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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions cough remedies and medical terms with stray references to products and prices. The readable bits hint at a dated catalog-like notice but no coherent story or identifiable entities emerge.
Omemee notes guests from Lindsay and area over Easter weekend. Millinery displays at T A Macpherson Co. praised. Miss Beatty to welcome Omemee ladies. Easter services well attended with fitting sermons and music. Local auctions, second hand shop openings, and jobber ads appear alongside school board notices and business promotions.
Bro W H G Armstrong County Master of West Peterborough invites every Ontario lodge including Or angemen True Blues O Y B and Prentice Boys to attend the Glorious Twelfth celebration at Peterboro. Lodges are asked to contact County Sec E G Clarke at 360 Sherbrooke Street Peterboro to aid railway and visitor arrangements for comfort and welfare of all attendees.
Annie W Ivory prepares for examination on piano and theory teaching duties with moderate terms noted.
An advertisement touts Golden Medical Discovery as a liver invigorator and stomach tonic for a range of digestive and systemic symptoms. It cites medical authorities and lists plant roots, promising a no alcohol formula, with a free booklet by mail and accompanying Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
In Peterboro the Brock Street Rink hosted a six day walking contest. Willard A. Hoagland of Auburn NY led after four hours, one lap ahead of James Harrison of Peterboro as fourteen started. Final scores listed include Hoagland 23 miles 4 laps, Harrison 23 miles 3 laps, with several Peterboro entrants close behind. Attendance nears 150 as the event continues the next night.
Special to the Mirror records a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs T J Jackson on Sunday April 5, with mother and child healthy. Also notes the death of Miss Celia Hutchinson on April 5 and funerals at Fallis burial ground. Died in Cavan Mrs Wm Murphy on April 6 and in Manvers Mrs Wm Veal on April 13 with funerals at local cemeteries.
An old advertisement claims eczema stems from humors and blood poisons from undigested food and bowel waste. It touts Ferrozone as a blood purifier that instantly neutralizes acids and drains poisons, promising immediate relief and cures with 50c and 18 SOL prices.
A physician counsels the sick man to practice daily walking to strengthen nerves and regain rational behavior. The man replies he already walks to his business, while the specialist warns against overstrain and urges consistent exercise, offering riding as an alternative for ten dollars.
A New York daily article promotes a single remedy for backache and kidney or bladder disorders. Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce, Compound Karyon one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Shake and take after meals and at night. A local druggist says ingredients are harmless and inexpensive. The prescription is said to cleanse kidneys and remove acids and waste from blood. Readers urged to try it.
Charlie Clarke traveled to Omemee to meet farmer Wm. Graham and family. A sister in Ontario received a false report that Clarke had died after a horse incident. Relatives arranged for burial preparations before learning Clarke was alive and seen in town. The event was chronicled in a local review.
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