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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1877
Page
3
Trains depart Acton with partial times listed. Night Express to Vibath and Toronto mail to be sent. Kapress routes and Galt mixed depart in late afternoon. RagTy Night Repress shows 8:38 am, Western mail 6:20 pm, London mixed 10:10 pm.
New goods by A D Bacham and silks by John Hoge and Son announced in town listings. Cheap goods from I D Williamson and Co. Inculrent notice listed Murdoch Robins and Co and Assixcnes.
Local items report fall stock at Uraine & Son and Crain & Son with emphasis on boots and shoes. Wheat prospects are strong in the area. The Halton Agricultural Society holds a Milton fair Oct 11-12. Banff and promenade concerts are announced with vendors Christie Henderson & Co adding new goods. Assignee Robins of Toronto appointed for an insolvent estate. James Beatt and James Warren are noted regional visitors. Public picnic planned near Bannockburn with music. A near accident involved a hay rack collapse and frightened horses. Christ ie Henderson & Co pledge better trade with deep stock and low margin prices.
Provincial at London and area events listed for Sept to Oct with Guelph Central Ham ilton Central Dufferin Halton Peel Esquesing Nassagaweya Eramosa Erin and Er in local sessions. Guelph tax assessment rates total two cents in the dollar including county high school public schools and interest debentures. Abraham Argue of Churchville saddler dies by hanging in his shop after drinking. inquest returns death by strangulation while intoxicated. Freemasons grant two hundred guineas for St John sufferers. Dentistry notice: S L Peer to visit Acton first Thursday monthly. office at Agnew's Hotel.
The Union Division Grange will meet in Ospringe on Saturday September 29 at ten o clock for business. Doors open to the public at two o clock p m with addresses by speakers. The public is cordially invited to attend. Robert Drege Secretary of Division.
No 6 Company 20th Battalion plans annual drill at the Acton Drill Shed on Saturday at 7 o clock. Recruits sought to fill vacancies. Local merchants Christie Henderson Co. offer dry goods, millinery, and textiles with specials on tweeds hats and shawls. Cash for butter at Christie Henderson Co Acton. frequent bargains on grain bags towels and tea.
The issue laments Americans taking Ontario butter markets and driving buyers to New York and Chicago, with English imports rising from American sources. It notes Manitoba and Brampton events, a freak calf with a heart under the neck, a cabinet-maker Thomas Gardner’s death, and a bank clerk Jobn Yeomans's suicide attempt.
Members of Calanthe Lodge Knights of Pythias Acton prepare for dedicatory ceremonies at their hall. The gathering aims to mark completion of the lodge space and honor its founding members.
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