Grenfel Christmas Visitors and Local Short Notices
Dec 90 Mr and Mrs Nixon and family of Dalston spent Christmas at WU Scotts. Mrs Barrett and Miss L Hedges returned home to Toronto after the holidays here. Ja J Bilton Stayner stayed in the vicinity last week. Harry Metcalf was a guest of Mrs Maggie Clark of Allandale for a few days.
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Grenfel
W. ‘Barrett
L. Hedges
Toronto
Ja. J. Bilton
Stayner
Harey Metcalf
Misa Maggie Clark
Allandale
Una
Lefroy
Mr. Kelley
Nere
Drage
Battle
Eden
Misaca Eden
Zee
Anten Mills Holiday Guests and Family News
A December 31 note lists visitors including J Lafranier of Buffalo Miss Violet McMichael from Carson and P Scott of Toronto Miss L Shanahan from Barrie and Isa O Kelly visiting for holidays. The week saw a new arrival as the stork brought a daughter to Mr and Mrs Stokes Middlebrook and family spent time with relatives at Thomas s.
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J. Lafranier
Buffalo
Violet’ McMichael
Carson
Belle Ewart’s Jan 4 Arrival From Washago
Belle Ewart recounts travel on January 4 with Rennie of Washago and notes a few days near Hillend and Master Art Hilt. The report records timing and homecomings, with references to the family’s return and local landmarks.
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W. Rennie
Washago
Ivy Ward Notes From Holiday Socials and Births
Ivy December round up shows Herb Maw marrying Miss Crawford of Egbert and a newborn son for Mr and Mrs David Jennett. Toronto visits include Mrs Drage and Mrs Eden hosting New Year gatherings. The community reports festive dancing and good cheer with multiple visits among locals and friends in Lefroy Midhurst Lindsay Georgetown and nearby homes.
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Ivy
Herb Maw
Misa L., Crawford
Egbert
Visitors During Xmac Holidays Bring Many Toronto Guests
Brentwood notes a flood of visitors for the holidays with Toronto guests including Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Desourdie and Mr. and Mrs. William Maher at multiple local homes. Reports tell of locals returning, contract pursuits, and a precarious winter scene with frozen bridges and scarce food for some residents.
Blind naturalist reflects on nature and perception
An interview with a blind naturalist explores how perception beyond sight reveals nature’s truths. He explains that feeling and memory convey seasonal beauty and animal behavior, noting birds like the jay warn of danger, and a sensitive memory holds vivid nature scenes from decades prior.
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Italy
Bryant
Lost in a Muskoka Grove Tale of Two Men
Two sober men Thomas Horlick a South African hero from Vienna Ontario and John Ainslie of Owen Sound become lost for a night in a thirty acre Muskoka grove near Lake Stuart while mapping a route near O N C and O P R tracks. They survive by smoldering a fire and eating snow until dawn when workers nearby provide shelter and food. The piece then shifts to reminiscences of old fashioned family life by a speaker lamenting the loss of warmth and firelight in modern homes.
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Muskoka
Thomas Horlick
Vienna
Ont
John Ainslie
Owen ‘Sound
Obituary: William Kelly of Innisfil Township
William Kelly, born 1824 in County Mayo Ireland, died at 88. He married Eliza Mac Dermott in Toronto, producing two children, then remarried Mids M. O Donnell and had three more. Survived by second wife and five children. buried at Belle Ewart Catholic Cemetery after services by Rev. Finnegan. Pallbearers named.
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William Kelly
Innisfil Township
County Mayo
Ireland
Toronto
Eliza MacDermott
Gallagher
Belle Ewart
William Barry
Lefroy
Innisfil Big
Nantor
Belle Ewart Catholic Cemetery
Father Finnegan
Barrie
T. Dillon
W.gibbons
J. Nicholson
J. Marshall
W. Brewster
W. Forbes
Simple home Rheumatism Mixture Promised Relief
A Cleveland morning paper cites a claimed remedy for rheumatism. A teaspoonful of a mixed formula with dandelion, Compound Karyon, and sarsaparilla is to be taken after meals and at night. It claims kidney cleansing and relief from pain, urging readers to cut out and keep the note.
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Cleveland
Syou
Ingr
Rail timetable excerpts from Toronto area ships and towns
A fragmented list shows multiple rail and boat departures and arrivals. It includes numbers and times for services to Penetang Meaford Orillia North Bay Collingwood and Toronto with various daily and special runs and destinations such as Meaford Penetang Collinwood and Cobalt.
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Toronto
Allandale
Meatope Penotang
Fas
Hamilton
Collinwood
Penetang
North Bay
Meaford
Orillia
Collingwood
Cobalt
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