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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1923
Page
4
The Acton Free Press recounts Casey at the Bat style drama in a local game, village anecdotes, and civic hopes. It details townsfolk like Cash Willett and Bartley Haynes, a fire rescue, and reflections on civic holidays and community growth.
A Saskatchewan reader urges letters from far towns to preserve Canadian homelands memories. The weekly Picton Gazette keeps absent readers connected to neighbors, church, school, and old values by sharing local news, births, deaths, and daily life memories.
During a paced drive through Worksop and Welbeck Abbey the Prince of Wales met disabled soldiers in the main street and handed each a key to open his new hut funded by John Robinson at Worksop Manor. The procession continued amid strong public enthusiasm near Welbeck gates where 96 year old resident Mr James Jones received a presentation.
Local notes report condolences for J Woalpy Kelly attending a funeral in Owan Hound and a bazaar for the Ever Faithful Btu Clana at the Methodist Church. Golf results, a bridge club game, a bridge fire near the railway, and a serious road crash injuring two are noted along with visits from relatives and local tours.
A father urges his son to work hard in any trade from digging to editing a paper. He warns against overwork yet says dedication builds strength and purpose. He notes workers may on occasion overextend but stresses consistent effort fosters appetite, solidity, and gratitude for healthier days.
The undersigned Froding Stray Sale offers cattle and sheep by public auction at Lot 1 Concession 3 Krin Ontario, October 1 1923 at 3 oclock. Cattle include various cows milking and due in months from October to May, a Jersey milking, 35 choice Durham sows and steers, spring calves, and 6 oxfront Down sheep. Terms twenty dollars and under cash over that amount on credit notes. Phone 34. Aukumbmar, Clerk.
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