The two advertisements which appear here were taken from original copies of The Enterprise of East Northumberland. The spring and summer months was a peak business period for Miss Culver when she could expect to make handsome profits for her creations.

"Spring is also stirring in the bosoms of Colborne's businessmen. Miss Merkley came from Ottawa to take in hand the dressmaking department at the Scougale Brothers. Miss Crosby did the same for the millinery department. Miss Culver, Colborne's only business woman, had her establishment in high gear turning out breathtaking creations in ladies' hats. Her spring display "was a exposition of millinery richness, elegance and beauty, the like of which has never been seen in Colborne." One really pretty hat, that will attract attention, is a conceit, large, with a decided glare. It is trimmed with spangled sequins and drooping feathers at the sides; the crown is a soft meline, with pretty bows of black velvet on top, lying flat." Any ray of spring sunshine not deflected by that hat work be caught by the silk parasol, that no well-dressed lady would be seen without." A reprinted article entitled "Colborne in 1903" which appeared in an undated local newspaper, likely the Colborne Express.