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Port Perry Star, 11 Oct 1916, p. 1

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lication of that con-| ¢ eli (W h, Liem . n, ig it was extremely 1 EN - .Acconnts of Farmers, Merchants and Manu- : ss @° facturers receive careful attention. gt.-Major Nott is connected| fl _ "TRUST FUNDS should be degosited in our SAVINGS medical corps consisting of SENSED DEPARTMENT. Highest current rates of Interest are 'men, attached to.a brigade of EST'D 1873 paid half yearly. ; PN battalions. His duties were at PORT ERRY BRANCH near the firing-line. where a' 0 @ : TE Sion was ed. He ho ------ p of men in charge whose busi-| == : : was to bring in the wounded. . york is always done at night for tes le + "The fring trenches ave| British Red Cross Raglan is ; out of the water, and fairly wide, and it might be possible! 'The British Red Cross has provided| My. Frank Stanton left for Chica : , Pa vc : ; y ; go t part of France forthe stretcher bearers to carry their over 2000. motor ambulances for the ith load of cattl hased i 'had managed to burdens along these. . But with the transportation of sick and wounded." ® °F €alte, purchased in Just communication trenches it is different 1 here are now 1100 behind the British this neighbourhood by his brother of They he arrow and windings and Army in France, and others in almost, Mr. Thos. Stanton. "only those casualties who are able to' every region of the war. For the i 3 lik can. be taken to the dressing | Mesopotamia expedition a special Mim Bean Brom oF Torus, ion at the rear of the trenches. It fleet of motor ambulance boats has °C C2Y!Pg at her home here. dily be seen that all serious , been supplied for the work on te! Mr. Wm. Hodgson and Irwin Or- : : es a be ped To Pe i Tigris. miston, have had Bell phone installed na RE RE : : ave g; h e stretcher bearers |. 000 : : a for 2c | ass funny what 3_differenes foe it out of the, trenches with i "The real authors of these benefits in their Bowe Tecently. e soaps 10 FY calies y. At first it was bard to recognize even Shelf busdens, ond fun She mek of he 10 our splendid troops are the men| Our local contractor Mr. Joseph soaps from bc to 26c-per cake 7 your own friends." fecogn enemy's re. Itis a rule of war that and women who supply the money to Hambly is getting lots of work just AR Ca 3 Als Rat Sidr vr ey h oh Sold that: when' a head appears it is time to carry on the work." Such is the oo oon silos and houses : oe NER A Fotad Yesterday I saw a large At shoot, questions unnccessary. So you tribute of the British Red Cross Soci- 2 : 2 aia EE eK formed quite a contrast. "- Part of it see the wounded have to be carried in ety in the last issue of "Our Work." Mrand Mrs Will Hodgson have yy ORV AL BY ER : wan | Sotted with ishell_holes, Sugouss under eover of Sarina, Even hen The people of the Province of Ontario removed into their new house on ; , : e : ' t t rt 1 Fk - : and Optician, Port Perry |l|rest of the field was sown with 041s" th journey sufficiently perilous. ey tot ecm hen farm east of Ruslan, v. a "I guess we are a bunch of war vet: eee is a story. told of ringing in 19. See notice on local page. | The young ladies are making an erans now all right. We have just Corn Rl SY OEE OU = or. autograph quilt for the benefit of the returned from 48 hours in the trenches py stretcher bearers came across an i SAS { Red Cross Fund, and have already and now we are resting before going . ne ; : in for a longer stay. We can appre- immense soldier lying full length on a received many names. ciate an easy time now more than ever ers ho sop ous. pe st General District News Wedding bells are ringing cheerily before.. The first afternoon we were were slim young. fellows. The job! Alderman A H Stratton. brother of at present. 3 "a big one, but they tackled it, for The Epworth League from here or 41} hours, and, when it was over, we had was a ng 1 ) the late J R Stratton, bas purchased A 4 boys lost our 2, het and had six others It Was evident that the man could not ype peterboro Review and will conduct paid P rospect League a visit recently, 10c per cake or 3 od Sf 1 a BE Bn : ; | bad quite a warm time of it for three A fres lot of n's and . : be left there. They picked up their ; ~ : ; wounded. It was sure some baptism, it as the organ of the Conservative and spent an enjoyable evening, and we were glad when it was over." load and started. Overhead the shells ? 3 } ty in the riding. were busrting, and every little while party in The Rowng the roughness of the road was revealed | . 9900 : ' . The Ontario License Board has de- she by the slate of the search lights. They cided to make a test case of the con-, But we are not nit Stiilabled e Po _-- load Semi tention of the liquor interests that they Yet. 1 i ia 1 Cl "lll «1 'was detailed as second man un@bmscious man to the ground. The a0 have former shopkeepers or any SEC. th goods, they are i silane or ages cars: 10° Calis. 8 other citizen take orders, and deliver : d inte is nd gl % From Pte. Ivan Bowerman, who is. also ah ce 1i ne.o » ov eralls. Call : in Eoslane, ac has had his arm ser- L rs were perspiring freely. Off A i Canada has spent almost fifty mil ts & al valu Es nya distance of 180 piles i came their coats, and they went at the | Odes for firms Suiide the Province, *p.., dollars in roads, and every pro- exception 4 . : were told that we should have to drive job again. It was a terrible journey : : He offic = ' Pp A SS ahr 8 fast, as the cars had to be there to oe pi can imagine the Hi were; Mr. Chas Calder, M.P.P., has pur- hn hae its sical and Evernmettal Fe Src net the fellows who were to lake reiicved and pard)nably proud ast! vy, Chased an 8-16 Mogul Tractor. Itis M'8OWay organizations h _agcition Sy oe : re them to France. We travelled at ths gently lowered their heavy burden into t0 be used this fall to do plowing. £, clearer understanding and larger 3 F. 2 McCLINTOCK i "{l| rate of 35 miles an hour Everything the dugout. Presently the inspecting 000. sympathy for the idea of good and hae x : 3 | went along fine except for the dust -- colonel came along and carefully re- The price of paper is still advancing better roads has been obtained. Much Dr ee ~~ [Iso bad that we could badly see at moved the blankets and then discov-| One kind of book paper which we use J.) oS Sa times. ~The man who was driving the ered that the man had been asleep, extensively, was about doubled in 4 SR car was named Miller. = Right near He bad been 36 hours on duty, and|Price when we sent in an order a few OUr country there are about 250,000 the fair grounds at Exeter we were finding the stretcher handy had pro- weeks ogo In this country where miles of graded roads. The immed: fairly close upon No 12 car, and the ceeded to make himself comfortable. |Pulpwood is so abundant there jate object, say the good roads authori- [fl | dust was bad, At this point we just What the bearers said is not reported Should be no difficulty in getting 20y (ies should be improved about 16% || made a turn. in time to miss one bank but they rolled their man into the! kind of paper.-- Pickering News. "of that total. or 40.000 miles, 'which All | when we came upon another which corner of the dugout and let him fihish 000 1d ? : = | neither of us saw. Miller turned the his sleep. Mr John Swithenbank was killed in WOuld carry the more concentrated or wheel hard over and quick. The car Speaking of firing at heads, Mr Nott | an automobile accident. The car was farm traffic, while about 2 per cent. missed one bank all right, but she g,iq that with the British: Tommy, the | being driven by Mr Fred Vanstone, ot additional, or another 5000 miles, {leaped the otheriong Tight over the yw, is great sport. They bag Germans, Oshawa. About one mile west of Bow- should be treated on a trunk basis, 'fhedge, i RE : "in the same spirit as a hunter shoots. | manville the car skidded, and slipped 1. 10001 cost might be estimated at " "Just as we took the other bank, I It is a bit cold blooded to come across | into the ditch on its side. = Mr Swit- $250,000,000 or thereab remembar reaching for the emergency the sniper with his tally stick--so henbank was caught between the car $<UHUWAT00 OF therea ous, {ll | and that is what saved my life; as in maoy notches, so many Germans.|and the ground, and was so badly in-| Canada has cause for self-con- doing so T put my head down. The Tommy Atkins is not roused to hate jured that he died within an hour. gratulation for what she has accom- car hit a tree and broke it, then com-' except where the Germans use gas. ooo plished. But there is immeasurably pletely turned turtle When she, with the French it is different, It| Many municipalities are affected by more to do. Good roads should be stopped, we found ourselves Doth is war to the death, They live andthe recent legislation exempting the ' one of the important works of recon. {pinned under ber. - We both worked move and have their being to exter: | Hydro-Electric from taxation Port! struction to which our country, when and finally Miller got one door opem minate their enemies--the Germans, | Hope loses $1900 by the change. The ' | : {and got out. Isaw I could not get For forty years the fires of hate have Jegislation will be contested it comes back from the Great War free as my arm and hand were both peen smouldenng and now the hour --for in sympathy the whole country pinned under the remains of the steer- to strike has come. The Frenchman ; , 1..: | is there--should systématcally devote ! ie column. lis taking full advantage of the hour The South Ontario Teachers' Insti- herself, "Miller tried to stop the next car, | . tute will hold its seventeenth annual | 267s a yt tones os CRE fo oi However. A gas helmet, though a protector meeting at Oshawa High School on| In Alberta, provincial organization Fhe ma Yo si 5 all the cars that in times of gas attacks, would never Thursday and Friday, October 19th has been responsible for raising the {ae Managec Io Stop ; be selected as a comfortable headgear and 20th. On Thursday evening Prof.! i f i follows, They got under the appropriation from nothing, a decade 1-2 1 ) It is composed of three bags of flan-' Buch will give an illustrated ad- Sap ) car, after I had been pinned there nel, one within the other. The eye A a 20° | ago, to a million dollars last year. they had me free. a 'pieces are fitted with rubber so that: SN This was for main and trunk roads. 000 the. eyes are thoroughly protected from |. ro jement Municipal expenditure was, in 1913 ; . s, the toy maker. who » y 00! 5 » *. Oshawa, has been very successful. He | year it was nearly $900,000. The Throughtthia the Weater can breathe p,q business by. buying a load of| Government work is under the Pro- out, but not in. Theouter end of the' : Javerni : tube is collapsible, and can only be Ch iness grew vincial Engineer of Highways. "opened by taking the other end of the 1g Toronto, Now a Toronto firm has| 1b Manitoba, in 1915, an appro- lucky. tube between the teeth and forcing \ yen him up, anda company is being | priation was made for $2,000,000. three breath out. _ To accomplish this with roonised with a capital of $40,000 | This was subsequently reduced, ow- " ing 10 the effect of the war upon finances, but local interest in good Soe roads is assured, fon chemical used' Walter Waines, a prominent farmer - of Scott Township, was found dead in| AUCTION SALE -- Wednesday, 4 B6id on bis farm, about six miles October 18th:--Owing to the loss of north of Usbridge. bis farm buildings, Mr John Stark will sell by auction at his premises, er "prac." Lot 5, con 8, East Whithy, all of his Gillan wh has gone farm what implea 000 : Oshawa contributed $100,000 to War Loan. i

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