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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
2
Rev and Mrs Cos egrove and family from Newark hosted by Mrs John Steele. Numerous visits by Rochester and Peterboro residents. Town Council meets next Monday. Millbrook fair October 5 and 6. Banking notices and Methodist social program described. Station construction, church music, fairs, and local personal arrivals noted. Pleasant Point reports fishing scene and social humor.
The death of George Wilson editor in chief of the Port Hope Guide occurred on Saturday. He was 86 years old, had long been active in the Liberal party and Methodist church, and served as a justice of the peace and school board member. He published the New Dominion earlier in life and led the Guide from 1874 until his death. Funeral Monday at Welton Street with service by Rev G W Henderson. interment in Union Cemetery.
Reverend D Ro Clare will lead the Methodist Church service next Sunday with special music listed. The notice emphasizes the guest preacher and a music program accompanying the worship event.
The piece directs readers to specific Bible chapters for various life moods and challenges. It cites Psalms one through twenty seventh and New Testament chapters James Hebrews and John as guidance for blues confidence kindness work and self view.
J. McBride of Millbrook announces a 30 day sale offering sewing machines strictly at cost price. This community notice invites buyers to take advantage of reduced prices during the month.
A June 5 1995 sale notice lists Cobourg as the location with the Sheriffs Office handling the proceedings. The notice specifies the event date and the official authority conducting the sale.
An advertising snippet claims Catarrhezone heals every form of catarrh by cleansing the airways and throat. It markets two treatments for 1.08 dollars and a trial offer, promising complete relief from coughing, discharge, and lung irritation.
Special to the Mirror notes harvest is prime, with preparistione for the Mies Addie Poast over summer holidays. Local residents Mr and Mrs K Poast host gatherings as Lizzie Jones visits Franklin. William Casey, popular Bethel farmer, hosts Sanday friends while Carrie Balfour enjoys Lake Point breeze. Mersb and Ethel visit Bethel friends. Wylder couple stay with 3M Jones as Jos Hass works on a new house. Attendees at Chemong Park include Robi Haye, John Boyd, B W, Joseph Bord, and Misses Poast and Maud Jones. Quartery meet service cancelled for Mr Manning of Tarkey, guest of Miss A Poast.
A fragmented 1920s style scene discusses how women advance in business via clerkships and general knowledge gained from school and life. It stresses that broad information, not specialized training, supports success in stenography, secretarial work, and managerial tasks, with emphasis on historic literacy and literature knowledge. The snippet then shifts to an unrelated local ad discussing Nerviline liniment for horses with boastful claims of strength and usefulness.
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