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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1893
Page
4
Uncle Sam tried to quarantine Canadian cattle bound for the World's Fair for ninety days to pressure annexation. Canadian breeders refused to send stock, planning to withdraw all exhibits. The U S backed off and decided not to enforce the order on cattle intended for exhibition.
A Toronto official J J Cosgrove is dismissed for joining Albert Ernest Macdonald in an annexation crusade as the New York Press notes rising annexation sentiment. The piece argues Canadian doubt, plebiscites, and provincial leanings, while reporting two Mississippi lynching victims for robbery as grim incentive cited for annexation.
The Norwood Register notes a Havelock man injuring his finger while debates over imperial reach surface in a New York Press stance on Canada and Cuba. Rex Harrison campaigns for Hawaii annexation. Millbrook and Peterboro topics arise as Ontario reform talks falter. Cleveland's cabinet pick sparks Democratic ire amid Nova Scotia coal mine fears and annexation debates in North Norfolk.
A meeting of reeves and deputy reeves from Durham met in Orono to discuss separating from Northumberland. Attendees included W. P. Prower, R. Worth, T. Smale, J. T. Pollock, McCallum, L. McNall, Grimison, T. Underwood, J. Jackson, W. H. Reid and others. Most supported separation, with Millbrook Cavan Manvers absent due to bad roads. The session adjourned to Bowmanville for a vote next Tuesday.
David Demill, a young Grand Junction Division fireman, was instantly killed near Keene when the way freight he rode was slowing for a station. Witnesses recall a horrific scene with his body crushed beneath the wheels as the train passed. He left a wife and a small child and was about 25 or 26, a respected Belleville resident.
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Ten percent down at sale and the balance due within thirty days with no interest. Other terms align with the High Court of Justice. For more details contact John Burnham, barrister, Peterborough, and Hatton and Wood, barristers, Peterborough.
G W GREEN offers newspapers at five cents per copy daily and by mail for daily and Sunday editions. This notice states pricing and delivery options with the publisher’s name and contact method.
Local notices detail visitors Miss McIvor now Mrs Thexton and Addie Surliffe visiting relatives, church events with Rev Johnston and Rev Potts scheduled lectures, a funeral attended by G Walter Green and the Independent Foresters, school education circulars, and license fee changes.
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