16 May 1923
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 16, 1923
Page
1
Henry Van Dyke hymnic prayer to the God of the open air invites awe at untrodden shores and majestic landscapes. The speaker asks for nature’s beauty to become sacred, praising morning light and mountain heights as worthy temples for worship.
This sketch honors Sheriff Webster a longtime Norval physician and county official born in Ireland who practiced medicine from 1765 to 1909 in Norval and its surroundings. He served in Hatton Township council as reeve and later as warden before becoming sheriff fourteen years ago. He recollects fighting diphtheria before antitoxins and notes his conservative but broad views.
The Drury Government fixed Monday June 25 as the general election date with nomination set for Thursday June 14. The dissolution order informs the Lieutenant-Governor of the Parliament’s immediate dissolution and a general election, while noting the Fifteenth Parliament started October 20 1919 and ended May 5 with 56 Conservative, 29 Liberal, and 27 Liberal members.
Acton residents report Mr George Hynds ill this week with hope for recovery. Mr Alexander Waldie slowly recovering after several weeks of illness. A Police Court conviction of Morris Saxe of Georgetown Creamery for converting a cream can claimed by City Dairy Co Toronto was set aside at On goodo Hall. Acton Athletic Association announces committee selections for Bowling Tennis Social and Executive roles with named volunteers.
At the Ontario Women's Liberal Association convention in the King Edward Hotel Toronto Mrs F D Dewar of Milton was chosen vice president for the central district and will liaise with the provincial body. Miss Teresa Carroll of Milton sued the Toronto Transportation Commission for $10000 damages for injuries on a February 3 1922 street car incident at York and Front Streets claiming the car moved before she alighted. She seeks $2600 and was awarded that amount.
The Niagara district awoke to four degrees of frost last Thursday morning. Early cherry and peach varieties show some damage where blossoms had formed, but overall District Agricultural Office notes minimal injury and cites a delayed spring as a saving factor leaving most crops unscathed.
A Montreal port shipment bound for London on May 9 involved over 260 Studebaker automobiles. The Boling broke carrier carried the load, signaling Canada’s rising role as an auto exporter.
Fragmented notes discuss religious census in Quebec with Catholic share around 41 percent in 1991, dropping due to Protestant outmigration. Cash sales rise in merchants across the province. Warnings against underfinancing taxes. Reflections on past elections, political leadership, and citizen engagement contrasted with present indifference.
Having succeeded in forcing down the price of sugar with a boycott the ladies will likely try their band at securing a general reduction in the cost of living.
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