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100 Years Ago

October 8, 1925

Do You Wish to Vote?: If you wish to vote in this election be certain that your name is registered and look about it at

October 1, 1925

Reminder: Our books show a heavy grist of overdue subscriptions, which would help us out wonderfully if we could lay our hands on them just

September 24, 1925

Fire Destroys Old Landmark: The Hughes’ homestead property on the Litchfield road, south of Campbells Bay, one of the old landmarks of that section, was

September 17, 1925

Local News: Mr. Hubert Way has taken over the Mail Service from Shawville to Otter Lake, which has been performed by Mr. Joseph Gilpin for

September 10, 1925

Local News: The 69th milestone in the history of Agr Society No. 1. was passed last week when the Exhibition of 1925 came to a

September 3, 1925

Local News: It is said the wheat crop in this district is not turning out as well as indications warranted a few weeks ago. The

August 27, 1925

Local News: Following a spell of sweltering weather last week, there was a decided dip in the temperature Thursday night and frost was reported from

August 20, 1925

Local News: With haying still unfinished, the greater part of the harvest in this district is ripe and quite a lot of grain is now

August 13, 1925

Local News: The two or three days respite from rain which this section of the country enjoyed last week and which enabled some of the

August 6, 1925

Local News: A couple of weeks ago, Peter Brownlee brought in a sample of spring rye, the stocks of which measured over 6 feet. Mrs.

October 8, 1925

Do You Wish to Vote?: If you wish to vote in this election be certain that your name is registered and look about it at once, as Saturday, 10th, is the LAST DAY. This applies to women as well as

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October 1, 1925

Reminder: Our books show a heavy grist of overdue subscriptions, which would help us out wonderfully if we could lay our hands on them just now. If this item should come under the eye of any of the parties who

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September 24, 1925

Fire Destroys Old Landmark: The Hughes’ homestead property on the Litchfield road, south of Campbells Bay, one of the old landmarks of that section, was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon. The fire started from the engine of a threshing

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September 17, 1925

Local News: Mr. Hubert Way has taken over the Mail Service from Shawville to Otter Lake, which has been performed by Mr. Joseph Gilpin for several years in a most satisfactory manner. Several very heavy thunderclaps were heard here during

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September 10, 1925

Local News: The 69th milestone in the history of Agr Society No. 1. was passed last week when the Exhibition of 1925 came to a close, with a record of exceptionally fine weather, and the smallest attendance for many years,

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September 3, 1925

Local News: It is said the wheat crop in this district is not turning out as well as indications warranted a few weeks ago. The carpenters engaged on the grand new Pontiac House were temporarily laid off to give way

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August 27, 1925

Local News: Following a spell of sweltering weather last week, there was a decided dip in the temperature Thursday night and frost was reported from some localities Friday morning. Coulonge had a sensation on Sunday evening when a young man

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August 20, 1925

Local News: With haying still unfinished, the greater part of the harvest in this district is ripe and quite a lot of grain is now in stook. W.J. Hayes’ new block in Shawville on the busy corner which is just

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August 13, 1925

Local News: The two or three days respite from rain which this section of the country enjoyed last week and which enabled some of the farmers to finish their abundant hay harvest, was broken on Thursday afternoon by violent thunderstorms.

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August 6, 1925

Local News: A couple of weeks ago, Peter Brownlee brought in a sample of spring rye, the stocks of which measured over 6 feet. Mrs. A. Caldwell, accompanied by Dr. Powles, her son John J. and daughter and granddaughter went

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