Millbrook Reporter to suspend publication next week
The Millbrook Reporter will suspend publication next week as printers take a holiday. The note compares this to broader trends of a vacation season across Canada and the United States. It mentions unemployment rising in New York and widespread factory closures, with charitable needs strained by hungry unemployed. An influx of tramps from the West is reported to head toward New England, painting a grim economic outlook.
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California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
U.Y
United States
New England
Saturday Market Report on Prices and Supplies
A Saturday fair market shows butter at 25¢ per pound for roll and 20¢ for crock goods. Eggs fetch 12¢, poultry supplies are ample though quality is poor with ducks 50¢ to 80¢ per pair and chickens 40¢ to 60¢. Small fruit scarce awaiting plum and gauge season. veal 5–7¢ and lamb 10–12¢. Apples 20¢ per peck, potatoes 75–80¢ per bag. all vegetables well supplied. Grain quiet with oats 32–35¢, wheat 58–60¢ per bushel.
A Sure Remedy for Neuralgia
Neuralgia is a common distressing complaint in all seasons with painful episodes in summer and winter alike. Polson’s Nerviline is presented as a superior remedy, praised for its powerful pain relief and recommended for neuralgia and related painful conditions.
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Polson
Narrow Escape of a British Bark in South Atlantic Ice
The British bark Cashmere, with its figurehead the juggler of Cashmere, survived a ferocious South Atlantic ice encounter after rounding the Horn. Captain Thompson recounted towering bergs, a shattered bowsprit, and a deck blanketed by ice while sea crew, including a German seaman named Albert Kopf, narrowly avoided disaster aboard the derelict vessel near the Falkland Islands.
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Cashmere
South Atlantic
Falkland Islands
Thompson
Casimere
Pisagua
Chili
Erie Basin
The
Horn
England
Australia
Valparaiso
Royal Alfred
Pontet
Teen Castle Head
Rio Janeiro
Albert
One Green Spot In Drought District Named
In the Minden district a letter from a generous resident praising the season notes thriving pastures and abundant hay. Clovers bloom along long road-sides as timothy heads out and crops like wheat oats peas and potatoes show promise. The writer mentions local lumbermen Gilmour and Rathbun aiding farmers this winter and a strong future.
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Canaan
Minden
Peterboro
Timothy
Gilmour and
Rathbun
How to get a Sunlight Picture
A reader invitation promises a pretty framed picture by mail free from advertising in exchange for 25 Sunlight Soap wrappers. Send wrappers bearing the slogan Why Does a Woman Look Old Sooner Than a Man to Lever Bros Ltd in Toronto with careful address details and post the postage if the end is left open.
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Lever Bros., Ltd
Scott St
Toronto
Fragmentary 19th Century Local Notices
Fragmented OCR reads like a local social page with names such as Miss Addie Mrs Scott Mr Wm Fel brook Mrs Ger Tol R E Stanton Oscar W 8 Vail M Henry and Rev W who preached last Sunday. Also mentions Misses All ton and Mrs W visiting Lindsay Ohio and a council noting a general rate 48 10 mills of business.
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Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
Hood
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R. Deyell
Lardine
Machine Oil
Oil
Dominion
McColl Bros. & CO
Halifax
Lindsay
Peterborough
Geo. Armstrong
Con
Cavan
George Nesbitt
Manvers
County of
Durham
Northumberland
Legislative Assembly
Bethany
A. D
Alfred Ryley
Lindsay, Ont
R. Chambers
Tuois District
Alfred. Maycock
Paillieboro, Ont
A. T. the
Pete
Ises A. Blanchard, Chazca
A. T
Mr. W
Boro
Annie Toronto
Jennie
Jenni¢ Thas
J. W.tronto
Addie
Mrs. Scott
Peli
Hillier Boro
Spendi Needler
Miss Burton
Kingsville
Miss May Peterboro, the
McKee
Misses Ann
Miss Blend
A. Felbrook
Mrs. Ger
Tol R. E. Stanton
Oscar
Visiting Friends
Vail
M. Henry
Reyv. W
Spendi
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