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1903 was found when Don Papple was tearing dowry
his porch. Expositor reporter Nancy Andrews with
her "ready pen" in hand has to labgh at some of the
tidbits found in the Expositor and other magazines.
(Staff Photo)
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By Naney,Andrews
These old boards were a find all
the way around,' First they were a
find to DOA L'apple who found
them several months ago when
pulling down an • old porch at his
Tuckrstnith home,
When tearing down the back of
the house he•ceme across an issue
of an' old Expositor and several
issues of some old magazines.
The paper must have been
placed in the walls to help
insulate them at the turn of the
century.
The papers were a find to_ the
Expositor staff because within the
fine print were humourous and
tragic hints on society in the early
1900's.
The Expositor Issue was for
Friday, July 24, 1903 and was
sold for $1 a year in advance.
Before readers complain about
todays sub scription fees, within
the paper it priced 11 quart
basket of cherries at 50 cents and
eggs at 15 cents a dozen.
There were entrance exam
marks for the classes of 1903 but
don't worry, you're secret is safe
with us, we won't breath a word
about those marks.
Back in 1903 people were
saying farming isn't much like it
used to be. Two farmers in
Clinton station were reported • to
say: "I mind when we used to
raise our barns; we would get one
end up and the other would come
down. Still, there was not so
many accidents, then, people
were smart, er than they are now
and • would get out of the. way."
By the early 1900's things were
improving for the farming popula-
tion and one, farmer said "we
oused to work from five o'clock in
the morning till nine or ten at
night. We don't do half the day's
work now, we did then."
Conservation wasn't a major
issue then, but people were
concerned. It was reported in the
paper, that if the timber was here
as it was a while backthey would
get a pile of money for it.
Another article reporting on
farming in Huron County said:
"The train from London, piercing
its way through the heart of this
western plateau, seems to commit
an impertinence in slicing up,
farms of such richness and of
such abundant crops."
So even back then; the farming
community was beginning to
worry about the good agricultural
land being used for transportation
facilities.
Money Makers
In 1903, cattle and appleS were
considered the money makers in
the county. The Expositor report-
ed Huron County was the second
biggest producer of cattle selling
$1,854,398 that year.
Feminists wouldn't let one
expression get bv.The Expositor
quoted a local saying which said a
farm which has a larger house
than barn indicates the woman is
"boss" there. Inversely, it said,
Huron County is ruled by men for
this is, the county of big ,:barns.
The pioneer spirit 'hadn't flied.,
in Huron County by the turn• of
the century and,'things could be
pretty rough. The paper reported
a 23 year Qld woman, married the-
previous year, died in child birth,
Courage t
How about the courage, shown
by Mrs. Stapleton and Mts.
McGrath? Members of the James ,
Carlin family went to their
mother's funeral and while they
were gone a spark from the
chimney ignited. • Fire burnt
through' the roof before it was
noticed, and the ladies knew
there was no 'use calling for help.
One woman climbed on the roof
while the other carried the
buckets of water and after a fierce
fight with the .flames th4
succeeded in extinguishing the
fire.
Ann Landers
Today's girls rely on Ann
Landers' to steer them through
adolescence, but in the 1900's
women were more concerned
about the do's and don'ts of
etiquette than questions of
morality and of a pe rmissive
society.
• • In Comfort Magazine' for
February 1903, also found on Mr.
Papple's wall board, one
columnist told women to of
your dress with twoinches of your
shoe-tops."
Comfort claimed to have the
"largest sworn circulation" at
about• 1-114, million and cost 25
cents a yea,. It was published
monthly in Augusta, Maine.
The advice coldmnist told girls
and women to "wear any colour
provided they are not• too bright.
(Niter colours are in better taste
and even if they are not always
quite becoming, they do not jar
upon one."
The April 1901 edition of
Comfort told readers that "Moles '
are not to be trifled with by
inexperienced people. The best
way to remove the, hairs is to ptill
it out with a pair of little pincers
and to put sonic cologne on the
mole afterwards, but do "not rub
it."'
That little advice would make
the antiseptic soul of some
doctors cringe.
Sabbath
In Sabbath Reading, which sold
for $1.25 a year the magazine
reported that in 1715 a cellar-
digger "having been stifled at
Jena, the medical faculty of the
university decided the cause was
not the direct act of the Devil, but
a deadly gas." —
Its reported that a university
professor protested that this was
proof of the' "lamentable, license
which was so taken possession of
us."
The Household, another maga-
• zine, reported that ever since
ancient Roman times, there has
been a prejudice against May
weddings, which were thought to
be unlucky. The twentieth cen-
tury, it reported was eliminating
, the 'ancient tradition.
That superstition has died by
now and May is one of the months
favoured by many brides.
Home Companion
The Woman's Home
Companion, for October 1900'was
among the papers found by Mr.,
Papple.
One column was entitled "talk-
ing with the Girls" and gave the
columnist's opinions on needle-
work, letter-writing and self-
control.
She said: "The girls, who have
the happy faculty of writing
charming letters ought to culti-
vate the art and gladden their
families and friends by
Another line was "A ready , ,
is a great helper in all tite little
affairs that fills a girl's life,"
On self-control the writer said;
"To control herself Is the Most
important lesson p girl can learn;,
after the great virtue$," She '
never did say what the, great
vitues were, however
Many active women today
would cringe at the condescend*
ing words that flow from that
columnist's pen.
The issues and concerns seem
to be much the same throughout
the years, but society's way of
looking at them has changed,
Things have changed especially
for women. Just ask our editor
Suss White or Mayor Betty
Cardno, two women involved in
the not so little affairs of Seaforth.'
,T4 'the Wort
I was very interested in what you said in
last weeilt's paper about new - Canadians
being an asset to the country, They are
expectecip be a credit to,tbe land of their
• adoption-, But what of the 'born
Canadians', who happened to, land here
.-when they were born (because they wanted
tube near their mothers at the time) Surely
• they should also plan to do well by the land
' of their birth,
Two generations of our citizens took np
arms to fight for their land in time of war. It
is even inure important now to fight for in
this time of Peace. (If you should pardon
the word). '
There used to be places to take quiet
walks along shady lanes and streams,.
Young'pns could fish an" ..at their catch.
for stipPer. if we want these thing, 'for Our
grandchildren we must fight for theta; not
with guns,b tit with scythes and sickle and
garbage bags. Organize some place near
the town dump as a salvage yard,' where,
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