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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Sep 13, 1928

Page

12

Acton Fair Set With Big Prize Odds Attracting Race Fans

Acton race track tops the card as a four town circuit including Acton Georgetown Brampton and Milton expected to draw top race homes. The fair last year drew many attractions and this year promises more with a prize stock parade at 4 pm the second day and a Town Hall dance. Special prizes exceed 500 dollars and 100 special offers are noted.

Acton Georgetown Brampton Milton Tve Egpaer Ean

Care of Cutlery and Silverware for Everyday Use

Practical tips for cleaning sharpening and maintaining steel and silver utensils. Methods include heating steel knives in boiling water before polishing, wiping with fat and wrapping in brown paper, using onion juice to remove rust, a ammonia and olive oil paste for silver handles, reattaching knife blades with resin heat, hydrogen peroxide on dull knives, sugar in warm water to preserve plated teapots, warm potato water to remove tarnish, and camphor in drawers to prevent tarnish on spoons and forks.

Giving Him A Chance

A ragged newspaper boy helps a crippled man buy papers proving practical business can honor biblical precepts. The piece ends by praising Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a trusted remedy used by thousands and favored by the people.

Ife Bay Argentlonan the Bay Thomas’ Eelectric

Oakville notes and local personalities recalled during holidays

The Miss Edythe Donkin and Richard Cole visits are noted along with several residents of Oakville and nearby towns spending holidays in Muskoka and Toronto. Local events include a Burlington band placing fourth in a Toronto competition, civic visits from Ottawa and Windsor residents, and a major road collision with no injuries.

Edythe Donkin Hichard Cole New York AL Speers Muskoka John Ford Jos Marshall Muskolkat Algonquin Park Mroo Exsex Meir Burlington Citizens Toronto Dan J. W. Kennedy Owen Sound WJ. Dantlel Detroit Gilbert Sinclair Maclean Stayner Wiliam Oliver Brn George D. Campbih Cumberland Ont H. M. Wetherald Windsor Ralph Stass High Berival England France Italy M. L. Curtin Georgetown Kennicott David Dick Paris Charles Dick

Ford story at banquet mocks car pride and luck

An American Society of London event honoring Mr and Mrs Henry Ford features a tale of a Ford breaking down and a passerby offering a dollar while Ford himself helps. a Oxford professor jokes about courtly survival with witty banter amid light satire. A separate note touts Dr J J Kel Tong’s asthma remedy as a modest, hopeful relief.

Ford Atory Artarry Tolttain Jodie Otls Mrs. Pord

Unclear OCR: Reported text on aviation and military questions

Fragmented lines describe aviation topics, officers, and a reference to Miller's Worm Powder. Several garbled phrases mention a salte and Whalers walters, a trainer, a town aviator, and a potential fortification or table of contents. The overall meaning is obscured with many transcription errors.

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