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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
3
Omemee residents note pleasant reports of party earnings and take quality. Sheffield Choir delighted Omemeeites in frigid Lindsay visit on the 12th. Rev Black preached on Sabbath at the Presbyterian pulpit during trial pastorate. Mitchell moves into Miss Minnie Henderson's residence. Fire alarm from a minor blaze caused little damage to an outbuilding.
Bethel Emily hall hosted an oyster supper under LL O No 294 drawing many locals. The event featured singing by Ms Young and Mr Campbell of Smith, a lively debate on married life, and a strong musical program concluding with the National Anthem.
Mrs. Duncan G. Blaylock offers for sale on the premises Lot 12 Can 2 Emily Mt Pleasant area farm stock and implements. Auction Thursday Nov 26 1908 at 1 pm includes horses cows heifers calves farming tools and machinery with cash and credit terms available. itemized list covers deering equipment wagon harness and odds and ends.
Annie W. Ivory offers piano and music theory instruction with pupil preparation for examinations. Terms are moderate.
Miss Ackerman of Public School staff visited friends in Belleville over Thanksgiving. Miss Wetherer of Port Hope is the guest of Mrs. J. A. Wylie. The Bible Society met in the Anglican Church on Sabbath evening. The Bank of Toronto Omemee manager announces Saturday openings end after November 21 until next season. Mr. John Anderson, horse importer, has sold most of his latest import with two or three good specimens remaining.
Advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a permanent cure for colds and bronchitis. It claims relief within ten minutes for ordinary colds and soothing vapor for breathing, with sizes 25¢ and 1.00.
The Farmers Advocate and Home Magazine of London Ontario joins with The Millbrook and Omeme Mirror to offer a package for $200. Subscribers in the United States pay $3.50 due to higher postage. Mail to The Mirror box 7s Millbrook Ontario.
A Toronto man, J H Taylor of 54 Bond Street, attributes a lasting cure for chronic catarrh to Hyomei inhalation. He recounts a severe Canada hunting trip illness that resisted doctors until breathing air therapy provided relief, with no relapse since.
Public notice for A Leach advertising Parisian Sage a hair restorer with guarantees to stop hair loss cure dandruff end scalp itching and make hair fuller and softer. Price 50 cents per bottle available from A Leach or by express with prepaid charges from Giroua Mfg Co Fort Erie Ontario. Also includes a humorous ad quote about poets.
An old Brooklyn Life item touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a cure all. The exchange includes enthusiastic remarks from Mrs Taikemach and Mr. Howard praising Niagara force and the product.
Doctors warn the nation is full of pleurisy symptoms starting with a chill and cold, followed by inflammation and aching sides. The text suggests Nerviline as a cure, recommending twenty drops every four hours plus vigorous rubbing and a Nerviline Porous Plaster once warmth returns. It claims Nerviline treatment is always successful for colds neuralgia and pleurisy.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women, claiming ingredients receive expert endorsements from leading medical teachers. It asserts no alcohol or habit forming drugs and promises a free booklet of ingredients upon request to Dr. B V Pierce in Buffalo, N Y.
A Balzac tale recounts a burglar entering the novelist’s chamber by moonlight to ransack a secretaire. Balzac, asleep yet awakened by the intruder, laughs aloud at the sight of the thief seeking money only to find none of value in daylight.
The article cites Mr. Kelter of London praising Ferrozone as a cure for rheumatism after three months, claiming pain and stiffness vanished and appetite and strength improved. It also notes an accompanying claim about sugar burning in sick rooms producing antiseptic effects from Prof Trilbert of the Pasteur Institute.
Advertising copy claims nervousness stems from thin blood and lacking nourishment. It asserts Ferrozone quickly increases blood, sinew, and flesh to cure nerves, improve vigor, energy, and sleeplessness, and has helped thousands of people.
Special arrangement with Home Journal Toronto offers this high class home magazine with The Mirror at a price appealing to readers. October cover features The Little Apple Gatherer, plus serials short stories and articles on The Milk Question Women’s Work at the Fair and more. New subscribers pay $1.00 for one year. existing subscribers may upgrade by arrears and $1.00 in advance. Offer valid 30 days. Send orders to C W Richards v O Drawer 78.
An inspector questions Grade I students on history. After prompts to answer only if sure, the class remains silent until the footer pupil raises a hand and names Mrs Brace as the wife of the Scottish hero Robert Brace.
A bland home remedy claims fluid extract dandelion, compound kargon, and compound syrup sarsaparilla can treat backache and kidney or bladder derangement before Bright’s disease. A local druggist calls the mix harmless and affordable and says it helps kidney cleansing and waste filtering. Beggs Oklahoma reports a minister’s marriage joke as a separate note.
An old health note claims boils and pimples stem from internal matter and promises Dr Hamiltons Pills will brace the system purge humors restore health and prevent eruptions. It asserts universal applicability and availability through local dealers.
Mr R Kincaid and his sister returned home Friday after summer in Manitoba. Toronto visitor Mr T W Reynolds was in town last week. Marmora resident Mrs S Brunker stayed with her brother H McKinnon. Mrs A Griffin spent Thanksgiving with Mrs A Brown in Oshawa. Laura Morton of Lindsay High School visited for Thanksgiving. Miss Meta Wat and Miss Patterson of Toronto Junction celebrated Thanksgiving with Miss Annie Bray. Funeral attendees for Matthew B Fee in North Dakota included Miss Annie Bray and several local figures. Presbyterians plan anniversary events on December 6 and 7. A shipboard anecdote describes a crewman’s stubborn towline task. Reports from Rast a describe Trearites health concerns and neurasthenia. Grand Duchess Elizabeth, widow of Grand Duke Serge, plans convent life. The Duma blocks navy estimates prompting retirement of Admiral Werenns and imminent reforms.
The Ontario Horse Breeders Association stages a three day show January 8 14 and 16 1909 at the Union Stock Yards West Toronto with a show ring lighting heated interiors and streetcar service from the city. Classes include Clydesdales Canadian Bred Clydesdales Shires Hackneys Standard Breds Thoroughbreds Pomas Heavy Draught Horses and a Championship with total prize money 3215. Judges named for heavy horses and hackneys include Hon Robert Beith Jas Torance Job White Dr Campbell Berlin WH Gibson RK Bothwell and L Meredith with reserve judges. exhibits viewable by visitors and stabling provided. Ontario Horse Breeders Exhibition Parliament Buildings Toronto.
For sale or rent a house and lot on the corner of King and Sturgeon Streets Omemee near the town center. Terms and further particulars may be obtained from Miss Minnie Henderson Omemee.
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