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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1893
Page
8
The article notes January as the coldest on record aside from 1857 with average temps near 12.8 degrees and 1888 close. It cites lows under minus 17.8 and lists four instances when those extreme lows were exceeded in the past fifty years, along with days with subzero temperatures totaling 60 days and other cold metrics.
Fire broke out in the Syndicate store of Patterson & Co on Kent Street early Wednesday last week. Cedar flames and falling pipes caused heavy smoke and water damage but the blaze was extinguished with no firefighters needed. Loss estimated at $500, fully insured.
Isaac Graham of two Bethany prepares as station agent. J. E. Hodgson, high school inspector, spent last Wednesday evaluating Omemee school. He praised overall conditions and said the school equals any two master school in the province. His report will go to the board of education soon.
The East Durham license board held its first meeting in the chairman's office led by Geo Wilson as chair and Inspector Powers as secretary. Mr Mulligan and Mr Caldwell supported upcoming moves to urge Ontario to amend liquor rules to ban cider sales by the glass outside tavern licenses. The board adjourned to Saturday March 4.
Elizabethville school lists January first in each class. Jr. IV Mabel Beatty leads. Sr. I17 Thomas Sowden Marshall McMillan Willie Beatty. Sr. I Annie McMillan Edna Tamblyn Jennie Tamblyn. Sr. II Eli Harris Ethel Harris. Pt. 1 Laura McMillan George Powell. Sr. pt Harry Palmer. Jr. pt 11 Duncan McMillan. Mary C Tametyn, teacher.
An advertisement promises permanent relief from deafness and noises in the head through a so called absolutely genuine system. It claims extraordinary cases have been cured and offers full particulars with copies of testimonials sent free.
Hall Gilchrist & Co will succeed Hall Innes & Co in Peterboro business. A freight car smash near Port Britain delayed G T R traffic for hours last week. Barrie agricultural society building destroyed by fire. Hastings races drew large crowds. Lindsay endured three fires on Friday. Queens hotel and two other buildings destroyed in separate localities. Port Hope council received 8836 in settlement for the town hall loss.
Monday night last week James McHome reported by Hope township that his barn and granary were broken into near Charlecotte. Sixty bushels of cleaned wheat and ten to twenty bushels of oats were stolen along with a black goat sleigh robe and a coon robe valued at twenty dollars. He suspects the thieves.
Cedar Valley reports pupil rankings across grades with names including Florence Wyatt Maggie Moore Gertie Veals Lisgar Moore James Roddy Susan Wyatt Minnie Kennedy Stanley Kennedy Anna Moore and Wesley Sanders Emma E Warp as teacher in charge.
The Port Hope town hall fire opens a county town debate with Port Hope to host county buildings. Durham reeves must unanimously approve three years of separation. Bowmanville and Millbrook oppose Cobourg as county seat. A $100,000 building program waits if chosen.
The Omemee Recorder notes reports of large fish catches in the area raising concerns about illegal winter taking. It questions where the inspector is and why the law appears lax, as locals regard the activity as openly defiant of statutes.
A prominent chemist and druggist dispenses Membray's Kidney and Liver Cure with hundreds of customers testifying to its beneficial effects and cure of kidney and liver complaints. Ask your druggist for it. For sale by A Leacu Millbrook.
An advertisement touts Pain-Killer as a safe purely vegetable preparation for home use. It claims broad disease efficacy and pain relief, urging every family to keep a bottle near at hand and to ask for the New Big 25 Bottle.
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