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Newmarket Era , February 7, 1919, p. 3

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BE ft OUR LOCAL Official Casualties Troops Baldwin Remomber the Date March the of the Christian Church areexpecting with them again the famous English Violinist Miss Isolde who was so much appre ciated last year Watch the papers for further particulars Hobo Concert Class of the Newmarket Christian Church is planning for a Bono Concert to he hed in the basement of the church the part of if possible Watch for fur ther particulars Next Friday is Valentine Day Those who are Attending Night School are lucky There is very little sport lake their attention January will so down in his tory as the mildest on record Snowshoveller are getting off easy this winter Annual Roll Call in the Chris tian Church last night Newmarket Christian Church Sunday Feb Topic am Tilling Gods Field CoLaborers with God Sunday School pm classes for all ages Men please look into our Mens Class Topic Team Work in Ihe Christian Game Good music warm church free scats all welcome I because two members were Special Until Saturday Night February The Following Goods until the above date with a view to getting the Stock Low when taking Inventory I i Velours and Silk Velvet Tea Hats Yours sincerely AGENTS FOB DUTTERICK The Widow of fk who died here Jan 3 under j terms of her husbands for probate will inherit estate which has becninventoriea i COOKS ml USE RAKING POWDER I i All Aurora J Y i Ladies Underwear Death of Patrick Cain One of the oldest and most re spected residents of Scott Town ship passed away on Saturday Jan last in the person of Mr Patrick Cain in his year For over half a century he has been engaged in farming in this township on the lot where he died In the early he was engaged on Harrisons Farm in East to New market and then moved to returning in when he took up residence in Scott The following year he married Catherine Lyons of the same Township by whom he is survived by children boys and three girls in John Vancouver Frank in Saskatchewan James at borne Mrs Card Washington Mrs Keating Sutton West and Mrs Louis Doyle of Cedar The funeral largely attended was held on Monday Jan and the remains laid to rest in St Anthonys Cemetery Virginia Deceased was horn in County Clare Ireland being one of a large family that emigrated in the days of famine and evictions and under book the pioneer life of land settlement in Upper Canada He was Of the hardy type of toilers who placed the principles of hon esty and forbearance and family life above Mir desires of accu mulating wealth and was ever possessed of a genial and kindly disposition He was a brother of the late Michael Cain of the Grand Trunk Railway Newmarket The sympathy of the entire community to the be reaved willow and large family in Jos- an admirable husband aiul noble fat her And All Dry Goods Sold by the Yard ROCHE OVER YOUNQ8 FAIR CO The townspeople Hvant to know all about the councils dealings with the railways and drew up a petition asking the council to call a public meeting and lay bare all agreements and contracts The council acceded and a public meeting will- be called by Mayor very shortly The meeting was held in the Hall on Tuesday night in response to a petition of rate payers presented by J to discuss the switch interchange between the Grand Trunk Railway and the York Radial one mile and a quarter south of Aurora The discussion brought out the fact that there is no signed agreement between the manufacturing in dustries to be benefited and the town and that Che town does not own the rails or nor has a lease of the property which the switch covers J B was the only man who spoke agin the government Eventually moved a resolution ap proving the undertaking which was carried by an almost unani mous standing vote The switch line had been talked of for a long time and negotiations had been under way since Our Large Purchases of Kinds of Dry Goods Enables ua to sol many for Muoh Less than wo can buy them for today Anticipate your wants an get Some of the Bargains at the Present GROCERY TALK Wo have All the Substitutes used instead of Flour at a little Lower Prloes than usual Boom SHOE AND COFFEES Are Our which we are offering for about lOo per lb than they are usually sold for The of Boots la again Our Large gives you Protection on Price fop to come EVERYTHING IN 8H0E8 UPTODATE And thej Workmanship on Every Pair- Guaranteed I Vj Our Toronto Letter i j Thora Rebecca Lodge No will hold their regu lar meeting on Wednesday even ing next at Methodist W The regular monthly meeting of the Womens Missionary Society will be held at the home of Mrs Prospect Ave Wed nesday Feb 12 at 3 pm A full attendance is requested Sec some of his experiences at the Front A program of and games completed the evening Mrs Bos well deserves special commendation for her chorus of boys and girls who sang two pa triotic numbers most creditably Sec Presbyterian Guild Come to the Guild Meeting on Monday evening this week and see what you know about our Mission Work in Manitoba Meeting is in charge of Miss Miss and Miss West Farmers Club The meeting on Saturday at pm will be addressed by R Wade The subject The Live Slock Situation and how we may make the best of it will be of practical interest to all farmers and stockraisers Sec John Dies Sunday The following clipping from a paper printed at Iowa has been eni us for public lion John resident of this city for past quarter of a cen tury at oclock Sunday morning Jan Death oc curred as of a weak heart Willi which Mr had been afflicted for a number of years together with the of old age Mr was horn In ada Oct and at the time of bis death lie was years old He moved to 111 in and to Kewanee about Iwentyflvc years ago Pre vious to taking up his residence in this city Mr Weddel was en gaged in farming After corning to Kewanee he entered the employ of Western Tube company and be remained in the employ of that firm and its successors until bis retirement from active work several years ago December 1871 Mr was united in marriage with Miss Emma of III the being performed in that city To this union were four children on of vhorn a son Prank passed away thir teen years ago at the of thir tythree The surviving child ren who are left with the mother to mourn the passing of this hus band ami father are Mrs John Hales Davenport fa and and Ralph both of Kewanee Ralph has been in the service and received III discharge on Dec There are also three grandchildren who reside in Davenport la Other surviving relatives Include sis ter Mrs David Harding who re sides near Toronto Can and five all of whom reside in Canada Private funeral services the relatives and friends will be the borne Dewey Ave on Tuesday afternoon at oclock Rev pastor of the Christian Church the Services and burial will he in the family lot in Pleasant View Police Court A search warrant in the hands of Constable Duncan having re vealed the whereabouts of a lost overcoat Hilly Hodges of Hol land Landing appeared before Po lice Magistrate last Fri day to explain how it got into his possession He said he had taken the overcoat in mistake when leaving Wesley Hall in Newmarket after attending a dance He had left bis own coat did not notice his mistake for some days after Then he had the flu and did not think wan safe to go out Hilly got off on payment of costs and price of scarf ami gloves that were mis sing amounting in all lo would have saved him money have bought a new overcoat in the first place to say nothing Of lost time Miss Lucy Allan and Miss Ger trude of spent the weekendatMr J A Marshalls Mr and Mrs J spent Sunday at Mr J Courtneys of Toronto spent the past week at Mr J W Mr Edgar spent Sunday at his home on the fifth line Mr E Keffer of Edgeley spent Sunday at Mr Jno Annings Mrs BJackburn returned on Saturday after spending a couple of weeks in Toronto Our young people have enjoyed several nights skating on Shad ow Lake High Board Several of our boys skated up The County Council have river to Bradford on Monday Mothers Meeting Will be held at Mrs Queen St Thursday Feb at 230 Come and help sew for a few real needy families in this Town All welcome Com A P A Welcome Home An unusually crowded assem bly Ailed the schoolhouse of St Pauls Church Tuesday evening when the extended its welcome to six of the returned soldiers Pies Evans Bailey Butcher Granger Miller and Corp Morritl The rector wel comed each back lo the home church Reeve Keith and Mr Harvey greeted them in the name of the town and Mr French on behalf of the Association made the presentations Each of the men gave a short speech appreci ative of the good wishes express ed Evans kindly related pointed Messrs W J Patterson J Harvey and Ed as Trustees the vacancies on the Hoard being occasioned by the death of Dr Hull the resignation of Mr Ross and the resignation of Mr Edgar to accept the Secretaryship The first meet ing of the Board will take place next Wednesday Sale Register Friday Feb Wm Ellis West Half Lot 35 Con will hold an extensive sale at one oclock credit W Tuesday Feb Mr Jas Rob ertson will have an extensive sale of slock implements roots furniture etc on south of Lot Con East limbury near Credit ill next Nov or off for cash No reserve Sale at one sharp W Kava- nagh Thursday Feb 20 Mr J will have a of General Farm Stock PureHrcd Jerseys ami Implements on Lot in the 2nd Con of Whit church Sale at 12 Sharp Lunch provided for those from distance Conveyances will meet and Metropolitan cars at Aurora on morning of sale also Ft morning train from the north at W Aucl Cata logues of Jerseys on YORK That Perplexing Gift Occasion Its hard to upon Isnt It an Then why not do as so many others do Dont try to decide at homo at all Pay this store a visit and you will see More Sugges tions than you ever think of at home There arc Watch en Fountain Pens 8Hverware and Out Glass Besides almost numborfesa Ideas In And the Cost ranges accomo dates Itself to any 8lzed Purse AND Atkinson Co Marriage Licenses I P it Ticket Agent i A To Editor of the Newmarket Dear Sir In your of the lo be congratulated lion of Warden for the County of York in last weeks issue you give the vole as for Mr Willouglihy and Mr This is an error the correct figures be ing and respectively To verify Ibis statement I will give you the division list which was as follows For Mr WilJoughby Barker Eland Foots Graham Jackson Keith Mac Don ald McCutcheon Mercer Miller Pugsley Tier Trench Wallace Wells Willoughhy 1 For Mr Anderson Cornell Fleming J J Knowles Mitchell Padget Pear son Proctor Rout Stewart In addition to the above list there were two members absent The Reeve of New Toronto and the Reeve of A few days before the Election I had receiv ed letters from these two mem bers The Reeve of New Toron to said Yon can depend on my support and Influence for the Wardcriship for 1919 The Reeve of wrote I will support you In every way Hope you get if the forego ing It would appear that I had the support or a majority of the members but lost the Election night lo see the hockey match Bradford vs The Kettleby Dramatic Club visited on Friday ev ening last and presented to a large crowd assembled in the Town Hall lihdir play entitled Too Many Husbands Musical numbers were rendered by Mrs Murray MrM and the Ket Quartette Mr and Mrs W Davis visit ed at Mr J Davis at Snowball on Wednesday Schomberg Another of our residents pass ed away last week in the person Of Mr John Mr went West Inst Spring to Ox bow Sank where his sons Fran cis and Raymond lived He liked the West very much and decided to make it his fulure home Mrs having sold out here in tended joining him in the in the Spring when she received word that he was very sick Mrs left at once for the West but he had passed out before she arrived there The remains were brought home The funeral was held on Saturday from Skinners Undertaking Parlors to the It Church Our town gave a welcome home reception to several of our hoys who have returned from overseas on Tuesday The evening was Spent in speeches an address of welcome and music also a so cial lime All a very enjoyable evening The Kettleby Dramatic Club a play entitled Too Many Husbands In the Town Hall here Friday evening for the Schom Field Comforts The Hall was full and the Dramatic Club one and all Mr W J Hell of visited his Sister Mrs Pringle Oh Wednesday evening Misses Mary and Eva all of Rochester arc here attending the funeral of their father Mr John who died in Oxbow Mr Raymond accompanied the remains from the West Mr leaves a wife four daughters and three sons to mourn their loss Messrs Murvin Dell Monkman Wood and Gallagher of Toronto spent the weekend at their respective homes Mr Sidney Leonard spout Monday with his daughter Mrs P of Newmarket and Tuesday with his wife who is with her daughter Mrs Dr Ir win in Weston The MelbodlKt Ladies Aid met at A ion Friday and was well attended Miss Gertrude went Toronto Saturday Mrs John Ellison and daugh ter Rue arc spending a few days In Toronto this week Mr Blake Skinner spent a couple of days In the Queen Oily this week Mi W was Toronto Saturday and bought the farm on Mr McNaught a lead ing citizen of this city for over years died suddenly on Sunday morning in year He was a member of the trie Commission and connected with many business concerns Was President off the Toronto Ex hibition for four years Was editor for years of The Trad er and Canadian Jeweller and wrote many books and pamphlets His life was indeed busy and an example of how a man may while carrying on large private bus iness find opportunity for valu able public service On a charge of stealing the property of the Crown Henry accountant and book keeper of a brokerage firm through whomCapt Fisher- for mer military paymaster is al leged to have disbursed Crown moneys was taken into custody Sunday morning by Detective Taylor This makes the third man to be apprehended in con nection with the Fisher case John was taken into custody on a charge of receiving articles alleged to have been stolen by housemen employed at the King Edward Hotel The ar rest was made by Detectives and who have also recovered about worth of allpged stolen goods in the shape of watches diamond rings and various other valuable pieces of jewelry Over 30000 heard Paul in five days of the campaign in Hall For the first two night meetings the big hall was just nicely filled Since then it has been packed to the back of the top gallery in spile of improvised seating ac commodation some have been turned away In addition thous ands have turned out at the noon and afternoon meetings and together have run into several hundreds Thomas Sinclair employed by the T as a baggageman was convicted in the Police Court of stealing a crate of eggs and sen tenced lo four months imprison ment at the Jail Farm Angus Ellis a seventeen-year- old lad alleged have stolen a horse sleigh and blanket from a farmer at Richmond Hill Was sentenced lo six months the Jail Farm in the County Police Court on Monday A woman left a cretonne hag in a street car containing which was drawn from a hank to pay for some property last Mon day afternoon and there is no trace of it Iloht Connolly- Ave employed as a postman died from injuries received when struck by a street car on Monday That she was taken to the Ref uge of Ihe Good Shepherd a Catholic Institution on West Lodge Ave under the pretext that she was going down town and was kept in Hie rofuge one year and eleven months without any legal warrant of commitment against her will was the sworn testimony of Mrs Louise Telling of Smith St a 22yearold married woman at the Morgue last Monday night when the In quest was resumed into the death of Miss Alice who died from injuries while escaping from abovementioned institution on January The town of Aurora is plaintiff in actions against a number of insurance companies lo recover sums due under policies upon the plant of Office Bureau Ltd up on which the town had mortgages for money advanced Burglars entered Che jewelry store of Ellis Bros St In the early hours of Tuesday morning land jewelry lo the value of That Bolshevism is the most dangerous and diabol ical influence that wo have lo fight today formed the keynote of stirring address by Hon Dr J Cody minister of education speaking before he on Tuesday night No less than 57 cases of domes tic troubles wore investigated and adjusted during the pal week by the Morality Department Having failed to obey the or der of the court to provide sup port his Wife and family Dr was to four months Imprisonment at the Jail Funeral rites held for the late J Macdonald KC wellknown barrister and specialist in com mercial law on Tuesday were In keeping with a distinguished but unaffected life M NEWMARKET FEBRUARY CLEARING SALE I 1 Piece Only Black Silk 36 wide Reg yd On I Tor Heavy Cord Velvet Rose Brown Grey Black Green Navy Taupe Reg for Heavy Cord Velvets for Coats Reg Sate yd Ladles Fine Lisle Hose Mercury Brand All Shades Brown Grey Taupe Putty Navy Berry Reg Sate Price Wo SEE OUR STOCK OF NEW GINGHAMS AND New Voiles Muslins Organdies Foulards Chambrays Poplins and BLUE AND BLACK WORSTED j SUITINGS IN ANY OTHER PLAOE IN NORTH YORK FOR QUALITY OF MATERIAL AND PRICE AT- JR WILLIS Gentlemens and Ladies Tailor Main NEWMARKET A I I Parliament Building on Wednes day at the annual convention of Ontario Beekeepers Asso ciation Oapt Fisher paymaster of a Toronto vlnit was sent to Peni tentiary for 5 years for misap propriation of government money Feb Mrs Baker died at Saturday In year She was born In I and married when sixteen years of lias had ten children and five hundred and greater number of Whom has outlived Homo of her- children survive al ages ranging from to SI Thomas Two St Thomas fills Miss aged and Miss Mary Deacon years f were terribly Injured this a Hem con when Ihey were caught by a freight train while attempting erns tint Michigan Central track near station Miss dying later in hospital The girls were hurrying from their homes to business The safe way to mail is by Dominion Order semi money by Money KEEP VOTE FROM Ottawa Feb the difficult part of the new franchise amendments this session has to do not with Hie details of votes for women or the disfran chisement of defaulters under the Military Service Act hut with the per petuation or not the War Times Election Act The matter has been discussed in the Cabinet- Is said that some thing will he done least to modify the existing The Act with Its general disfran chisement of all naturalized of alien nationality Is during the war and the period of demobiliza tion the Utter might be for purposes of the Act a very lengthy elastic process i TURKIC PROPOSITIONS The Cabinet Is faced With three propositions One Is to leave the Act alone and thus conform to the wish numerous bodies In the west by at least some of the political organizations of the stripe in the cast Another Is to repeal the section and a third Is to define what the period of demobilization particularly when It Is over A specific date Is suggested In that re- In so far as operation of the do 70 Act Is concerned Butler QUALIFYING CONDITIONS The subject like a good many Chickens lb others promises to loom conaplcuously Poll Wheat bush in the session The war Is too recent 00se Wheal hush to submerge the memory of its TIMOTHY HAY FOR Farm Quoensvillo Newmarket Newmarket Markets a Butler lb Eggs doz Now Oats Kail Wheat Spring Wheat bush Toronto Markets and all the suffering that at tached to It There Is a demand that the subjects though naturalized of enemy countries be deprived of the franchise for a good time yet On the other hand the arguments advanced that these people come to Canada with the of full citizenship that they behaved themselves war and that by reason of accident of birth they should not bo denied what attaches to naturalization A qualifying condition which has been suggested and which at one time 55 55 40 208 83 68 Barley Oats bush Mixed Hay ton Timothy ton Live Stock Markets Highest prices paid In Toronto this week Choice Export Steers and Heifers Choice Steers and Heifers Medium Steers and Heifers Choice Milkers VtlK Choice SpringerHv In Sennits Is Butcher Cows I moved lent to prevent voting by Common Cows Uie BtaetopVvs to the status of Medium lookers of enemy nationality In Veal allied countries may exercise an In- Medium Calves ln dealing villi I I 4 Here j spring from nil parts of

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