24 Oct 1923
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1923
Page
1
The speaker imagines a celestial City of Cloud where weariness vanishes and love, truth, and dreams dwell. Its silvery domes, alabaster palaces, and pearl banners evoke timeless peace, with streets filled by hopes and memories, a world free of hunger, pain, or strife.
Acton resident Mr. George Hynde, ill since the fair, remains bedbound but shows some improvement this week. Dublin School pupils Merie Stewart and Donald McDougall won first and second in an Elmehouse school fair essay contest. The Clarke family plans to move to Toronto, with Joho Clarke Sr. leaving Beardmore & Co. and Joho Clarke Jr. joining in Port Credit as the Toronto business nears completion.
Anniversary services will be held at the Georgetown Methodist Church on Sunday October 28 1928 conducted by Rev George H Williams D D Metropolitan Church Toronto at 11 am and 7 pm with special choir music all welcome. Home Bank bill inquiries show local banks will redeem them guaranteed by the Canadian Bankers Association. Milton boys found guilty four youths charged with assault in Vienna Milton three received suspended sentences with costs. two others acquitted. Babes in Winning Halton County win in carload hog show at Union Stockyards Toronto third place $100 prize. Bogs raised fed by county youth under R R Fleming. Have Your Eyes Examined an appointment to see Dr O T Walker at W R Watsons Drug Store.
George Buck was held up by a desperado on East Mary Street near his father John Buck’s Main Street home. A car near Clement’s garage yielded a revolver and a suspect, James Albert Chadwick of Sprucedale, identified with stolen goods from Fergus. A posse searches Milton for two accomplices believed to plan further store robberies.
Apples are a good crop and quality locally. Spys sell at 3.50 per barrel. Mrs J M Denyes attends Brantford Provincial Convention with the W C T U. William Barry of Campbellville injured by a motor car with possible internal injuries. Charles Galloway and Stanley Bock return from the West with 18 carloads sold in Toronto. They plan another delivery.
A prospectus outlines The Youths Companion 1924 lineup with Western ranch life adventure athletic stories girl characters in school and business accounts from Maine farm folk Caleb Peaslee and other resourceful figures. Subscriptions at $2.50 for 52 issues plus options with McCalls Magazine at $8.00 and Home Calendar 1924. Boston address given.
Misa J. Davidson visiting relatives at Brampton was struck crossing the P.R. tracks on Railroad Street by a slowly approaching freight train. One wheel crushed the right foot, a small toe amputation followed after admission to Brampton Private Hospital. Davidson was semi conscious and received medical care from Dr. D L Heggie.
A long set of opinions argues for stronger bank safeguards and a national system, praises church music, notes Toronto Normal School enrollment and teacher salary trends, warns against speculative investments, and urges staying with home opportunities rather than chasing urban gains.
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