Local News: A.G. Proudfoot, proprietor of the Pontiac House, which was utterly destroyed by the recent fire, has opened up the Howard building on Main Street as a place of public accommodation. Every effort will be made to serve old

Local News: Shawville sustained another severe ordeal from the fire fiend by the destruction of the Pontiac House, the only public hostelry in the village, between 8 and 11 o’clock on Tuesday night. Bad and deplorable as was the scourge,

Local News: While in Montreal last week, Mr. G.A. Howard bought a carload of horses, which arrived here Friday. That group in our social economy known as the younger set held a supper in Wilson’s Hall on Friday evening last

Local News: Farmers of this district who have been complaining of a lack of moisture in the soil and who were predicting a shortage of water during the coming winter welcomed the continuous rainfall of Saturday last. Charles Imison, who

Local News: There was an earthquake Friday evening at 8:35 which lasted about 5 seconds. Contrary to the statement in Monday’s Ottawa Journal, quite a number of people of Shawville and vicinity observed the earthquake, explosion or whatever it was

Local News: Monday, Nov. 3, marked the date of the first real snow storm of the season in this section. In some sections to the north of here, snowfall measured about 4 inches but the balmy weather of the following

Local News: Wednesday, Nov. 10 is Thanksgiving and a holiday. All Shawville stores will be closed. Just as the threshing mill was about to leave the barn of Mr. Ben Howard, of North Onslow last Friday, the straw caught fire

Local News: Mr. Wm. Sereney has commenced the erection of a modern bakery alongside his residence on King Street. According to the government, manufacturing statistics covering the year 1922, Toronto is the leading industrial city of the province of Ontario

Local News: The Norway Bay Ferry Co. will discontinue their trips for the present season at noon on Oct. 27. This section has enjoyed a remarkably fine spell of weather this October, enabling farming and other outdoor activities to be

Local News: Mr. George Dunlop of Morehead section has a general purpose team which carried off five first prizes at recent fall fairs, two at Campbell’s Bay and three at Cobden. While Pontiackers were getting the tail end of the