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Rossburn Times 1912 Look Back on Harvests and Town Buildin
A week’s column revisits a 1912 Rossburn Times copy with notes on a wet late summer, a good overall harvest, and crop variety. Local ads include Hough Bros. Fall Overcoats, I.M. Caldwell gun and tinning, W.W. Johnston’s dinner sets, and Rossburn Lumber Co. Community notes cover threshing progress, street lamp sponsorship, and a call to grow the town by attracting active workers. Also seeks staff names for a 1962-63 Rossburn Schools history piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossburn Times
Hough Bros. & Wickware Co
I.M. Caldwell
Rossburn
W.W. Johnston
Jim Ross
Ross & Stewart
Eaton
Rossburn Lumber Co
Angusville
Bank of Toronto
C.R. Tucker
Ontario
Quebec
West
E.A. Burbank
Star Bakery
Alex Johnston
Thos. Harrison
Lawrence & Meeres
M. Peikoff
R.W. Peden
Manitoba
E.C. Rutherford
W. Taylor
Main Street
Victoria Avenue
Vista
Oakburn