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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
3
A fragment shows auditors stating they have accounts and vouchers on hand and vouched, with amounts around ten dollars and nine cents, indicating an accounting review or reconciliation process referenced in the record.
Omemee news item listing townspeople activities. Mentions Janmie Reynolds leaving, visits by Mrs. Thornton and others, local sales, concerts, and community events. Notes on weather, trucking hogs, and business ads.
An advertisement extols Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe cure for long standing female diseases. It claims to strengthen regulate and support pelvic organs, warns it will not cure tumors and invites letters to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York. It also offers a 1000 page medical advisor pamphlet free with stamps.
J H Gardiner Auctioneer received instructions from Mr John Watson to sell by public auction at the premises Leter Con 4 Emily one mile east of Omemee on Thursday Feb 27 1908 at 1 pm. Hay turnips and all sums under 10 dollars cash nine months credit on approved paper. See Bills for full particulars.
Manning Bros take over as proprietors of the Market Hotel opposite Market Street with Kent Sr Lindsay Mr Clentenning wine clerk. Property up to date with commodious yard and stabling, care to be given to guests. Terms one dollar per day. The Mirror to new subscribers by January 1 1909 for sixpence.
The Cmemee election returned Geo Griffin as Reeve with 80 votes and as Councillor with 78 votes. Other councillors elected were Redmond Carey Archie Scott and David Graham along with Dr Rogers and Skuce. Griffin had previously been elected Councillor on January 6 and resigned to become Reeve on February 3.
J William Lees Lot 5 Con 6 Township of Ops hosts an unreserved credit sale at 1 pm Thursday February 27 1908. Bills and next week’s paper carry full particulars.
Mr J H Woods of Point Rock Oneida Co NY reports severe catarrh and eye pain. After two doctors failed a third prescribed Catarrhozone which cured him and many others. Doctor praises its effectiveness for catarrh and throat trouble. Available 25¢ and $1 at dealers.
The advertisement promotes Ferrozone as a cure for nervous debility and female disorders, claiming it restores vitality and regularity. It attacks modesty as a barrier to treatment and asserts guaranteed relief without alcohol. It also extols the Montreal Witness newspaper and its public service.
A New York paper lauds a mixed remedy with Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon Syrup Sarsaparilla and a two teaspoon dose after meals and at night. It claims to relieve backache kidney trouble weak bladder and broader urinary problems and to do so without stomach injury.
The Northern Messenger, priced at 40 cents a year, reaches about seventy thousand Canadian homes from coast to coast with 12 to 16 pages of engaging content. It is undenominational, evangelical, temperance minded, and loyal to British and Canadian ideas, featuring stories and pictures. John Dougall & Son publish from Montreal offering halt rate and three week trial for Sunday Schools.
Direct to the public our improved dressmaking course with Ladies Tailor System sold at wholesale price. The program teaches cutting fitting and assembling garments from simple shirts to elaborate dresses. Send five dollars sixty to receive the first lesson and full course later.
Snowdon House Stables Peterborough to auction 16 imported Cheesdale fillies on Wednesday February 16 1908 at 1.30 pm by T H Hassard importer of Clydesdale Percheron and Hackney horses Millbrook Ontario without reserve to highest bidder. Catalogues on request. Also notes 42 head of stallions at Millbrook to be sold with cash or six months credit. Auctioneers J R McEwan and J H Gardiner.
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