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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
2
Millbrook news recounts local social and church life with arrivals from Jamestown and Cleveland, civic holiday outings, weddings, school openings, and a Meaford Foresters meeting. It notes a Stradford marriage, Harney Marett siblings, and the Peterboro Business College’s modern courses.
An Augustal lake reflection notes birds heading south from Hudson Bay to South America and the end of summer camps. It recalls shuttered cottages, dry weather, and dwindling boarding house profits while predicting the shift to hunting and trapping seasons as lakes freeze. The piece closes with a local preacher’s quip on vanity.
Handreds have tried but no one has matched Potram's Painless Corn Extractor UUs for the best relief from substitutes for Putnam's remedy claim.
The Peterboro chain and its sister campuses in Wingham Goderich Walkerton Clinton and Orangeville promote high grade modern business training. They claim rapid job placement upon graduation with an emphasis on stenographers bookkeepers and telegraphers. Students nationwide and internationally are drawn by mail courses and six month programs with free city privileges.
An advertisement claims Ferrozone remedies weak nerves sleep problems and loss of strength. It promises strong red blood, increased appetite, faster digestion, and quick results with 50 cent boxes sold by all dealers.
The Elliott Business College of Toronto is a leading Canadian commercial school inviting applicants to request a catalogue. The fall term starts September 1 and hundreds graduate yearly to good positions.
An 19th century medicine ad extols Dr Hamilton's Pills as a mild purgative that safely cleanses the entire system. It claims the pills move the bowels, tone kidneys, aid digestion, and improve skin, while helping with cold fatigue and biliousness, recommending a 25 cent box.
Dr Hassard of Mull brook swept eight prizes at the Cobourg Show last week. He won five firsts including Pony Stallion Royal Review and Little Clip in Pony in harness, Marion Cassius Hackney Stallion in harness, and Rupin Percheron Stallion. He also took a second and two thirds in Hackney Stallion on line and other classes. Mr T A Kelly claimed a first with his Hackney colt sired by Borrow Moss. Mr J L Patterson won first for Clydesdale Stallion Dunure Baror, imported by J H Hassard. This was a creditable showing and the exhibitors were congratulated.
About 250 Presbyterians from Millbrook and nearby area enjoyed a pleasant Thursday excursion on the lower Kawartha lakes. John Steele and Wm Archer led the party, ensuring a pleasant trip with favorable weather and beautiful lake scenery on Stoney Lake. The report compares the local lakes favorably to the Thousand Islands and Ontario highlights, noting equal or greater natural beauty and leisure for sportsmen and sightseers.
Advert reads Ferrozone as a blood purifier with letters from Miss Evelyn M. Gaetz and another Springfield social figure praising its effects on pimples and color. Claims include quicker restoration of health and stronger vigor. Mentions upcoming town departure and local residents’ illness and visit.
A brief item notes that a cash store offers a credit business to customers, describing store policy and potential terms for buying on credit.
Local notes recount a flood of visits across Omemee and nearby towns. Families host relatives and friends, including Mrs. Irwin, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Rogers, and Mr. Bowles’s return from Koka. A lightning strike damaged a home, with fires saved by neighbors and a partial insurance claim noted. A yachting party toured Jacob’s Island with several local names present.
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