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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1923
Page
5
In Toronto on September 3 1923 Philip Thomas Holman aged 1st year Patterson in the city and town is noted with a memorial. A perplexing fragment mentions Huber J Barowl aged years and a date of June 20. The text is damaged but records a death notice with names and ages.
In Acton and surrounding townships a busy week unfolds with tax notices due for October and November, a new police car planned for Oakville Council, and the Stayner public school project costing 70000. Local notes report frost damage to plants, a large bass caught at Fairy Lake, and road repairs along with a new cement bridge nearing completion.
In the council meeting the minutes detail numerous disbursements for graveling road sections, culverts, and related town improvements. Payments cover graders, gravel, ditching, posts, and labor to multiple contractors and officials with amounts listed and approved before adjournment.
Premier Ferguson announced last Thursday that Dr Samuel Webster is reappointed Sheriff, replacing A L MacNab appointed before the June provincial elections. The Premier cited political motives for MacNab and said Webster returns to the post from which he was removed amid controversy during the June election.
Patrons filled the cinema as a man named Hilltip arrived late and caused a stir with whispered remarks. An accompanying chap explained how he briefly read subtitles to his nearly sightless aunt, prompting laughs and social chatter after the show.
Mr Frank Guild of Rockwood has been awarded a special superflux scholarship from the Eastman School of Music Rochester NY. The two year award places him under the personal direction of renowned tenor Worldliemar Abeluy, continuing the school of music founded by George Eastman. In other news Cameron preached on harvest, Mrs Doway shows signs of improvement, and John Feathererson dies suddenly with funeral at Vigthal Methodist Church.
Local notes report Geraldine Stringer and family visiting Terra Cotta and Acton friends before returning home. Nellie Banderson back from Toronto after a successful operation. Daniel Townsend of Eden Manitoba dies after long illness, with sympathies extended. Canadian National Railway begins a new station project aiding Terra Cotta area. Simpkins visit from Springfield Ohio. J L Craine returns from Flint Michigan motor trip. Halton Brick Co. back to full capacity. Also a reflective piece urges residents to quit grumbling and stay positive.
Robert Sprowl, aged about sixty, of the Acton area, died after a long illness that impaired him from farm work. He was born on the homestead, married thirty years, and survived by wife Mrs Sprowl and four children John, Mrs Everett Denny, Dora, and Omn. He was a noted grain farmer whose varieties drew attention from Ontario Agricultural College and the Toronto experiment station. Funeral services were held Monday at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by Rev A C Stewart, with burial in Fairview Cemetery Acton.
The excerpt traces how infants respond to sounds and toy instruments shaping early musical perception. It notes that half of toy shop contents are music toys and that simple bells and rattles awaken listening attention, guiding children toward music.
A compact reflection on true success, praising a life shaped by love, laughter, and service. It honors those who earn respect, inspire others, and leave the world better by pursuing beauty, kindness, and helpful deeds.
A scrambled set of quick riddles and jokey answers. It presents lines about sharp pins, swimming ducks, milk and doughnuts, timing when in bloom, sharpening wit, and a playful ink question. The text reads as stray Q and A snippets with typos and odd spellings throughout.
A smattering of social musings contrasts women’s footwear choices with street fashion and etiquette. A blaze tale from Sweden highlights fires sparked by discarded cigarettes and a tobacco monopoly proposal to print a warning on each pack.
A prominent consulting physician links rising nervous disorders to lack of exercise. He urges walking at least two miles daily to prevent insomnia and high blood pressure, warns against overfeeding and urban car use, and advocates good shoes as a health booster. A mile a day will keep the doctor away.
Bathrday September 3. Estate of Rev J McAskill at Ayre and household effects to be sold at Daldowin near CN railway station Acton Friday September 13. Mire Mrs WR James lot 37 6th fine Baanesing farm stock clearing sale Monday October as elmes of Goa lot zaa Une one mile west of Acton 30 cows freab or with calves at foot and 30 feeders Monday October 8 G B Husband willessant of Milton registered Shorthorns crude cattle and bogs Thursday October 2 am A C Quelph urs bred stock
A grab bag of quirky vignettes and moral musings from a vintage column. A Berlin hotel anecdote leads to a joking claim of noble origin, a London reader laments wasted effort, and Miriam prescribes quick reconciliation to nip quarrels in the bud. The piece blends eccentric names, sale dates, and moral anecdotes into a single eclectic page item.
Public auction announced by Allie Evans on Monday September 24 1923 at one o clock. Local lot 13 lists cows holsteins jersey its durham breeds and young cattle including heifers bulls pigs and furniture terms include ten dollars cash and credit on approved notes.
The underaigned trustee from Holmes Son to auction at Acton Ontario on October 1 1923 at 2 o clock the herd of cows and calves with breeding sheep and other stock. Terms include cash with 8 months terms on joint notes 6 percent off for cash. Auctioneer R J Kerr Acton Ontario.
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