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Newmarket Era , October 5, 1917, p. 2

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TWO COTTAGE j I Corner of Pearson and Hamil ton Newmarket For- par enquire of Jos Howard Newm Iff COTTAGE GALE On St Rooms flood and Hon Janes Prospect St market October ho Can adian Magazlnft contains a varied assortment of articles and oca I I I EM Ior sale active and a good watch dog Apply to Boyd No or Pho ring 1 Girl for general housework plain cooking nixroomed house family good Wages railway faro paid Apply to St Toronto TO RENT Fiveroomed furnished Cot tage north side Tooumaoli St doors from Niagara Apply on promises or to Box Newmar ket TO RENT On about miles from Ndwmarkol Suitable for family reasonable Apply to J If Proctor Box LOST Last Wednesday afternoon be tween the Newmarket High School and Queen St by way of St Gardens and Marshs field where the aero plane dropped Kinder will oblige by leaving It at the Era Of fice FOR acres with stone dwelling good bank barn bearing orchard good water supply In 10 miles from To ronto close to school Will give this farm in part payment for suitable slock farm hundred to two hundred acres John Fisher Co Adelaide Toronto Stock and Dairy Farms for Sale 1 Notice is given that the above Elevator will reopen on Tues day the of October All Kinds of Qraln and Sold HANDLED Paid A Square Deal to All JESSE DUNDY Manager FOR Good power Gasoline Engine on Trucks Apply Box Newmarket Out POW Ik House and Lot at North End one block off Main -U- convenience and Water lawn taxes- Inquire of on tag Young Man to fob good i9 Apply lo A filfflS I Men to operate Farm and Plows Must have ox- with Apply J of Agriculture A urora On Monday afternoon Arthur Hone and two respectable young men of the township of King pleaded guilty before Major to a charge of defiling a well belonging to Daniel Dion It was claimed that the accused had put manure In the well They claimed they bad done it for a Joke Rather a ghastly Joke said his Wor ship grimly Ho reprimanded the young men and imposed a fine and costs Sunday was rally day in School of Aurora Meth odist Church when largo num bers wore present including members of the Home Dominion- Cabinet is un dergoing reconstruction and there Is no telling what may hap pen before the Government to the country Mr a prominent Liberal of Montreal has been sworn as Minister of Public Works and Mr Hugh a Uuolph Liberal was expected lo Solicitor General yesterday resigna tion of Sir Wilfrid as Loader of Opposition Was in the bands of the Liberal party on Wednesday after years of magnificent s At Deer Liberal Con vention last week Dry Michael Clark stated that his resignation was in the bands associ ation and there were Just two conditions upon which he would reconsider it tho first being the of national gov ernment by the party or his nom ination by a parly Convention however made no reference thereto and nomi nated Puffer as its datc Thus a very useful man in Canadian politics is dropped into private life o Letter from England Letter from Pie Stanley Drap er lo his parents in Newmarket Park Epsom Saturday Sept 1st 1017 Dear Father and Mother and Sis ter Well I you will think have forgotten all about you peo ple but I guess you all know by this time that I have had pleuri sy and pneumonia so you I have a bit of an excuse am in a Canadian Convalescent Hospit al I came here Aug I wrote you when I was in Con valescent Camp in Franco a few days after I was put in a Hospital with pneumonia I was not so very sick though I had about pints of fluid or bad blood taken from base of my left lung That was tho last Friday in July I arrived in England on the 1st Of Well I will always remem ber English Nurses and Doc tors for way they cared for me If I had been a baby I could not have been taken better care of My mail has been following me up pretty good I got the you sent me when I was in the Hos pital in Franco I also got a couple of boxes you sent mo one with cigarettes and I forget what was in the other I also got boxes Aunt Ida and Aunt mclio sent me I will write to them as soon as I can We are having line weather over here just now I met a fellow today that worked In the Spe cialty His name is McAllen Father you know him Ho has been wounded twice and has a piece of shrapnel in his lung and they are afraid lo take it out but he looks pretty good I also met young of the Bait I saw him in a Hospital at Bou logne where I bad to stay over night before taking the boat to como to England Say it was al most like getting home again to gel back lo old England especial ly when I got used so good on my arrival The Hospital I was sent lo in England bad been an asylum but was a very nice place Well I guess I have not much more news to tell you Ibis time Dont worry about me because I am getting on alright now Tht pleurisy lias left my side a little fore but that will soon wear off The Dr here has given me some awful medicine lorlake I never look such hitler stuff in my life I got the letter from you that Jimmy wrote a hitter in You wished me to tell you if I could make it out Well I make out every word of if He be doing very good at school I would like very much see all llio and rest of you but there are thousands in the same boat with me so I cant grumble Well I will write a little more often now as I am better I havent had a letter for several days now but it is than can bo am so much Well I close This time hoping to hear from you I remain your loving son and brother Stan A letter from Pie Stanley A Draper to his Brother Woodcole Sept Dear Brother Sister and all I guess you people will think I have forgotten you all but wan Just an wheij heard a plane of our own was about 16 start beard an awful ex looked around and noticed was by our down in the bottom Three or four more bombs wore dropped from the plane one uncomfortably close to mc covering mo with dirt blowing my bat off and making my teeth Tho trench was the only thing that saved mo from either getting killed or badly wounded Two sergeants were killed one Was my own section sergeant A lancecorporals head was half blown off a cor porals leg blown off of course he lived and when I went to the motor lo get a drink for fol lows who were wounded there lay a Runner with both legs nearly blown off He had been getting a drink and I had Just had a drink thorn two minutes before Believe me didnt sleep much llmt night I would have told you about Ibis before but did not think I would be allowed lo write about anything this from France guess this is about enough news lo give you this lime Twill have a lot of other news when write again so will close for now honing lo hear from you again soon Your loving brother Stanley A Draper P S forgot to say that re ceived your welcome letter while In Hospital and was very pleased to hear from you For The ladies in charge of the subscription fund for Motor Car Piano ami other comforts for the soldiers at the Military Hospital Newmarket wish to express their great appreciation of the cour tesy and generosity shown them by all those who contributed Tho list is follows W J Davis Cant Aubrey Davis A J Davie and J Davis 30000 Cane Sons Co Robertson J P W Pearson Hunter L Jackson Ross A J Francis Alfred Webb A Henry John A Armstrong Mary Way J Boyd M Clark G A MeCauley W A Bruulon Sutherland W Lyons w Armilagc Stuart Scott Mrs Geo Brown George Brown P A Howard A Smith W J Harvey Hill Duncan Mrs L Donne Wm Kcilh Mrs W Hull Ed Mrs Wilkinson A M Lister O P Hamilton J W Ed Boyd Janefi J A Price J Osborne Mr Moulds G W Luesby JL Marshall Blizzard Osborne Sons M Smyth Win Wright F Willis W Kidd W Adarns J Anderson Roche J Wagner Knowles Nottingham Doyle Hooker A West Miller Bros Brown J W his studies Baker from Valley was here on a with sister Mrs Chas Kirby Mrs Evcrall of Toronto was the guest of Mrs on Thursday of last WiHson entertained the young people of the Friends Church on Monday evening J has been added lo the Medical Staff at Newmarket Military Hospital Tyndall of Rich mond Hill was visiting her aunt Mrs Kirby during Fair Mrs A Traviss and daughter have moved back from Newmarket Military Hospital EE- have Just a of Hall Cor fa that can ho bought all of certainly have not I have been a bit Sick lately had pleurisy and pneumonia but am belter now am in a Canadian Convalescent Hospital Took sick Iho 28lh of June so you see I have boon a good rest which needed as had been working bard since the of April Of course you know that was day the shoved old off the frfmous Our Mr Hopkins sang solos went over on the highest and selections by the Salvation Army Band were rendered Rev P Fletcher of Keswick ad dressed the school in Iho after noon Rev G J Colclough of to a Very liege congregation In Trinity Church Sunday evening in tho isbeenc of the who duoted harvest In 1 the bold 1000 1000 1000 1000 500 500 500 500 500 500 ii 300 300 300 200 200 200 100 100 100 100 00 00 Moss J 100 LOO JD McKay There are exactly one hundred patients in Hospital now difficulty has been experi enced with two or three men who have exhibited signs of lunacy one especially who was looked in a room for a fow minutes and when the guard returned he had lorn the burlap off the wain scoting and was trying lo tear out the radiator Men who so violent should be removed to a place that would be belter proleollon Wo regret lo learn that With row who has been in charge of the Hospital for past days left for the city yesterday Beach LtCol of New WcsU Mr and Mrs McKon- minster has received the appoint- arid tin lotwlnobnly Pure It put up in 1 J R Toronto and aro located on Pros pect Ave i MrsF P of Brooklyn is visiling her sister Mrs William Roche at Toronto were guests of of Superintendent by the Government During his stay here has made himself very popular both in and out of the Hospital and he has nothing but praiso for the people of New market for their kindness and as sistance in making the soldiers comfortable LOO 100 LOO 50 Church Sunday fan In- part of Ridge I am going to tell you of a lit tle experience I had one night when a German aeroplane came over and bombed our tents I bad been sent with a new officer who bed Just been sent lo our Company lo lake him up where the boys wore I bad taken him up ana showed him to his tent and after talking to some of my own fellows I bid them all and back to the first lines end after baying a A Friend Thompson Rose John A Haines Manning Office Specialty And BookCase valued From the Country ladies 10000 ladles would greatly payment of any sub scriptions not collected at the Bank of Montreal J P drink Of our ai Mr and Mrs Harold Armilage during Fair Mr and Mrs Ross Folkeard of Keswick were visiting at fathers at Pleasantvillc the latter end of last week Mrs Crosby and Mrs of spent Thurs day with Ihe formers mother Mrs Rachel Barker Mrs J A shipped her household effects to Toronto on Monday and expects to make her homo there in future Miss Belle of To ronto accompanied by Miss Jar- vis spent the weekend in town with the formers sister and aunts Inspector Dickson of the To ronto Police Force and wife motored up on Sunday and spent the day with Mr Isaac Walton Mrs G Jackson entertain ed on Monday afternoon in hon or of the Misses Marrow and Miss or Linden Villa Or chard Beach Mrs David Lloyd carnc down from Orchard Beach on Monday and spent the day with friends in town on her way to Toronto to reside for the winter Miss Morion daughter of Mr P Morton Lome Ave has been very ill for the past six weeks with nurse in attendance She is slightly improving Word has been received that J A Lee of the Bat has been in Hospital since the of May and is now in Convalescent Hospital at Surrey Mr of Toronto interviewing some members of Iho High School Board on the Fair Grounds last Friday relative to another University Conference in the High School the coming Fall Mr and Mrs of To ronto Mrs John Mrs Miss and Mrs of Aurora and Mr James Cherry of Toronto were guests at Mr J Muirs during the Fair Mr and Mrs Freeman Lloyd announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Alberta to Mr Herbert Gordon Toronto the marriage to lake place the latter part of Oc tober J the 127th Bat has been recommend ed for a Commission as Lieuten ant but will have lo forego tho honor as it is necessary for him to go into Hospital for treatment lo bis feel Mrs A Smiths mother has been confined lo be1 for the past eight weeks Her brother Mr Powell from Battle Creek Mich and wife have been hero for lying their lance Miss Marrow of Battle Creek Mich who has been spending two months with her sister at Or chard Beach yesterday lo visit her brother at having spent a few days with her sister in Town Mrs Cane Mr and Mrs Jenkins Aurora announce the engage ment of f their daughter Flora Gertrude lo Mr son of Mr and Mrs of wedding to take quietly early in Octo ber Mr J moved to his recently purchased properly on Niagara St last week after living for years on Lot St Rev M Pastor of the Free Metho dist Church in Newmarket has moved into the house vacated by Mr Mrs Aylward villc Ont announces en gagement of her daughter Patty lo LI Gordon Stairs Canadi an Engineers son of Mr and Mrs Gavin L Stairs of Halifax Nova Scotia the marriage to lake place quietly early in October Hon J Davis is in the city this week attending an nual meeting of Mission Board of the Methodist Church This Board not only looks after Iho interests of the Methodist Church Missionary Work in Can ada but also in Newfoundland China and Japan following former New market people were oh Fair Grounds last Friday Messrs Thos Gain Fred Ratcliff Clarence Caldwell Fred Manning and wife and the two Mrs all of Toronto Mr A J of Mrs Hosier of Public School inspector Toronto visitor toe Fate and cdacon when your Canned Supply in both Canned and Fruits Lombard Poaohc3 f tin 10o tin 1Go 20o 25o 26o tin tin tin tin pm Pino and FLOUR Price dropped but Quality remains a and CONFECTIONERY Red Cross Society A meeting of the Society was held at the home of the President last Monday evening when mat ters of importance were discuss ed A Committee was appointed to visit tho Military Hospital re garding furnishings and report The offer of Mrs to place her borne at the disposal of the Socioly for an afternoon eu chre was accepted with thanks There was a good attendance at the Knitting Tea in the Christian Church on Tuesday afternoon over and a lot of work ac complished Proceeds The Society desires to acknow ledge a gift of a basket of Plums from Mr for the Military Hospital It Quality that That tho reason our Candy Trrf growing Wo both and I Candy WILL GUT PROMPT ATTENTION I GROCERY PHONE Ring IB That airplanes cannot be used as submarines was exempli fied by another aviator who drop ped into the waters of the bay The man was doing some spectacular work over the and the bay He flew so low that the propeller was brok en by striking the water Imme diately the machine broke at the pilots seat The man was not hurt but got his trousers wet of course THE Furniture and Undertaking House You can buy your Furniture Cheap for Cash UNDERTAKING EMBALMING A SPECIALTY calls attended to at 7 OROGSI Nowadays It io Quality that Counts I QUALITY OUR SPECIALTY ALSO AGENT FOR THE PATHEPHONE Moat Instrument In Iho World HUYLERS CHOCOLATES MAIN STREET fop and Photo Quppllos House Phono No store Phone No 6 ll to go to Country on mm up PHONE GO Lot us you Comfortable In a COVERED CARRIAGE OR AUTO Prompt Charges Reasonable E A DO YD Prop Night on Phono Promptly Attended io Phones arid On Sunday 23 1 at to Mr and Mrs A a stillborn on Sept to Mr nI Mrs In King Tp on to Mr and Mrs Harry Mills a son Whitchurch on Sept 30th to Mr and Mrs Geo Oliver a daughter In King Oct 1st to Mr and Ed a son on Mrs Altar On Sept at iho residence of the brides parents Sunn Acres Vir ginia Pearl Alrna Crons- daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Reeve of to Frank Gilbert Crosby of At the Parsonage Mount Albert by Rev Roy Gray on Wednes day evening Sept 26th to Mabel Allen Tomb Mr Waller died at Wilcox Lake Sept in his year On Sept 2ist 1917 in Holland Landing Sarah Kenton wife of Mr T White in her year Phlppa At Yon on Oct 2nd Mary widow of Thos of Newmarket aged J If flltU 5ob FACTORY A Iruck inuit and PASS add list COST lo apply lop Maxwell truck A Maxwell truck a HEAL truck tt a not to In any ted A truck wilej in tKa copied two do at an that Moreover it cf a and capacity to albeit and tutillio act I tcrd to U FACT you to iuHl j tii TOTTIIIttiMM wmrlti V F J IS T TORONTO In judge under instcn Count liquor liquor It The erop denial on In Strip i win do Spit it clock follow Mat Egg Chii Celt Ton From In I the of Kiu wo urn Doth The J Sen Also ii limes our Abo had a injury Post her hi 1 islon buggy known wheel but wheel and 11 Dont pay it is double an have I days way the j month moot belter cheque a flne sides I avoid a At last called than oca led is cons Protest Town bath di united church foil pointed see if Messrs The ft ndorae J- nnged l con k it can iwi

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