, reflecting a firm dry stance across parties.
Editorial notes Hanover plans to limit restaurant hours and ban late dances with midnight curfews and Sunday restrictions. Councils show broad support, claiming no hardship, while Cuba adopts stricter rules to curb contraband liquor and shift to bond-based clearances for imports.
The Daily Herald quotes Lord Beaverbrook praising Canada’s government ownership of railways and its strong banking system. He argues Britain should nationalize roads, notes Canada’s dollar parity with the dollar, and urges British youth to emigrate to a growing Canada while Canadian governance and finance are cited as efficient and sound.
A discussion on how city papers and country weeklies share humorous items from rural columns. Readers in towns like Irania and Hamilton enjoy tidbits about neighbors and oddities, while city dailies feature brief, sometimes trivial, notices such as falls, lunches, and small misfortunes. Both formats appeal to their audiences, reflecting shared tastes and local curiosity.
Diplomats from several nations signed the agreement at the London conference with solemnity reflecting the momentous action. The document aims to compel Germany to meet war reparations and restore economic equilibrium in Europe and the world.
The Newmarket Era notes the recurring question of paying Town Councillors and other public officers. It argues that widespread demands for remuneration would burden taxpayers unduly and stresses that municipal success relies on citizen cooperation and the honor of serving the public.
After years of discussion and study in the United States and Ontario, a gasoline tax is likely before the Ontario legislature. The levy is understood to be two cents per gallon, applied at the wholesale level in hundred thousand gallon lots, and expected to raise about two to three million dollars annually for the province.
The notes discuss brewing and distilling interests arguing over plebiscite questions in Ontario while Manitoba’s beer sales experiments are deemed disastrous. It notes Ontario’s resistance to change, predicted October 23 votes, and references to US car migration into Canada. Additional items cover France’s stance toward Germany, the Britain-Canada immigration accord, the Prince of Wales visit, Henry Ford’s prohibition view, and reflections on bootleggers amid temperance debates.
Principal Frank Sanderson attends his father’s funeral in Wailborton. Mayor Forster resumes duties after illness. Traffic on the Oakville highway bridge averages over 1,000 cars per hour with 40 percent American. Road approaches rough due to NM mottling. calls for repairs by Highway Commission. St Juden now Parish Hall opens a two storey addition to the old Sunday School building, praised for its brick and stone aesthetic and design.
A chaotic local notice list includes by law discussions on voyage plans and storm sewers with an expenditure tag of 454,000. Vacation paint at Publica School and a reopened cpdeat with 245 pupils and ten teachers are noted, along with community events, staff changes, and regional visits.
Dro J W Grainger sells out Nie dometry business to Dr C H L Mere dith of Toronto. Mr and Mrs Harry Allen and family of Wingtoes visit his parents in Burlington Avenue. Mr and Mrs J Alten and Mrs ER Wood depart for Los Angeles and Lake Beach. Rev Andrew and Mrs Telford return from wedding trip through Michigan. The Burlington fair prize ety ready for distribution. secretary Granley Dynes invites copies. Mr and Mrs James Coleman visit Sutherland Florida, returning Monday. Gov A King new pastor preaches to large crowds at Methodist Church. Mr and Mrs J W Tyrrell announce engagement of daughter Mary to Mr Frederick Cheater Watson. Mr and Mrs Fred W Taylor and daughters return from Vancouver, Seattle, Alaska trip. Burlington Horticultural Society show held with high quality exhibits. A boy named Peart recovers a bicycle from a Hamilton boy after pursuit and brief struggle.
Erin society notes a ай week of visiting relatives from Chicago Hockford and Detroit and many locals hosting guests in Erin and surrounding areas. churchgoers Rev J A Evans and Rev J Marvin Smith spend time with friends, while highways officials approve a county road through Chinguacoury to Erin. Hillaburg Horticultural Society hosts annual show with large crowd and diverse exhibits in St Andrews sheds.
Professor Georga R. Anderagn of the University of Toronto predicts Canada alone can raise enough wheat to feed 200,000,000 people. His Morning Post article argues against doomsters who warn of food shortages and calls for a belief in greater prosperity for the world’s 2.0 hundred million under rising efficiency and export.
An account of the Duke of Blanahire visiting his tenants. A mother trains her daughter Jenny to respond to the noble visitor with a respectful greeting. Jenny, when addressed by the elf Sentioman, answers with a courteous line about gratitude and thanksgiving.
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