Delayed threshing and busy local week notes
Wet weather delays threshing while schools begin and a fall report with winners will follow. Local visits include Ira Stratton of Stonewall and Umphreys previously with the town staff. Theatregoers await the second installment of The Woman in Grey at the Empire Theatre on Saturday. The piece discusses trades prospects for boys and the value of learning a craft, noting the demand and wages for skilled journeymen in years ahead. Visitors Mr and Mrs Ira Howe and daughter Lizze of Lindsay, Ontario, stayed with the Howes of W. H. Howe before returning home.