Local College Debate Leads to Narrow Victory and Praise
A lively event on Wednesday January 22 featured a debate with Joun Needham exton and Dr Fisher among the speakers. The audience heard addresses, songs, and an organ solo as M Adams G E D H Thexton and others argued for and against a motion. Judges praised the positive side by one point, with Rev Clare giving the benediction and Miss Hampton among hostesses.
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M. Adams
G. E. D. H. Thexton
O'Brian
F. Bo Mec Pethick
Favos Y
R W. Clarke
Colleae
Hampton
Price
Rowland
Clare
Omemee News Highlights Local Life and Business
Snow blocks roads but clearing work continues. Local options stir liquor talk after Local Option. Hockey loss to Fenelon Falls noted. R J Courtney & Son begin sawing for a promising season. Guelph Agricultural College courses benet Lindsay readers. Hotel changes at Market Hotel Lindsay. J S Mills takes editors role in Toronto firm. Oblique quote from Walpole on human potential.
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Beatty
Commercial House
Fenelon Falls
Messrs
R. J. Courtney
Induction of Rev. Percy B Thornton at Colborne and Lakeport
Rev. Percy B Thornton of Omemee was inducted into Colborne and Lakeport Presbyterian Churches with sermons by Rev. Mr Sterling and remarks by Rev. Mr Skeene and Rev. Mr Beatty. The church was full and a post service Temperance Hall gathering offered duetts, solos, and welcomes from resident ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B. ‘Thornton
Omemee
Colborne
Lakeport
McLeod
Brighton
Sterling
Havelock
Skeene
Baltimore
Mr Beatty
Cobourg
Temperance Hall
Thornton
Mirror
Omemee Council Election Results Reported
The Omemee municipal vote filled vacancies with Reeve George Griffin and Councillors K G Carey and David Graham. Other councillors listed were Dr. Rogers and Samuel Skuce. In Emily Township a death notice records Donald Albert Archer, son of William Albert Archer, aged 1 month ten days.
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Omemee
George Griffin
K G Carey
David Graham
Dr. Rogers
Samuel Skuce
Emily
Donald Albert Archer
William Albert Archer
Pierce’s Prathines and Glycerine Medicine Claim
An ad touts a sulfuric syrup glycerine as a miracle cure for coughs, lung ailments, and wasting, claiming benefits from Bloodroot and Golden Seal. It quotes Prof. Finley Ellinwood and promotes a free booklet from Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York, noting no alcohol content.
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Pierce
Finley Ellinwood
M. D
Bennets Med. College
Chicago
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Royal Black Preceptory officers elected at Omemee meeting
At King Edward Royal Black Preceptory No. 625 in Omemee officers were elected for the year. W P J Williams, D P G J Lowes, Chaplain J Smith, Reg P H Lowes, Treasurer W R Cottingham, 1st S E W J Thorne, 2nd S E H J A Jones, 1st Censor J Bannan, 2nd Censor L Windrem, 1st St B J G Beatty, 2nd St B J T Beatty, Pursuivant T Newman, 1st Com R J Patterson, 2nd Com A Moncrief, 3rd Com G Jackson, 4th Com J Lowery, 5th Com F Hickson, 6th Com J R Carew, 7th Com R Smith. After election the officers were installed by Past Preceptor W Thorne and speeches were delivered.
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Omemee RB. P
King Edward Royal Black
W. P
J. Williams
J Lowes
J. Smith
H_ Lowes Treas
W R_ Cottingham
St. B
T Beatty
Emily Township Council Meeting Postponed to 14th Inst
Roads remain blocked after the recent storm delaying the Emily Township Council meeting planned for the 3rd inst. The Reeve has called a meeting for the earth inst with the Assessor, Tax Collector, Township Clerk and Treasurer to be appointed.
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Emily
Mirror to New Subscribers to Jan 1 1909 Offer
The Mirror announces a subscription offer for new readers starting January 1, 1909 at six cents. The notice emphasizes a low introductory rate to attract new subscribers.
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Mirror
Northern Messenger paper promotes family reading value
At forty cents yearly the Northern Messenger reaches about seventy thousand Canadian homes across the country. It offers 12 to 16 pages of engaging stories verses and pictures for all ages and has long-term family appeal. The paper is undenominational temperate loyal to British and Canadian ideas and is recommended for Sunday Schools with half rates and three weeks free trials. Published by John Dougall & Son Witness Block Montreal.
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Northern Messenger
Atlantic
Pacific
Messenger
John Dougall & Son
Witness
Block
Montreal
Birth Announcement for Magee Daughter in Emily Township
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Isaiah Magee in the Township of Emily on Sunday February 2 1908. The birth represents a joyful addition to the family and is noted in local records.
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Emily
Isaiah Magee
Putnam's Corn Extractor and Catarrhozene Ad Review
An entertainment notice recalls hats and ushers at a concert while an unrelated testimonial extols Putnam's Corn Extractor claiming 24 hour corns cure for a quarter and Catarrhozene promising catarrh relief with a Lake Stream, NB user endorsing the remedy as a perfect cure for deafness and throat irritation.
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Putnam’s
Putnam's
J. R. Smith
Lake Stream
Wedding Bells at Green Valley Echoes of a Quiet I Do
A quiet elegant wedding of Miss Ethel Annie White and Mr. William John Finney took place Jan 29 at Green Valley. The ceremony at 4 pm featured an evergreen rose arch and Mendelssohn by Mrs Archibald Kenney. They will reside in Manvers after Feb 21 with many gifts noted, as family and friends extend hearty congratulations.
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Ephriam White
Green Valley
Cavan
Ethel Annie
William John Finney
Manvers
Mendelsshon
Archibald Kenney
Miss Carrie
Albert Finney
G. W. Marvin
Bethany
Ferrozone restores vitality and strength for weak blood
An old advertisement touts Ferrozone as a blood tonic that nourishes the bloodstream to renew energy. It cites a Woodbridge Ontario man, Alonzo W. Douglass, who claims pneumonia left him severely underweight until Ferrozone helped him gain weight and strength. The pitch promises 50 cents a box and urges readers to seek inquiries from grateful sufferers.
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Alonzo W. Douglass
Woodbridge Ont
Douglas
Pte Gay
Bulmer Lytton on soul honor and debt risks
A quotation attributed to Bulwer Lytton warns that one should not surrender soul or honor by letting debt burden life. The line emphasizes the peril of living with a debt’s heavy influence and the risk it poses to personal integrity.
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Bulmer Lytton
Sanders' Dress Cutting School offers $500 guarantee
A Stratford Ontario advertisement promotes an improved $15 dressmaking course with a Ladies Tailor System for wholesale price. It guarantees $500 if unteachable and promises mail lessons, including a first fitting waist, for Ontario residents to learn cutting and sewing for all garments.
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Ontario
Canada
Lonsiness
Auction Sale of 16 Imported Clydesdale Fillies
Snowdon House Stables Peterborough hosts an auction at 1 30 pm on Wednesday February 1 1908 of 16 imported Clydesdale fillies by T H Hassard importer of Clydesdale Percheron and Hackney horses Millbrook Ont They sell without reserve to the highest bidder for breeding and particulars request catalogues from Hassard Cash or six months credit on approved paper note I have 42 H of Clydesdale Percheron and ud ney stallions in my barns at Millbrook Ont sold at prices and terms to suit purchasers Auctioneers J R McEwan and J H Gardiner Do not shake hands with a man as if it hurt The pin has head enough to keep it from going too far.
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Snowden House
Peterborough
T. H. Hassard
Millbrook
Ont
Millbroo Ont
J. R. McEwan
J. H. Gardiner
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Exton
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Mr. Ring
Delbert Sanderson
Itgomery, M. D
Law and Surgeon
Furner’s Drug Store
Omemee News
W. D. Stinson
Guelph
Manning Bros
the Market Hotel
Opp. Market
Kent St. Lindsay
Clendenning
Jsm
America
J. S. Mills
The
H. C. McLean Publishing Co
Toronto
Jack
J. S
the Mirror
Walpole
Percy B Thornton
Royal Black
W . Thorne
Emily Council
Greig
Robert Greig Co., Limited
British American Business College
Yonge and
McGill Sts
Koromtox
Annie W. Ivory
New York
Washington, DC
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J. Cae Co
Lowell, Maas
Ee Ayer
British Canadian Business College
Yonge
Nate
H. A. Turner Millbrook
James Dobson
Charles Ivory
Boots & Shoes
Sanders’ Dress-Cutting School
Ene St
Stratford, Ont
Sadie
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T. Ivory & Sons
W. H. Gurry
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