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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
2
Flexible terms offered to a first class man to operate a temperance house. Must be recommended. First six months rent payable in advance, then quarterly in advance. Possession available May 1, 19 08. Apply to
Millbrook and nearby towns see trade notes at Byam's wallpaper shop with 4 cents a roll. Visitors include Gerry Fitzgerald and Jos. Fitzgerald from Chicago and Miss Julia Wright visiting Port Hope. Dogs poisoned prompt rewards. Duncan offers 25 dollars. Multiple residents visit Peterboro and Bailieboro. local sales and jewelry offers noted.
A grand Millbrook celebration on May 25 features walking contests four races lacrosse and baseball matches and an evening band concert. Watch for official bills and programs announcing the full sports lineup and schedule.
First class driving horse six years old and one or two short horn cows fresh in. Also factory harness and boots and shoes from I J Lang. Miss M Hopkins visiting. Harold Horner returning to Allandale work. Maple Syrup at 40c quart with gem. Photo studio open Wednesdays. Garden seeds 25c for 6 packs. Wanted good smart boy to learn printer trade at Mirror Office. Barber changeover with W Donnelly.
The notice invites horsemen to get photographs at The Morton Studio opposite the Dominion Hotel. It promises a fine line of samples and reasonable prices and notes hours every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 3 p.m. Shoppers are urged to come early.
An 23c ad claims Poetnam's Corn and Wart Extractor cures warts painlessly and guarantees results. It urges readers to obtain "Putnam's" in 23c bottles.
An advertisement touts Nerviline as a safe remedy for stomach pains headaches and colds. It claims a small dose soothes the child and aids sleep and cites everyday usefulness with sales at shops everywhere.
An advertisement warns headaches can signal serious illness and promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills to tone the stomach. It claims concentrated vegetable extracts quiet the stomach, remove disorders, and promise a permanent cure, sold everywhere.
Mrs Cross of Wakefield Out reports poor health last winter with weak appetite and nervousness. After trying Ferrozone she gained strength and weight in a week, using six boxes to regain fifteen pounds, praising its quick relief and savings on doctors' bills. 50c per box at dealers.
Miss Jennie Boyd wed Mr. Wm McAdoo at seven in Mount Pleasant with bridesmaid Miss Ethel Boyd and groomsman Tom Boyd. Rev H Peck tied the knot. reception featured a dejeuner. The couple will stay in town as McAdoo runs Cheese and Butter Co. The Methodist choir sent best wishes and a china tea set.
Victoria Day events are set for Millbrook Agricultural Park on Monday May 25 1908 starting 1 30 p m A Lacrosse match Mull brook versus Peterboro marks the season opener A walking contest races for men boys and girls 777 p m town hall block race features good prizes Music from Millbrook Citizens Band Concert at night Details via posters and bills. Misses King Blewett of Peterboro visited Miss Jessie Allen last week Messrs Kerr Davidson Mulhaven McCallum Finlay and Jewett of Peterboro attended the Friday night dance.
In Fiiday evening last a Town Hall dance pleased over 150 young people with music by Prof. Musgrave of Toronto and fine refreshments. Attendees came from Toronto Peterboro and Lindsay. The Clarke Township death notice for May 14 1908 lists James MacGonald 78 with funeral Saturday May 16 at 2 pm from Lot 3 Can 10 and interment Gardiner's Cemetery Ciavan Township.
Within three miles of Millbrook. Terms reasonable. For further particulars apply to Willan Briggs Voronte. We have received the Quebec number of Onward an illustrated weekly continuing live articles on the Hounding by Sieges any Conquest of Quebec with twenty four engravings. Send for free sample.
Mr Jos T Beatty continues ward work on his new hall and town block. Masonic Hall and Dr Thom Dental Offices are nearing completion. The Omemee Fountain gains traction while local sales and auctions attract buyers. Victoria Day bills, wool and eggs offered high prices. The Bank of Toronto and local subscriptions back national field campaigns. The Daily Autograph Quilt nears completion for May 25 concert by the Ladies Aid at the Methodist church. Millinery and jewelry shops advertise new goods and fashion, with improvements at Connonious Hotel and local merchants expanding. The Ladies Aid concert features Toronto sopranos and elocutionists with a large choir and School of Expression offerings.
The Omemee town council meets in the council chamber to confirm minutes and approve payments. A revision court for Omemee village is set for June 1 1908 at Bradburn Hall. Several motions are noted as lost or withdrawn and adjournment follows. Local notices promote wall papers and local businesses with recent arrivals and projects.
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