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125 Years Ago

March 21, 1901

Local news: Dr. Beaudry, of the Provincial Board of Health, arrived in town on Monday to procure information relative to the small-pox cases in Clarendon,

March 14, 1901

Local news: The P. P. J. R. has had its big snow plow engaged on the line since Sunday night’s storm, and so far there

March 7, 1901

Local news: Stone is being hauled in for the basement of the proposed Methodist Parsonage, for the erection of which, however, no contract has yet

February 28, 1901

Local news: Information reached us on Tuesday evening that a case of smallpox exists at the house of Mr. William Lett’s, Calumet Island. How the

February 21, 1901

Local news: The Rev. Father Brunet desires to offer his sincere thanks and heartfelt gratitude to the citizens of Portage du Fort for their gallant

February 14, 1901

Local news: La grippe still holds sway in town and the surrounding country. Whole households have been prostrated by this universal malady. At the Pontiac

February 7, 1901

Local news: Mr. Harry Newham, Mrs. Newham and child are visiting friends in Thorne. Mr. Newham informs us that he has disposed of his store

January 31, 1901

Local news: Sickness is rife in the district in various forms of lagrippe and pneumonia, and local physicians and clergymen are very busy. Mr. Edward

January 24, 1901

Local news: Saturday was one of the coldest days of the year, the mercury having dropped down to 26 (some say 28) degrees below zero

January 17, 1901

Local news: Friday and Saturday gave this region more snow than we have had for several years at this early date. Looks like an old-time

March 21, 1901

Local news: Dr. Beaudry, of the Provincial Board of Health, arrived in town on Monday to procure information relative to the small-pox cases in Clarendon, and also to give information and assistance in adopting the proper steps to arrest the

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March 14, 1901

Local news: The P. P. J. R. has had its big snow plow engaged on the line since Sunday night’s storm, and so far there has been no interruption of traffic on our local line. Two additional cases of smallpox

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March 7, 1901

Local news: Stone is being hauled in for the basement of the proposed Methodist Parsonage, for the erection of which, however, no contract has yet been entered into. The members of the Bristol Council were in town on Monday, by

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February 28, 1901

Local news: Information reached us on Tuesday evening that a case of smallpox exists at the house of Mr. William Lett’s, Calumet Island. How the disease was contracted, however, we did not learn. The news has created a feeling of

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February 21, 1901

Local news: The Rev. Father Brunet desires to offer his sincere thanks and heartfelt gratitude to the citizens of Portage du Fort for their gallant and successful efforts, under many difficulties, in saving the church and also the greater part

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February 14, 1901

Local news: La grippe still holds sway in town and the surrounding country. Whole households have been prostrated by this universal malady. At the Pontiac House on Monday night the outsiders’ hockey team treated their late opponents to an oyster

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February 7, 1901

Local news: Mr. Harry Newham, Mrs. Newham and child are visiting friends in Thorne. Mr. Newham informs us that he has disposed of his store at White Lake and intends knocking around a bit before resuming business. Mr. D. R.

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January 31, 1901

Local news: Sickness is rife in the district in various forms of lagrippe and pneumonia, and local physicians and clergymen are very busy. Mr. Edward Dale, of the 4th range, has a cow which surprised him not a little last

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January 24, 1901

Local news: Saturday was one of the coldest days of the year, the mercury having dropped down to 26 (some say 28) degrees below zero at 7 a. m. This keen freeze, accompanied by a biting wind made the weather

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January 17, 1901

Local news: Friday and Saturday gave this region more snow than we have had for several years at this early date. Looks like an old-time winter say many who remember “the winter of the deep snow.” The church services on

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