Daily British Whig (1850), 22 Aug 1916, p. 6

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Brlet Form the Bvents In the -- of Interest tv Many. 3 gs Stella Johnson, Athens, left for Brockville on Monday, ed she ag accopsd a position. : . te . ©, J. L. Rickwood, Pem- ~ter of the 186th battalion band. . Samuel Gewzaroff and Miss Annie _ Moscovitsch, Jewish residents o Brockville were married on Sunday The edhe or at South rg : oth: of Samuel glo 8 of , gusta. Breen, Bromley, inspector wife, J "of Wi and Measures, and his es- timable w on Sunday last cele- Jrated Abel golden h wadding anniver- ry. venerable couple are still enjoying excellent health, James Thackray purchased from J. B. Whelan the fine main street operty owned by him, opposite Delaheys Limited, Pembroke. The purchase price was in-the neighbor- hood of $8,000. The residence of Mrs. M. E. Derby- shire, Athens, was the scene of a quiet wedding on August 16th, when her eldest daughter, Ola, was mar W. Everett Smyth, Tees- water, At Golden Lake on Tuesday the little three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Shields, Pembroke, fell from a platform a distance of about four feet and sustained a bad frac- ture of his right leg below the thigh. At the Presbyterian manse, Mer- rickville, Jennie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Driver, Jasper, was united in marriage to Corpl. John Ridewood, Renfrew, son of Mr. and ¥n. Alexander Ridewood, Smith's y, -5 After being connected with the household of Mrs. (Hon.) Peter White, Pembroke, for about forty years, death came on Monday last to Miss Eligal McDermid at the age of eighty yi . She had for some years been ah invalid. On Tuesday death claimed one of Pembroke's older residents in the Jerucn of Mrs. David Leitch. She ad been unwell for a year or more, a sufferer from heart trouble. She had entered upon her seventy-fourth year, and Pembroke had been her home for sixty years. New Mathamatical Master - Cobourg, Aug. 22.--At a meeting of the Collegiate Institute Board, T. M. Henry was engaged by the Board as mathamatical master. Mr. Henry has been principal of the Iroquois High School for the past three years, and previous to that was principal of the Napanee High School for ten ears, and as an educationalist stands igh in all parts of the province. The Collegiate Institute staff is now complete, three of the old staff and five new ones being engaged. A Becond Operation. Renfrew, Aug. 22.--Hon. T. W. McGarry has had to undergo a sec- ond operation and have another plece of bone removed from his mouth, It is not generally known that at the time of the first operation Mr. McGarry had a somewhat serious as well as painful time. Travelling about on the business of the prov- Inge, he too long neglected attending to an ulcerated tooth, and when an operation did take place it was fol- lowed by blood poisoning and for three or four days the Provincial Treasurer's life was in danger. To one who has so long enjoyed great good health, the annoyance of such A GOOD LADY PASSES. Aug. 22, --Mnrs. n dla at the home ibertson, Sunday, Ah e fune- ral took place Tuesday, interment be- ing made in the Ebenezar cemetery. Service was conducted at the house by the Rev, Mr, Hecksteda, Presby- terlan minister. The deceased, whose maiden name was McNabb, was born Tens a Tae a, AnMa some years ago. uneral was lar, attended, as 'was attested by the num- | ber of old friends and neighbors who gathered at the house te pay their last respects, For she was great without pretence; A woman of whom none whispered shame; A woman who knew not guile - nor shame; Darlingside, T ' 'Thomas Good in her every influence. An old resident of this neighbor- hood in the person of George Lati- mer passed away Sunday niorning at Lansdowne village, where he has re- sided for some years, Mr. Latimer is survived by his wife and one som, Shanley, on the homestead here, and one daughter, residing in Toronto, also two brothers, John D., of this Reighvorhood, and James, Syracuse, Hamilton people have got tired go- Ing to bed before the hems, and the council have rescinded the "daylight saving" by-law. It will now be in order for some one to go to the other extreme and propose to set the clocks by sun time, thus getting another hour's sleep in the morning. The spelling seems to get worse as the Russians advance, At last re- ports they were at the River Tehern- otcheremoch. Where they will be next orthographically goodness knows, but if it gets any worse they would oblige a large circle of sym- pathetic but nonplussed readers by abandoning the alphabet and indiecat- ing the captured towns by numbers. The Late Michael Carroll, Smith's Falls, Aug. 21--One of the best known residents of the township of Montague passed away in the per- son of Mr. Michael Carroll. He was in his seventy-seventh year, a man of strong and rugged constitution, knowing almost nothing of sitkness until last January, whn he develgped pneumonia, and afterwards sufféred a slight stroke which left him in broken health. His death brought jel grief to tho who kfiew him est, He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Hannah Coughlin, eight sons, William of Owosso, Mich.; John, of Utica, N.Y., Dennis, James. Michael, Stephen, George and Frank of Ofl City, Pa., and four daughters, Mrs. Matt. Carroll, Mary and Annie of Smith's Falls, and Mrs. Roland Nel- son, Erie, Pa. The funeral, which took place on Tuesday morning to St. Francis de Sales church, thence to the church cemetery, was most largely attended. Drowned in Garbage Barrel. Cornwall, Aug. 22.--The three- year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Macdonald, who reside on a farm near Pierre Point, met a pitiable death when he fell into a garbage barrel and was drowned. It is thought the little fellow climbed up On & wooden box to look into the bar- rel and lost his balance, His fa- ther, going to the barrel to get feed for the hogs, was horrified to find his little son's body. Two Hotels May Close. Brockville, Aug. 22.--With the ex- ception of one in Brockville and dhe in the Township of Kitley, all the ho- tel proprietors of this license dis- trict have made application for lic- Old Friends and Neighbors Paid (From Our Own Correspondent) Aug. 22.--On Saturday, Aug. 10th, at the family home, River street, Mary T. Dorey, wife of Frank Dorey, sr., passed to rest after an il- ness of several months. Deceased was well-known and highly esteemed throughout this section. Besides her husband she léaves a grown-up family. The funeral took place yes- terday afternoon to Gananoque Cem- etery and was largely attended. Quite a large sized crowd of young peuple went up to Lindsay's Point last evening and enjoyed a real old- time corn roast, \ : Dieu, Kingston, Mrs. Patrick Wiley, who has been under- going treatment there for the past few weeks, succumbed to her afflic- tion yesterday. The remains are being forwarded here for internment, ' was the mother of Robert 'Wiley, North street, and Willlam Wi- 'dey, John street, with whom she made her home. There are also three daughters married and located out of town. Pte. Henry Beaverstock of the 51st Battery, in camp at Petawawa, is in town on his last leave prior to leav- ing for overseas. Mrs. Arthur L. Knight, Garden street and Mrs. George A. Baker, Brock street, are spending a couple of weeks in Sunbury, guests of their sister, Mrs. Willlam Lynn. Mrs. A. N. Parke and young son Ralph, former residents of this town, but for the past few years located at Ingersoll, are spending a few days with relatives and friends here, RETIRED FARMERS Help to Harvest The Crops Around Harrowsmith, Harrowsmith, Ag. 21.--The crops are badly dried up here. The retir- ed farmers of this place are helping to get in the crops. ' Earl Buch has purchased a fine driving horse. Bert Cook has removed from here to Kingston and bought a fine home there. Mrs. Sandy Charlton is very ill and 1s not likely to recover. The Canadian Northern is putting in a lot of switches to turn trains on here. Mrs. John Herron and Mrs, McPharlane of Toronto and Mrs. John Ewing of Kingston,.are at Tho- mas Dawker's. Miss Elmer Lyons, is at her father's, Made a Fine Catch. Tweed, Aug. 22.--Messrs. Charles and Albert Farrer bagged the limit catch of bass on Friday evening in about two and a half hours' time. They each secured eight beauties, the combined weight of which was over fifty pounds. Master Clement Bootes has a similar catch to his credit and Messrs. William and Rob- ert Stewart are close seconds with a ciitch of nineteen pickerel and bass as a trophy for a few hours' fishing on Saturday. afternoon. Change of Managers. Pembroke, Aug. 22. -- C. E. Par- low, manager of the Quebec Bank for the past eight years or more, is to leave Pembroke, having been giv- en the post of manager of the bank in Vancouver, B.C. Suceeeding Mr. Parlow as manager is a Pembroke young man, Charles Rattray, who ser- ved in the local bank as a junior, and later as accountant. To Vote on Measure. Renfrew, Aug. 22.--On September 2nd the question of whether 'the ratepayers of Renfrew are in faver of obtaining from tlie Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario a sup- ply of electric power," will be voted' enses for hotels under the new stand- an affliction comes all the harder. ard hotel system. upon. There seems littie doubt but that it will carry. -- A wo ---- For a Tip-Top | Breakfast Serve . New - Be 3 oasties Here's the why: ) # The New Toasties have a delicate, true corn flavor--unmatched by any other corn flakes. Trial proves. - tinguishing ful avor. {BE - They are the meat of choicest white Indian Corn--first cooked and seasoned, then rolled into thin wisps and toasted by quick ,in- - tense hea ~A new patented f making raises dis- little bubbles on each flake, and brifgs out their wonder- rotary process o 'New Post Toasties A oc. & ' the New Breakfast Delight Made In Cénada--By Canadian Postum Coreal Co, L'd., Windsor, Ont. operation--its new alumin class by itself. » - Beintzman & On. Plager - Fiano "The Different Player-Piano." Its remarkable expression capabilities--its wonder- ful tone --its artistic appearance -- its esse of C. W. LINDSAY, LIMITED. 121 Princess Street. um action place it in a WAS FOUND UNDER AGE Recruiting Officer Made Catch But Young Fellow Had to be Released. -- A recruiting officer, who attended the session of the police court on Monday, went away all smiles and took with him a young fellow, who stated that he wanted to fight for his country. He gave his age as eighteen years, but upon arrival at the recruiting depot om Princess street, when he was put through the usual line of questions, he admitted that he was only seventeen years, and as it was found that there was likely to be some objection raised on the part of his parents, he was re- leased. However, if the war is still on in a year's time this young fellow, who is very anxious to get a crack at the Huns, will again offer his ser- vices, The recruiting officers have lined PPE SEIS FRE 10 BD MRS. JULIA SARTWELL, PROB- ABLY FATALLY INJURED. Was Smoking, it is Said--Mrs. Col- vin, Her Sister, in Attempt to Res cue Is Also Victim of Flames and Smoke, Thresa, N. Y., Aug, 22.--Mrs. Ju- lia Sartwell, aged eighty-three, who resides with her sister, Mrs. Benja- min Colvin, in this eity, was prob- ably fatally burned yesterday after- noon when her bed caught fire from a pipe she was smoking, It is sald she was badly burned about the face and bands and she suffered much from inhaled smoke. Mrs. Colvin was on the way to a neighbors when on 'looking back she saw smoke issuing from her home. She rushed back and found her sis- ter lying on the floor of the sitting room enveloped in flames. She up a few young men from among the police court spectators, but there has | been no great rush. | LIEUT. FARRELL DYDE | HERE ON FURLOUGH | ------ 1 He and His Mother Are the Guests of J. M. Farrell. Mrs. S. W. Dyde, wife of Principal | Dyde of the Presbyterian College, | Edmonton, Alta., and her son, Lieut. | Farrell Dyde, arrived in Kingston Tuesday afternoon and are the | guests of J. M. Farrell, Barrie street, | brother of Mrs Dyde. Lieut. Dyde was at Oxford Uni- versity when war broke out and joined an English battery. Early in the summer he was wounded by shrapnel and lost two fingers of his left hand. He is now on furlough. PROPOSITION ON FOOT To! Have 156th Battalion, Queen's and R. M. C. in Football League. The 156th Battalion at Barriefield Camp has quite a number of foot- ball players in its ranks from Brock- ville and there is a proposition on foot to have the battalion go into a league with the Royal Military Col- lege and Queen's University. Providing the battalion is here this fall, such a league would make things very interesting and the lovers of football would have some fine sport. FLAW IN TEMPERANCE ACT ? Liquor Oan be Shipped by Brewery in Ontario to Patron in Province, The liquor interests claimed to have discovered that the new Tem- perance Act wili allow the delivery of liquor from a brewery in Ontario to a patron in the same province, pro- vided the order is sent through an agent residing outside the province. In this connection it, might be stated that a local dealer is opening an agency in Hull, where orders originating in Ontario will be filled. FOUND IN A CREEK. i we. Police Have Rims and Covers of a Couple of Auto Tires, The police have in their possession the rims and covers of a touple of automobile tires which were found by a farmer in Cataraqui Creek, It is likely they were taken off the tires recently reported stolen in Kingston. The police have found an owner for the tires which were picked up on the 'roadway near Gananoque by Michael Devine. "Disappointed Quartette. Last Saturday because the steam- er Aletha left on her return trip at 3 p. m., instead of 3.39 p.m,, her ac- customed time, four people, who were bound for Picton, missed the boat. convenience and also considerable ex- pense because they had to hire an auto to take them to Picton, The ex- cuse of the management for the boat leaving earlier than usual was that it had to take af extursion out, but the Tquaitette expressed the opiniom,| semewhat ~ forcibly, that when a boat is to leave before it{ accustomed time it should advertise the fact. Keep Sweeping Oft Roads. They were put to much in-} tried to extinguish the blaze' but failed, and was nearly overcome by smoke, Norris Soper, a neighbor, ran to the house and in an effort to rescue Mrs, Sartwell threw a blanket around her He was forced from the house by smoke. Clinton Busler and Frank Rivers then entered the house and carried Mrs, Sartwell out of doors. All her clothing was burned off. BARRIEFIELD SOLDIERS 1 ---- Did Good Work in Wreck Near Ot- tawa Monday Afternoon, As a result of a defective mail catcher, Brakeman Ellis, of Bri- tannia, was seriously injured when the cars of train 563, which left Ot- tawa at 9.35 a.m. Monday, left the tracks. - Among the passengers were Lieut. A. H. Miller, and a recruiting team from the 73rd Battery at Barriefield, who were returning to camp after being engaged in recruit- ing work in Ottawa. and gone of them, Gunner Devlin, stopped a woman from | climbing through a window. This soldier also]! gave first aid to Ellis, who was in- jured. Parcels For War Prisoners. Two hundred and twenty-six par- cels for Canada war prisoners in Germany were shipped from the Am- erican Consulate on Tuesday. This is a record number, the next largest monthly shipment being 223, which was sent out last December. In or- der to rupply.all the prisoners on the American Consul's list 276 parcels should have been sent, but the funds were nol saficient. "Foot Powder" at Gibson's, THE : LONDON DIRECTORY (Published Annually) enables traders throughout the world to communicate direct with English MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS in each class of goods, Besides be- ing a complete commercial guide to London and its suburbs the Direc- tory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS with the goods they ship, and the Colonial and Foreign Margets they supply; STEAMSHIP LINES arranged" inder the Ports to which they sail, and indicating the approxi- mate sailings; PROVINCIAL TRADE NOTICES lof leading Manufacturers, Merchants, ete, in the principal provincial towns and indastrial centres of the United Kingdom. A copy of the current edition will be forwarded freignt paid, on re- ceipt of Postal Order for $5. Dealers seeking agencies can ad- vertise their trade cards for $3 or lar- ger advertisemen}: from $135. The LONDON DIRECTORY CO, Ltd. 26, Abchurch Lane, London, E.C. THOMES COPLEY Telephone 987 Drop a card to 19 Pine street when | Wanting anything done in the oarpen- tery line. Estimates given on all kinds of repairs and new work: also hard- wood floors of all kinds. All orders will receive prompt attention. Shop, Queen street. The city enginéer draws attention to the practice of many people who Sweep grass cuttings and other refuse from their lawns onto the roadsides. This practice is contrary to the by- laws and only adds to the work of the scavengers, but detracts from the appearance of the streets. eo ---------- "Talcum Powders," at Gibson's. Flatter a man if you want him to have implicit faith in your judgment. "Lime Juice at Gibson's. ! i Opportunities |] medical centre of the greatest ru e 0] ne tious men and' wamon, to work way through. i located in the test World with ipment un- 0 ities to ambi When the train left the rails they / did their best in quieting the people, EEE : Cotton Jerseys .... .... .... 25¢ each Khaki Bloomers and Shirts, $1.00 per suit Shirt Waists, up to size 14 collar, 50c each Light weight cotton stockings, al sizes, fastcolors, .... .... .. per pair Boys' Bathing Suits . ... .... 25¢ to 50¢ Roney's, 127 Princess Street Charm Ceylon Tea Black, Green, Mixed. Packed in King- ston by GEO. ROBERTSON & SON, Limited. At All Grocers. ais sisi 'Save the 'Babies FOR THE EMPIRE'S SAKE USE ONLY PASTEURIZED MILK Our Milk is Thoroughly Pasteurized and sold in Sealed Bottles. Phone 845 :: Price's FOR SA Farm of 200 acres-- 180 acres of good plow land about 8 miles from Kingston. Pearl A. Nesbitt, LT.C.M, Voice and Organ Organist and Director Brock St. Methodist Church Pupil of Dr. A, S. Vogt. in Plane. Pupils yregared for all examina. tions. | Studio, 449 Johnson | 160 acres, 4 miles from city, Bood buildings, bank barn. W. H. GODWIN & SON Phone 424 39 Brock St. St., Phone 1944. 60 faculty, lities and a nized four ers 'a or five course 1 to the de- gree of Det of nee, and Sur. For catalogue address: Secre- ! And a lot of good resolutions are' manufactured the morning after. wery. tary, 3830 Rhodes Ave. Chicage, IL -------------------- =| / "Lime Juice" at Gibson's. 'Wood's Phosphodine, The Great Engl Tones Ee he w fy N LASTING CURE. WR NETS w ix will cure druggists or mailed in plain pkg. on taeei . Bold den, Ni : THE o nei anphintmetied Green in Nervous art. Khe Deory ph Lainie XA pr for $5. One will please, i <4 i Ww Mendels Advance Guard Arrived of fall suits in serges, tweeds and broad- cloth. "We will be pleased to have you in- spect them as you will be convinced that in spite of the advance in cloths, our prices are still the city's lowest and most reason- able. We can save you money. We will lay aside a suit for you on deposit. Kingston's exclusive and most popular ready-to-wear store for Ladies and Child- ren. [ \ MENDELS Opposite Grand Opera House -- 217 Princess St. t

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