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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1895
Page
3
Long column of scattered items from town life including Good Friday and Easter timing, carpet weaving, local travel notes, a private loan offer at five percent, bridge by law approval, property bargains, departures and visits among residents, a Newfoundland delegation in Ottawa, convention notices, illness and recovery reports, business connections, and a sports wrap.
A jumble of classifieds, ads, court notes, and family items details fare, maple syrup prose, a maple year report, and a magistrate court session. The report covers a railway incident, Shiloh remedies, a new Peter Hamilton repair agent, and a paternity case with social commentary.
The Breeze editor reports long battle with dyspepsia and heart palpitations eased by Dr Williams Pink Pills after failed remedies. He urges fellow journalists to try the remedy, claims lasting benefit, and notes prices 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 from Williams Medicine Co. Brockville or Schenectady.
Centreville advertises a general store offering a wide range of household goods with a claim of first-class stock and the lowest prices. The notice invites readers to patronize the shop, emphasizing value and customer advantage.
James T. C. Lang forwards local notes praising Eseljay's Liver Lozenges as a cure for pimples linked to nutritive debility. Mentions price and availability. Also reports on residents J Morrison visiting, Miss M Fallis recovering, and local chatter on sidewalks and travels of W Ritson and L Hammond.
Regretful notice of Mr Samuel Campbell injuring his leg near Frazerville. Miss Annie Hall returns from Peterborough after a month with her father. Mr John Lang recovers from illness and can drive out. Farmers tapping trees with limited sap flow. Mr H Waddell of Peterboro plans brick house on the Lang farm. Wm Rutherford has foundation ready for house to be built in spring. SHILOHS CURE sold with guarantees and varied prices. Wm Preston noted in Lindsay. Miss Williams of Omemee visits Miss Anna Seney. Miss Lilly Webster of Glandine visits nearby. Mr Henry Ewing heads to North Dakota. Cye Rutherford of Norwood visits. Miss Lizzie Maddiss returns to Oswego. Wm Petty moves to Jamieson Bros. upper place. Wm Brown moves to former Petty house. Mrs C H Shields of Norwood visiting father W S Graham. R Graham and Jos Shields in Norwood. Mrs Wm G Marsh and children return to Richmond Hill. Rev West at Knox College preached Sunday night. A P McLean home for Sunday. March class reports in English History show names and scores for Fifth and Fourth classes with several absentees.
A March 4 wedding at Frederick Veals residence united his daughter Lottie Veals with Elias Calbert of Reaboro. Rev Trotter officiated, Lindsay Baptist minister. Guests numbered over 80, with many costly gifts, and the bride departed to a home north of Reaboro with well wishes. Mr Henry Fallis and Mr William Leith made a brief business visit last week, noted as solid old stock.
The village buzzes as Hawkins and Nicholson remove timber, rumored for hotel construction on the corner. Snow fades, plows and seeders prepare for spring, while a wood-cutting bee and community events keep residents active. Mrs E Fallis of Tinkers Row is buried after illness.
Lady Aberdeen argues in the April Ladies Home Journal that mistresses create or derail servants by how they train and treat them. Proper training, encouragement, and genuine interest in a servant’s life foster self respect and reduce hardships or abuse in homes.
Those needing implements should view our line before buying. Sewing machines and organs of top makes sold on easy terms. Special attention to repairing organs and sewing machines. Repairing done. Bring in mowers and harvesting machinery for service before use. Castings and repairs for all plows and assorted repairs for farm tools stocked.
A Ballyduff letter in the Millbrook Reporter draws critiques of an unsigned correspondent, mocking its signatures and the household. The piece notes the Ballyduff choir issue at a Sunday service, the minister Rev. Allen returning from California to care for his ill son, and local visits from Miss Annie Stall, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, and Miss Bella Stally among Ballyduff residents. A youths’ Sunday School gathering at Mr. Hart’s home is described as enjoyable.
In stock are three pieces of Union Carpet with good designs and four pieces of Union Carpet with good designs. Special Line four pieces and three pieces of very choice patterns reversible. Wool Carpet at 50c and better goods at 65c, 75c, and 85c. New Sevillian Carpet and Tapestry Carpets. New goods bound at 5c, better goods 35c to 75c with borders matching at 60c and 75c.
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