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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1895
Page
3
A crowded Lindsay page lists trades and sales including cigars, farm properties, lumber, and shingles. Also features are visits by Mr. K Ruddy and Capt Winslow to Toronto, auction plans by I E Needham, a postponed carnival, a wedding in town, and brief notes on local politics and crime with anecdotes and promotions.
A by law proposed in 1895 to raise two thousand dollars by issuing two debentures for construction of a bridge across the River Otonabee linking South Monaghan and Otonabee townships. It details debenture terms four and a half percent interest, annual rates for interest and debt, voting dates and locations, and the publication notice by Township Clerk Alfred Maycock.
Readers may obtain stamping patterns from The Home publishers at 141 Milk St Boston Mass. Ninety one different designs plus two alphabets detailed for embroidery outlining or painting. A 16 page monthly issue on stories fashions and fancy work is sent free with the outfit for 10 cents postage and paper.
China Hall promotes reduced prices on dishes and toilet sets, niche Chinaware, fresh groceries, and top quality teas. Special items include 25c Japan Tea and Grand Mo gul Tea. Fresh prunes this week are 3 lbs for 25¢. Delivery service highlighted.
Local advert announces H McCartney and R Deyell's old stand offering Take K D D for sour stomach and sick headache. The brief notice promotes their product and location with concise consumer guidance.
Centreville General Store promotes a broad household stock with low prices and first class goods. The advertisement invites patrons to shop there, promising value and quality for every purchase at the right place for households.
Councillor W. H. Hutchinson welcomes a son and heir as town chatter mixes with health cures and community events. A Peterboro visitor, ice harvesting, schoolhouse entertainment, and multiple visits keep Bethany’s social scene lively amid updates on residents’ health and local business endorsements.
Local notes laud Dr Lapp for treating about thirty cases with only four deaths, claiming the disease is nearly stamped out in the village. Other items mention ice supplies, a dairy plan, and a Somersetshire estate sale asking 3 million dollars with Rubens and Rembrandt paintings.
A Peterborough case reveals a Salvation Army spread of rumor and moral scrutiny as a farmhand accused of bigamy disrupts planned nuptials. Officials expose the man’s two wives, prompting the fiancée to end the engagement. The episode underscores Army vigilance over members’ home lives and honor. SHILOH'S CURE and Hood's Sarsaparilla ads insert amid the scandal.
A batch of community news mentions Miss Cattanach’s illness and church attendance, a memorial for Mrs. Robertson with Rev. Cattanach’s sermon, Mr. Bullied’s oyster supper before moving to Fraserville, and Mr. Kinaman taking the Rossin house bar. Furniture arrival from Millbrook, legal medical notes on horse distemper, and Burdock Blood Bitters promoted. Also notes on M E Convention in Toronto, local travel, and a diphtheria scare abating. Two I C C F initiates noted.
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