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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
2
Ebenezer garden party set for Friday June 18 on the lawn of Eph White. Millbrook items include visitors from Peterboro and Markham, church events at Epworth League and Millbrook Methodist Church, and notices on cement, boots and shoes, and local milling.
A Breezy Letter from Hot Springs Arkansas mocks local ignorance and praises Millbrook and Needler's Pond. Editor Mirror reprints amid a lively St. John’s Church garden party with a baseball match Ida versus Millbrook and a vibrant festival scene.
The East Durham Woman's Institute district meeting was held in Millbrook Town Hall on Tuesday June 8. Miss Armstrong Lock Thorndyke and Hampton sang and recited. President Mrs Frank Irwin and officers presided. Refreshments for about sixty ladies and twenty gentlemen followed a meritorious program. The retiring president praised the event as the best yet.
A Tuesday afternoon crowd watched a tight League series game tied at 8 in the 8th and 9th innings. Anglicans pulled ahead 11 to 8 as Bennett pitched well and Levi Russell guided catches. Nattrass and Needler starred behind the plate. Next game set for June 15 at 3 30 p.m A B C s clash with Independents.
Mr C Johnston was in the village and took one of our young ladies for a moonlight drive. Miss Anderson of Ottawa is visiting friends for health reasons, formerly resident of Millbrook.
A pestilent advertisement touts Catarrhozone as the simplest cure for colds and catarrh. The maker claims instant relief from soreness congestion and irritation with a pleasant sensation and guarantees a safe winter remedy sold by dealers for 25 and 50 cents.
Dr N J Neatlie returns home from the Southern States still in poor health. Miss M Staples visited Toronto last week. Mrs T C Gifford and daughter plan to move to Ottawa. Thomas Ridge secured CP position. Meredith Stapes joined Farmer's Bank. Arthur McRoberts left for Sage Saskatchewan for civil engineering. Mrs James A'dread recovered from pneumonia. Mr Wm Byers ill. Dr and Mr L Lapp of Toronto visiting Mr Mags McCuire. Mr Walsh delivered sermon at Falls Line church. Youer You's Adult Hive Class planning a party. Garden party and school events noted. travel and visits mentioned.
An odd ad blend promotes Nerviline Porous Plaster and Nerviline itself for muscle and nerve relief claiming chronic conditions improve. It notes a football game at Athletic Park Bethany next Saturday June 12, Bowman Ville of Orhawa vs Bethany at 2 04 pm. Also reports a birth, a district meeting in Orange Hall Bethany on June 14 at 2 pm, and social notices including visitors from Cobourg.
An early advert notes kidney disease deaths and promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as a cure. It claims back pains and headaches precede illness, urges treatment, and states the product is vegetable and safe. Pills are sold in 25c boxes by dealers.
Local W. F. M. L O C meeting at Jardine’s on Sturgeon St notes a mission effort to Miss Legram and callers to Wylie’s. Division Court in Omemee with several cases adjourned. Presbyterian church appeal discussed. Yukon mission sermon highlights frost and rough Yukon conditions.
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