Acton Free Press Advertising Rates and Subscription Note
The Acton Free Press prints weekly on Thursdays from the Man I acuw building Acton Ontario. Subscriptions priced at $1.60 per year with 10 payments. Advertising rates include 20 cents per agate measure for space first insertion and 6 cents per line for subsequent insertions. Contract display ads 100 inches or more billed at 16 cents per line per insertion. Editor Moore. Verso lists Victoria and Westpai offices.
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Acton
Ontario
United States
Wy, Moore
Prohibition Debate and Referendum Views Across Canada
The Guelph Mercury and Toronto Globe advocate prohibition, urging support for the Ontario Temperance Act and warning against repeal. The piece notes Sam Carter’s stance, a London temperance proposal for church voter drills, and Ottawa’s industrial convention pushing labor partnership. U.S. settlers migrating to Canada, wages, and jobs are outlined, with warnings from the Newmarket Era on marking ballots four times to avoid spoilage.
Ontario Labour Demand Outstrips Supply, Says Official
Mr J A Miller superintendent of the Ontario Government Employment Bureau says employment opportunities exceed available workers with lumber camps farms and industry in need of thousands. He notes farm pay has doubled in five years and many offers remain unfilled. Thanksgiving date debate tied to Armistice Day prompts calls to shift national Thanksgiving near November 11.
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J. A. Miller
Ontario Government Employment Bureau
Canada
Associated Boards of Trade of Canada
Dominion
Prohibition Referendum Supporters Rally in Ontario Clergy
Ardent backers of prohibition include Rev Canon H C Dixon rector of Trinity East Toronto who votes No, and church leaders urging referendum opponents. W F OConnor warns vendors face indictable offenses as prices should fall, while Presbytery of Guelph backs Ontario Temperance Act. Burlington Gazette editor E A Harris marks twenty four years at helm.
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Canon H. C. Dixon
Trinity East
Toronto
Canon Dixon
W. F. O'Connor
Board of Commerce
Hamilton
Prohibition Backed At Ontario Synod In Ottawa
Archbishop Thornloe says the church must choose sides on right and wrong and cites liquor evils under the license system. Synod supports government moves to restrict and abolish liquor traffic and urges citizens to back the prohibition effort.
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Ontario
Church of England In Canada
Ottawa
Thornloe
General Synod
Women Franchise Expands Ontario Voter Lists
Ontario voters rise to 1 611 759 for Referendum lists up from 750 000 in last provincial election. Halton County shows 14 032 names vs 6 759 previously. Politicians wary of impact of women and soldiers under twenty one on election outcomes. Taxpayers vent about high rates and council promises as Acton residents await receipts.
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Ontario
Halton
Afty
Acton
Canada’s wartime care credited as model for all nations
The piece praises Canada’s Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment for caring for maimed veterans. It highlights well equipped hospitals and sanatoria, retraining in vocational schools, and extensive offices linking veterans with employment, noting international praise and urging universal public support.
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Canada
Dominion
Department of Soldiers
Ite
Lucky Horse Speaks for Kindness in Shipping Trade
A talking horse in Denver tells of life with a kind master in the express business on a busy corner by a department store. He contrasts caring treatment with cruel neglect, urges human kindness to animals, and invites readers to visit their stand.
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Lucky
Denver
Iim
Horme
Anya
Bari
Mer
Curious Prescriptions From A New York Druggist
A New York pharmacist records peculiar customers requests and odd medical orders, including notes written by foreign born clients. The fragment hints at unusual remedies for children and urgent, perhaps improvised, medical care.
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New York
Shaw's Business School Advertising Prospectus
Enter Any Day in one of Shaw's Business Schools Toronto for a course that insures employment at a good salary Write for free prospectus W H Shaw President 305 Yonge St Toronto.
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Shaw
Toronto
W. H. Shaw
Yonge St
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