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Stratford (CP) - Farm activist Allen Wilford has been found not guilty for his part in a Depression-style penny auction held on a southern Ontario farm more than two years ago
Stratford (CP) - Farm activist Allen Wilford has been found not guilty for his part in a Depression-style penny auction held on a southern Ontario farm more than two years ago

Stratford (CP) - Farm activist Allen Wilford has been found not guilty for his part in a Depression-style penny auction held on a southern Ontario farm more than two years ago

Date4/23/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Stratford (CP) - Farm activist Allen Wilford has been found not guilty for his part in a Depression-style penny auction held on a southern Ontario farm more than two years ago.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0089316F
Buyer awaits: W. J. Sinclair, left, is set to remove the chains from White Farm Equipment, which has been shut down for more than a year. Sinclair say(...)
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A dream come true for former Scarborough insurance man Frederick Carlisle is his three-hulled Caravel II. He bought it 5 years ago for $25,000 and has cruised more than 20,000 miles with his daughters Nora, 11 (left) and Mary, 13, (right) and his wife. During the five-year getaway on the world's oceans the girls managed to pick up six years' credits on their correspondence courses. The Carlisles are thinking of crossing the Atlantic Ocean a second time next year.
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Human mole Charlie Losler, 57, has worked a lot of general labor jobs since moving to Metro from New Brunswick farm life 25 years ago. Currently he is(...)
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12/19/1990
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Boldly dramatic: Top Toronto designer Robert Dirstein, right, with his huge embroidered portrait of a mandarin, found about 10 years ago at a Toronto estate auction.
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Toronto boxer Nicky Furlano has been found not guilty of assaulting a 43-year-old carpenter outside a tavern
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By Phil Johnson, Ants Evard has literally been around the world as a Scout leader and organizer. The 50-year-old Willowdale resident has spent more than 25 years helping put together major jamborees in Australia, Calgary, Guelph and Muskoka for his fellow
By Phil Johnson, Ants Evard has literally been around the world as a Scout leader and organizer. The 50-year-old Willowdale resident has spent more than 25 years helping put together major jamborees in Australia, Calgary, Guelph and Muskoka for his fellow
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Farmers' survival group leader Allan Wilford talks to members yesterday during an attempt to half auction of John Otto's equipment
Farmers' survival group leader Allan Wilford talks to members yesterday during an attempt to half auction of John Otto's equipment
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Dining-car steward, William Roberts of Winnipeg, has been with CP for 46 years, next year he retires
Dining-car steward, William Roberts of Winnipeg, has been with CP for 46 years, next year he retires
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Mr. and Mrs. Percy H. Tacon tend shrubs in the courtyard of their Valleyanna Dr. home which is also on tour. The Tacons moved many of their plants into city from their farm home two years ago. Cost of touring the Bayview area gardens is $1. Tickets can be bought at the Garden Centre or at any of the gardens on days of the tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy H. Tacon tend shrubs in the courtyard of their Valleyanna Dr. home which is also on tour. The Tacons moved many of their plants into city from their farm home two years ago. Cost of touring the Bayview area gardens is $1. Tickets can be bought at the Garden Centre or at any of the gardens on days of the tour.
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Deed for grave of child buried more than 150 years ago is held by Ernest Lynn, Register of Deeds
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