03 Oct 1923
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1923
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text mentions a lane block and names Heath Los Ods Dentrol Geer Perth. Details unclear but a local street dispute or obstruction is implied with street and person names cited. Readers should note potential place names and individuals for follow-up.
A long OCR list outlines events and prizes for a Georgetown Ontario fair. Items include horse races, dairy cattle, sheep, poultry, and craft competitions. Prizes range from cash to silverware, with names and donors such as Bank of Montreal and Georgetown Woollen Company noted.
The text proclaims that success comes through work and perseverance not luck. It warns of dangers of easier paths and endangers of failure for those who seek quick gains. It emphasizes perseverance, paying price, enduring storms, and that room at the top favors those who try.
Milton Sheriff Webster was reinstated and on duty at the As sizea on Tuesday. L. E. Pleck of the town visited Milton yesterday after a weekend with friends near Bobcageon, capturing two range weighing 7 and 15 pounds. The firm Morley & Hutchinson, barristers, dissolved with Morley retaining Toronto practice and Hutchinson the Milton office.
Local notes report Acton elections two months away with last year’s plan expected to continue. Also covered are Obituary of Kate Orr of Johnstown New York and the 85th birthday of Erin resident George Leslie. Agricultural society shifts Brampton fair dates due to rain and potato crop results listed.
J. J. Morrison, provincial UPO secretary, addressed Camilla UPO at Camilla Hall near Orangeville on the 20th. He spoke 90 minutes avoiding Drury or provincial election politics, urging farmers to coop and rely on themselves rather than manufacturers. Barn fire losses in Mayfield destroyed barn, grain, pigs, and implements. Merger of Bank of Hamilton with Bank of Commerce approved. shareholder meetings set for November 19 and 21. James Davidson, ex-reeve of Caledon, dies at 75 in Toronto after brief illness. Militia officers of Fulton and Halton Rifles receive promotions and certificates. Airguns deemed dangerous after a boy loses sight in one eye. Inglewood School Fair draws 1,000. multiple prizes awarded for school displays and contests.
An experimental note on endurance shows a 100 women wearing pedometers to measure daily walking. Diother reportedly walked about 14 miles daily from dawn to dusk. The piece also urges support for home industries and criticizes local knockers who shop elsewhere. Grain producers in Western Canada report rising marketing volumes via CPR and CN lines, with multi-car loads and trains moving toward the Head of the Lakes. The rest offers motivational lines on resilience, industrial education, and value of trades over purely professional paths.
Provincial Constable Melville, once Chief of Police in George Town, now moves from Palmerston where he served since last spring to Guelph. Megnie of Guelph is transferred to Orangeville.
The report lists September merit rankings by class with names such as Susie Presswood Stanley Norton and Maggie Sanderson across Sr IV Sr III and other groups. The page includes a teacher Dora L McClellan and a cautionary quotation about discipline and old customs.
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