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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1894
Page
2
Seed catalog entry lists Wheat Fall and Spring Earley varieties, Blue Peas, Marrowfat, Alsike Clover, Red Clover, Timothy. Prices range with multiple figures around 30 to 50 and small decimals, no clear units. Notes include 5 0to 1 Bto 50 55 5 00 5235 175 and garbled spacing.
A Millbrook Reporter item notes that a man can have an honest heart even while poverty stares him in the face and he can still help a neighbor despite having no spare cash. The piece reflects 1894 rural virtue and fraternal obligation in a concise plante style.
The article notes Alexander III’s succession after Alexander II’s death, with Nicholas II already set to govern. It reflects on the burdens of Russian rule, the fear of assassination, and Europe’s watchful pause as Russia’s empire shifts under a new Czar amid mourning.
A local pageant recounts Halloween mischief sparked by a ghostly horse on the veranda. Neighbors, led by Mr. Deyell and others, pursue the mysterious intruder amid shouts and a night of curious vigil, ending with Whitie the pony fleeing and a planned trespass inquiry. The tale unfolds amid community reactions and old legends.
A humorous sketch blends corn types with acorns and jokes about corns on feet and cars, noting gophers, boots, and doctors. It then shifts to market notes on Alsike clover price declines in Britain, Canadian seedholders, and a new clover seed cleaning mill by Mr. R. J. Doak offering free use with seed sales and a charge for other sales, ending with a medical product teaser for Hagardt or Haggard’s? confection.
In Brockville the Humble family recounts the illness of Miss Carrie Humble once bedridden with weak blood and heart symptoms. After trials with Dr Williams Pink Pills, her health fully restored, confirming the remedy in such blood deficiency cases. The article notes the medicine is sold locally and by mail, with trademarked packaging.
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