12 Sep 1923
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1923
Page
1
A Georgetown fair program lists prizes for horse and livestock events, dairy cows, poultry, sheep, rabbits, and commodities. The catalog covers best strong horses, driver challenges, dairy cattle, butter, apples, and miscellaneous premiums with multiple donors and cash values.
A reflective poem by John D Wells extols a distant pleasant song that tempers life s strife. The verse contrasts joyful woodland imagery with memories of childhood and sweeter days, suggesting a musical refrain that echoes through memory and softens hardship.
Scouts arrived at Milton camp site by eight and slept late. They staged a treasure hunt won by Lions patrol leader who never claimed the prize. They ate porridge and stew, hiked mountains, and returned for a ball game 8-5 win for Milton. Burnt rice supper preceded a late arrival home about 1 am with noise and music.
Mrs. W. S. Murphy of Brampton visited Mrs. R. R. Arnold last week. Mrs. Bescoby of Hamilton visits her daughter Mrs. R. Ag new. Robert Sprowl, recently discharged from Guelphera Hospital, returns home improved but weak. Speight family from Georgetown and New York visitors to friends. Alfred F. Raysor of Toronto contracts with Dr Beattie for Vernon Park farm buildings costing about $20 000. Buildings include residence greenhouse and dog kennel on a large farm near Spoey side with stone and concrete structures and Royal shingles. Farm already has fine barns. Dr. Beattie aims to make the property a premier Ontario farm.
An amused note says ladies plan to oppose men smoking meat, fearing excess will occur afterlife. The piece mocks reformers attending disreputable plays and their habit of wide eyed observation.
A Friday council meeting chaired by Mayor Dale heard insurers present on municipal property coverage. The motion to insure for $1 000 on proof of death and $10 weekly for fire accident with a 100 week minimum passed. The 1923 tax rate was set at 42.4 mills in the dollar and the meeting adjourned past 1 a.m.
A Royal Bank of Canada statement argues Canada faces rising annual costs to run government at 53.90 per person and a rapid increase in federal provincial and municipal debt. It cites net federal indebtedness near two and a half billion dollars and provincial debt around 600 million, with Alberta Manitoba and Ontario showing sharp rises. The piece contrasts Britain’s tax cuts and debt reduction with Canada’s growing burden and urges strict economy to avoid disaster.
Canada records 14,500,000 dollars yearly damages from forest fires over the past five years, with 5,779 fires annually. Causes include campers, settlers, lightning, and railways, though railway figures are questioned as often overstated. Safety measures include permits and forest officers. Sir William Mulock becomes Ontario’s new chief justice.
Opinion notes urge stricter enforcement of penalties for reckless driving to improve pedestrian safety. The piece reports a 21 day British quarantine on Canadian store cattle due to foot and mouth disease, with implications for export. It also discusses saving habits and a critique of modernizing the English translation of the New Testament.
Ballina and Miss Edith Waddell holiday with their father in town along with Mrs. Pickering and family of Stoney Creek Ont. Andrew Cree, previously ill, was not well last week. William Kirkwood of the 10th line visited D McKay of Owen Sound for a few days. Mrs Horning and two daughters from Los Angles visited Miss Mcclore on the eighth line last week.
The 20th annual crop estimate of the Manitoba Free Press reports a total wheat yield of 452,508,169 bushels across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Alberta tops with 148,901,525 bushels and 25 bushels per acre. Saskatchewan follows at 268,810,664 bushels and 21 bushels per acre. Manitoba totals 34,990,880 bushels from 12 bushels per acre.
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