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100 Years Ago

April 2, 1925

Local News: The crows and the blackbirds and the robins are here, all harbingers of spring. The snow has disappeared and some who have ventured

March 26, 1925

Local News: The repairs to the Bryson bridge, which have been in hand for some time, are now completed and it is said the structure

March 19, 1925

Local News: March 10th of this year should be remembered hereabouts at least, as the date of a thunderstorm of real mid-summer violence. One can

March 12, 1925

Local News: Parties having in their possession pails belonging to the village fire department are requested to return the same at once to W.J. Eades.

March 5, 1925

Local News: The announcement made by the Premier of Ontario in the legislature last week that the government had decided to develop the water power

February 26, 1925

Local News: A combination entertainment, combining valentine dance, euchre party and box social was held in Bryson on Feb. 14th for the benefit of the

February 19, 1925

Local News: The old-time January thaw that people in our grandfathers’ day looked forward to with certainty and were rarely out in their calculations, had

February 12, 1925

Local News: Mr. R.J. Hamilton, who has been home from the Rouge for a few days, reports that his forwarding operations in that section are

February 5, 1925

Local News: Saturday’s Ottawa Journal features conspicuously, an event in the business life and progress of the capital that is of special interest to Pontiackers,

January 29, 1925

Local News: The big coffer dam at the head of Calumet Chutes, which has been holding back the water of the channel while the work

April 2, 1925

Local News: The crows and the blackbirds and the robins are here, all harbingers of spring. The snow has disappeared and some who have ventured out in the country with their cars find the roads not too bad, still people

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March 26, 1925

Local News: The repairs to the Bryson bridge, which have been in hand for some time, are now completed and it is said the structure is in better condition than ever before. The new flooring is of 4-inch material, which

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March 19, 1925

Local News: March 10th of this year should be remembered hereabouts at least, as the date of a thunderstorm of real mid-summer violence. One can scarcely recall a storm of such intensity at this season of the year. The “Silverware”

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March 12, 1925

Local News: Parties having in their possession pails belonging to the village fire department are requested to return the same at once to W.J. Eades. The Agricultural Community meeting in Wilson’s hall under the auspices of the Women’s Institutes and

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March 5, 1925

Local News: The announcement made by the Premier of Ontario in the legislature last week that the government had decided to develop the water power on the Rocher Fendu channel for electrical purposes should be good news to the people

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February 26, 1925

Local News: A combination entertainment, combining valentine dance, euchre party and box social was held in Bryson on Feb. 14th for the benefit of the Protestant School. Over $100 was realized. A meeting of citizens and other interested parties was

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February 19, 1925

Local News: The old-time January thaw that people in our grandfathers’ day looked forward to with certainty and were rarely out in their calculations, had nothing on the article which the usually blustery month of February contributed to the discomfiture

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February 12, 1925

Local News: Mr. R.J. Hamilton, who has been home from the Rouge for a few days, reports that his forwarding operations in that section are proceeding well. There has been some pretty heavy road-breaking to do, as the snow is

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February 5, 1925

Local News: Saturday’s Ottawa Journal features conspicuously, an event in the business life and progress of the capital that is of special interest to Pontiackers, inasmuch as it concerns the activities of two young men who were born and brought

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January 29, 1925

Local News: The big coffer dam at the head of Calumet Chutes, which has been holding back the water of the channel while the work of constructing the dam and power plant at the foot was in progress, was blown

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