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geet Aladdin Lamps MANTELS and WICKS , 1 carriage ‘e~haye also For Sale by prise $22.40, for $19 P. NEUMEISTER - MILVERTON GARAGE : Milverton, - oe St Sete Ontario “E 2 piominan E. H. GROPP, LD Z ~ Milverton, Ontario, Perth Co., Thursday, May 29, 1919 3 XXVHI—No. 48 * Malcolm MacBeth, Editor and Publisher - Pineapples at Loth’ This is pineapple week at Loth’s. PASSED AWAY AT HOSPITAL . Items of Local Interest. | = == Pineapples, large size, 25¢ each,! Porter XXX brand $2.25 per case : el atbeer (pee vi a acer [Bt Mone SN Mi ‘ ae (Galt Reporter) : é Mik @ Cardio eperk the coliday Cul wonton “spe: oi Decree“ dpothelb Nemtours Milvenon on The many friends of Mr. and Mrs, : se at her home in Seaforth. pomethee Sie cae Ree ee eee G. C. Bier, 12 Murdock avenue, will : Miss Alice Hamilton spent the week | ., Mr, Inwin Hmest, was & visitor at Miss Winnie Barker spent the HOLMES—MYERS be sorry to learn that Mrs. Bier pass- Br end with fiends at Stratford, {Stratford over the holiday. | week-end with friends at Listowel. x : fod ewig ab ihe heurical oceania ae } ("See inside page for program and! Miss Gladys MacDonald spent Sun-| Have your photo taken at Holle-| “A very pretty wedding was solemn-| evening about 7 o’clock. Mrs. Bier | prizes of celebration on June ard, |day,with friends at Listowel. freund’s studio, Milverton, on June|ized at the home of Mr. and es eee Histrings arkeotitae 4 : [PHves °tfonry Hammer spent the| The, Misses Schenk, “of Stratford, Grd. John Myers, Huron street, Stratford, | Mary Ritter, daughter of Mr. and : Z |week-end at her home in Kitchener, |SPqnt Sunday ee Shia Saas > Lee cane ee T. B. H. /at/2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon | Mrs, Chas. Ritter, of Milverton, had 4 ni be 5 os Corp. Moore, of Guelph, spent the ca week RG Knoblauch, of . M, ©. Tindale, of Hamilton, n ich., is at present visiting her sister- ee By: Sain i Hamilton,| town, spent the holiday at her. home | in-law, Mrs. F. Seelhoff. performed the ceremony in the pres-|death for the past five years, About village. ‘ Mrs. James Trow, of Stratford, z Mr, Otto Krueger and son, and son, Wil-| spent a day or two last week visiting ee Little Capital” Time and again you have heard Carl, of |. = : Ve nol tiem, visited friends’ in Stratford her mother, Mis. David Pugh. was prettily decorated with narcissi ; someone say, “If [ only had a little Kaiten, gpent the week-end at ME: ove ine weekends autora, |tutten Woes Tevigh, gf oronte re and, pink and white sect pens. he Hoon. contaed te ee ber ae ; She ae, Nace ‘remain, of Stratford, |turned home on Wednesday, after |bride was gowned in white silk. Mrs.|¢q turn for the 1 Feet capital back of me I know | could Mr, John Coutts, of Hamilton, vis-| ent the week-end with her friend, | spendi i i i ide: | Scat Ghost ov elnck Wenn Mrs. J. i spent the week-end wi er friend, | spending a week with her sister, Mrs.|Frank Brown, cousin of the bride, % r. Hed hie mother, Mrs: J. Coulee, °° Wise Lotes Gowing: |H.L. Nicholson. Era Ee Gallien match. rollowing | eee on ee eee make money with that proposi- g wteekcend. of, Tavistock,| PEte. Christdet Beckner has retum-| “Pte, Chas. Cornish, of Thedford, |the ceremony, dinner was served by Sere cit adn <oeeanste oe ak 3 house and automobile and try to win . day with her friend,|ed from France where he has been | who has just returned frém overseas, |Mrs. Smith, caterer. Mr. and Mrs. have li as se ure 7 tees eesti fii’ bert Callen, of Oxbow, Sask fea W. Hamilton be Ms ner Baralo, or oh anaes ce will wedi fee SSS: rf thei ir. Rober’ 5 xbow, Sas! . H, W. Hamilton, ‘or Buffalo and on their return wil i Resolve, today, that you will not face Everybody should decorate their| to. 4 visitor last week at the home | Capt. R. K, Lambert, of Toronto, |take up their residence in Stratford. Deceased wes in bene it ae T. D. Holmes. Fortune emptyhanded, Sow the seeds 2 Mack, De oliies: Fi, (epenk several deve. lat ‘week in Mil: |The bride’s travelling suit was‘of navy | ing ; ane Srd— — Zi i aacad! mn yerton and other points in the county | blue with hat to match. i ‘i x of your success by starting a savings ac- Feet eee od dave with bis |All toads, lead to Milverton, Come |on ¥. M. C.-A. business Ss Seno city, and Tove smsall uNAeR, 28 Old, a4 count with this Bank now aunt, Mrs. F, Seelhoff. and nee ee ce ore ‘ations The friends of Mr. George Miller months, also her father and mother, es Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes, of . Richard Weir oe uughter, | will regret to hear that he is at pres- SCOTT—GREEN Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Ritter, and a sis- S THE— Stratford, spent Saturday with the Eye Landen ay oo: oar ent in a very precarious condition of ter, Miss Doris Ritter, of Milverton, eee Bank of Nova Scotia Paid-up Capital$ 6,500,000 Douro street, Stratford, on May 21st, | killed in France. In religion deceased 5; Wi was a Lutheran. She leaves a host a week-end. J. H. LEWIS Reserve Fund - Resources > 12,090,000 * 150,000,000 ‘Manager Milverton Branch Bn or ae THE BANK OF HAMILTON wants to be the friend of the farmer, the fruit terprises it is ready to take its part. All transactions carefully handled in strict confidence. MILVERTON BRANCH : N. G. SCHAFER, Manager. ‘Mr, and Mrs. Herman Schmidt and family spent from Friday to Monday visiting Mr. and Mrs, H. M. Schaefer tratford. rs. Arthur Phipps and daughter, tle, of Toronto, are spending a month with her parenfs, Mr. and Mrs. John Carson. Rey. J. H. McLeod, of Atwood, at- day afternoon. ‘Mrs. Mary Smith is at present in a very serious condition of health and, owing to her great age, her recovery day with the former's sister, Mrs. T. D. Holmes. of Kitchener, were holiday visitors at the home of their mother, Mrs. C, Hasenpflug. ‘ “Mr, John Roessing, who recently purchased the Naismith property on ‘Mrs. Mary Wray wishes to an- nounce the engagement of her daugh- ter, Bertha A., to Mr, Wilmot E. Gill of Arden, Man. The marriage to take place some time in June. ~ Clarence Baumbach, son of Milverton last. ‘The first home game in the W.F.A. Fruit orchards are at present a mass of dazzling whiteness from the bloom that covers them. If frost does not injure the shaping fruit, we | 3} should be able to harvest a fine crop. The remains were brought to the rally day on Sunday next. Grand Central hotel, Milverton, the The farmer’s wife should be sure eems improbable. ; : ; : : 4 se Br Walter C, Kerr, who has been| Mr. J. A; Davidson, 9f Stratford, Ralght butter: tnd “DIpuIOd, A On 8 lero aa ee eo ee Fink: : Spending some weeks at his home| announces the engagement of his i ; ‘or points east. On their return |beiner, N. H. Honderich and G. L. J. G. HAMILTON poenaing, ‘on ‘Monday to reeume his| youngest daughter,, Jeah Lillian, to] ,pSimday (Nex; ik be, Observed ar | they will reside on, the farm of the] Jacobs” Eriends were, present from mele kano duties as operator at Brampton. Mr. Robert Thomas Carlyle, son of yerton. There will be special ue NESSES. ant EAEUs! Shaws evar Galt, New Hamburg, Toronto, Seb- MITTEHOLT—HATELEY 2 fancy rod, Sis seni Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gernhelder, ssratky) Soe Gulch endian | wea maate te theese of rte te Methodist church voted to. increase | Mrs. Jacob Gernhelder, Mr, and Mrs. was solemnized at St. Mary's R: C. Schmidt wedding at St. Jacobs on ae lish lew ork paper publishes an 198 for the year. 5 “Can ‘You Carve?” change, carving is going to become ‘one of the lost arts. On Sunday evening last Mr, J. D. plied by Misses Edith and Eleanor Tansbury and Mr. W. Dunnington, of Stratford. His Lordship Bishop of Huron visited Christ Church, Milverton, on Friday last at 3 o'clock, He gave a very practical talk on the second petition of the Lord’s prayer and urged upon Ac in August and will open the new} Parliament buildings at Ottawa, He} will also open the Canadian Nationa ibition at Toronto the sami Floyd King, Flowers were sent by many friends of the deceased. DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATIONS FRACTURED HIP. Our reputation for fair deali and reliable goods, coupled wit leader in this community. : Cream Separators have carried away every first prize awarded at con- ventions of the National Creamery Buttermakers’ Association since their first meeting in 1892. The rec- ord is unbroken! The reason is that De Laval bowl design, together with low rn suring more and better butter. The De Laval is the “blue- tibbon” separator, A PRIZE WINNING PRODUCT You can buy a New De Laval from us on liberal terms. Come in, examine the machine and talk it over. SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL BUY A | cd to introduce, early in June, a Gov-|to Stratford sometime in government of India. the keystone of this reform would be |al of Mrs, Blatchford’s mother, Mrs. Staffa, M the transference of power from the y, who passed away Mon- | Drake, Erie-st.); St. also a lady soprano and London’s best ._ Further announcement of last week. The humorist on the staff of the \Jean Valjean” to a fair sized aud-| Be 2 5 2 e fur-bearer, but also one of the farm- er’s best friends, for it destroys quan- tities of harmful insects that would otherwise do enormous damage to| August 7th last. crops. ‘The engagement is announced of|cal certainty that the Globe corres- Say, don’t croak. Leave that to|mdith J., daughter of the late John | pondent has confirmed in well-inform- frogs in stagnant pools. A few croak-|G. Henry and Mrs, Henry, to Wel-|ed political circles. No one, as yet, | Tington B. Magwood, son of Mr. and|has been allowed the confidential in- Mrs. Robert Magwood. The marriage | forma’ two elections, to take place in June. may bring a} her son, who was“killed in action on general Federal election, is life story of Jean Valjean affords a thousand thrills and Mr, Knight miss- It is to be hoped jee progress at which live men are advancing. _ | Messrs. A. C. Clemens and J. C. _ A fight between the Standard Oil|Grosch, members of the Hydro Elec- Company and a rival corporation in| trie Commission, have been called to | Louisiana has brought down the price | Toronto to represent the municipality at a meeting to consider the strike ive his recital again under conditions | jand weather that will ensure him an ‘audience commensurate with the mer- s of his produetion. lots of money in the eountry yet. A town in Al-|a goma advertised public school deben- { it tures for $19,000 covering a period of | ten years, bearing interest at 6 per and received no less than 22 ap- Debentures are selling at! pp and FOOTBALL ete Lance Corporal J. B. Gilkinson, son of Mr, W. J. Gilkinson, Listowel, by a score of 2-1, | “On Tuesday evening the Milverton |team journeyed over to Millbank and met the team of that place. The} very late in start- it week. Hampstead and Shakespeare branch- ta a 8 2 e Fj R s 2 is 8 8 & 5 ae ES g & me o left hand corner and the envelope must be of a reuglation size. Se eee an ene | It was shortly after this acci- Methodist. Church, Notice to Advertisers and Correspondents scrupulous slaughter of birds and} istri i game, and the consequent increase of i ‘insect pests. Edwin Samuel Montagu, Secretary for India, announced in the House of Pierce) ; Mrs. Schaefer) ; Mrs, Blatchford, who ‘ Graham, (Mrs. W. H. ne for a month, will re- burn, Miss Mabel McMaster (Mrs, E. added, “may perhaps be gradual, but | : Schneider). real at every stage.” On Sunday John Roulston, 000 wi to the sea, The ambergr: and the sea swallowed the fortun which it had yielded, afternoon last_ Mrs. of the 5th line, Morn- ington, met with a very serious and von boatd the whal- at shovelled $20,- | ine wi ¢ overboard in-| dropped int aud s , nbergtis averboard in-| dropped into the sea.and about ninety Capt, Louis Lopegof New Bedford, |The vessel, t a sperin whale which they captured dates of the examinations were put off for about two weeks in each case with previous years. the examinations are: Junior high school entrance, July 2nd; junior pub- i ion, June’ 30th; THE SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD Millions of people are rejbiced over , Harry Hawker | without a-stop, 4 ee : ; : | ‘The football season Opened in this TARO 7 yh mak te a aM ed, enables the delivery of arrived home Monday evening of last |May Gropp, of Penetangueshené, are Fees 2 fied peste als a SAILOR SHOVELS FORTU: sea owme vo a cet ee Week, being among those to" return |spending a few holidays with friends distriet on Monday night when Lis-| SAILOR oRO7 UNE pipes of their radiator about.700 m butter-fat globules unbroken in —[from’ overseas on the Celtic, which |in Milverton, Mornington and Ellice, He Wey ate Nev ee ee ee les from their objective. their natural condition—thus in- docked at Halifax on ‘Thursday of strict annual meeting of the ae COR ae ears See jivamp steamer |distance and: realizing that their en- as about to stall, the aviators afterwards were , rescue , which rescued them, not less than’ ninety pounds. ‘This law| Mr, Jacob Baumbach has the ex-|the Women’s Missionary Society of | Same. Be applies to all who sell potatoes. cation Huta tor the erection Ofime |the Marnodiet” chanel: iz. holding its }oeue chat the wane as celled ou.ne c SPEIER: he County Council of Middlesex|new dwelling on King street. Mr. |twenty-fifth anniversary convention 2 ee: BUGGY STOLEN On Friday night some, unknown party -or-partiéS entered the driving |shed of Mr, Ernest Abraham, who re- ides about 2% miles south, of Mil- specially invited to hear the exercises.| old Parliament buildings in 1860. | present a ae _ During the 2 On Thursday, May 15th, the barn| A county court case, that of See: ine oh ee tee ra Because the change made by the a belonging to Mr. Herbert Doering, of | berger v. Bean, of Listowel, was tried |“ ‘7he last concert of the I, 0, D.. E Department of Education in the time E the 16th of Elma, was ‘struck by sane ltia (Cones THE: He wield tn’ Gane of the midsummer examinations to be 4 - lightning, but no damage was done as| Judge Barron, on Thursday last: This | /orman’s hall, Milverton, on Thurs- held this year, Hon, Dr, H. J. Cody = |the rods carried the fluid to the|is an action over the sale of a busi-| 2. "June 12th. ‘This concert prom- issued’a statement as to the dates ue) On Mary celebrated her 52nd) ground. ness. J, C. Makins, K. C., appeared |‘ ‘to be the best of the Lae the results will be made known. He - birthday on Monday, May 26th. Mr, Percy Candler underwent an| for the plaintiff and Mr. Gray, of Lis-| course, and includes three high-class ; said that the public probably would Don't miss the calithumpian and| operation for appendicitis at Strat-|towel, for the defendant. The case |Srtists’ Mr. H. Arnold ree Migh-slass|crepe de chene dress with cost-and /not fully realize the fact. that the 4 N IMMERM ANN trades procession in the morning at/ford hospital on Wednesday. The | was eonciuded; thes miaatit’ being (ae ee ee waiown we es change had been made and would A. Z 10 o'clock—the 8rd of June. __|operation was performed by Drs.|awarded $153. ne citizens of Milverton; -baving ape make their summer plans in accor- * Rev. James Hagen was inducted in-|'Tye, of Milverton, and Robertson, of| Messrs. Williamson Brothers will yoayed here on different eee is dance with the dates the results were ¢ 4 MILVERTON, ONT. to the pastoral charge of Burns and | Stratford. be at the Grand Central Hotel, Mil-| Py i made known in former years, The "§ Hi $ : i : r and the roads, Rev. J. F. |4y : : fe otis ideal ta a of eat witticism: “The belle in the choir the weather an. ds, : distressing accident which will confine | ¢iefly from influenza epidemic and Se a ey ate tie often brings more young men. to A. B.D., delivered in the |her to ‘bed for. some. weeks ‘te | there will be a corresponding delay in ae els rie ve od chureh than the bell in the steeple. church his new lecture| (ome She was climbing a station-|announcing the results as compared 4 S y a 2 Mass., told’ on: his return from an! peing equi 4 : ; ewt. The reev es to dinner, te ns on= his: rel jbeing equipped with wireless it was ago, for an eqhal numb: Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Sproule, of fee nO ees the western | not until nearly a week later, after é received $400. Britton, announce the engagement of eshte ambergris came from | all hope of their rescue had been giv= tani the ion a neotion services held | Ages! and “I’m But a Pilgrim.” —__ |ial programme will ‘be rendered at /Mr. Geo, Schneider, | The wedding | home of her parenty, ont Mriday even an sChri 4 «| Hon. W. J, Hanna, M.P.P., presi-|the evening service commencing at | march was played by Miss Rit i t} x in Christ church, Milverton, on Fri-| «71°C the imperial Oil Company, of |7 o’clock. Tae wr ee a cence tie cones eaene eae ae = the ment of their to, th ‘iage to take place in 3 Ose 1€ |teem in which the young couple are i D. L. @ W. PORTLAND pe mene Ces Wee nee Place 1) day: “Confuclus’ Bad Man and God's held, among them eine eer teat waren ae a CEMENT ley Riley, the marriage to take place|_ ‘The council of four has delivered : : fason & Risch piano from the groom. Seen toe bs Pee ae re ite renly- tothe Gernneinabs on pris-|, And now the price of the bamboo |The bride's travelling dress was a = 3 STANDARD ST MARYS 3'|'"J2"°. 5 sere Wm, M, Adair and| ies Of wan The reply indicates| fshing rods has gone up out of sight. |grey silk figured poplin. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MRS. i ANTHRICITE LIME ®¥lsons, Jack and Joe, motored from|that the Allies differentiate between See ee ate et ae ceacake A. KUHRY. = 5 | Wingham on Monday and spent the| ordinary prisoners and those guilty of tree for a rod could always cate! a John Street, is fixing it up at|- Important Change.—On account of Bt teesent and intends moving to the|the celebration being held in Milver-| Not pagel ph a and: pouliey y village early in June. ton on. Tuesday, June-Srd,. Holle | Present prices. Unless «there s_2