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.ISAQE MIGHT.
ON.,1N'HIWl
Buy Dress Goods Now
N spite of the war, we have been successful in. obtaining .a:
complete assortment of the beautiful new shades And fabrics in
The dress goods centres of Continental Europe are either destroyed
or in the enemies' hands. Priestleys' famous looms, at Bradford,-
England, are now working overtime making cloth for
the Allied Armies.
The beautiful Spring goods that' we are now showing
may be the lastwewill be able to obtain for some
time to come.
WE STRONGLY ADVISE OUR CUSTOMERS TO BUY
NOW, AS THE PRICES ARE LIKELY TO ADVANCE.
,sna4 Priestleys' showing includes many novel and very beautiful
fabrics, in the latest and most fashionable shades, as well as the more staple
lines that are always popular. See them in our L!'n ss Goode Department.
MEN'S STORE,
Custom Tailoring
Men's 'Furnishings.
0rown:s
Phone 103. ,;;.
,e Opposite; Public Libras
WOMAN'S STORE
Dry Goods and
Rouse Furnishings
Phone 67.
Ncixt to Roiyal Bank
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JOB DEPARTMENT
Is now ready to do your work. New
type and new stock of paper just placed
Let Us Do Your Printing
THE NEW ERA, CLINTON
Fancy .furniture
Of dainty character, for Parlor
and Reception Room, is here for
your inspection. .Light in can
struntion and design but ex.
tremety well made in,eve•y de•
Coit, l-ereare the finest creations
of the furniture makers craft,
and at prices that will temp the
wise and discriminating buyer,
.The Cheapest Spot in Huron
o buy an kinds of Furniture
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Furniture Dealers and Funeral Directors -•Phone 104
N. Ball 110—RESIDENCE PHONES— J. D. Atkinson 186
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YOU ARE r
'We are just commencing a New Year which we hope will be a prosper-
ous one for you and yours. One resolution we should eh make is to
have porridge every morning for breakfast
As a breakfast food it is unequalled for its warming powers and for
health. We carry in stock the well known brands, Robinhood, and
Quaker Oats, etc., which are put up in sanitary packages at 25c. Also
a good line of bulk oat meal, Other Breakfast Foods that are very
nourishing and invigorating are, Roman Meal, Flaked Wheat, Grape
Nuts, Wheatlets, etc.
f[IGHEST PRICES FOR BETTER' AND• EGGS.
JOHNSON & ee.
Phone 111 THE STORE OF QUALITY
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OUR JANUARY
SHOE SALE
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The season has once more arrived when we must
clean up our stock and prepare for another season. To
do this we'are prepared to offer you quite a large num-
ber of substantial induc 3ments in Men's and Wotne,n's
Shoes and Rubbers,
Note fhe'Followhig Rubber Princes
200'
pairs
'Women's
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Rub-
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1'Pars rf Men's Rub -
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' bers
nsRub-Ihers 4shePes hers-,
all sizes 59`all sizes 69e
50 pairs Misses Rubbers 50 pairs of Boys Rub-
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all sizes
4'4c
59C
It S. efiTil?MPIN
~'hone 7'0 Clinton
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MOVED '108 DENTAL OFFICE.
L)r. Axon is now getting nicely,
settled in his new office eves Mr.
Fred Jackson's shoe store. The,
Dr. moved last week,
SOLDIERS MADE SEARCH.
Two soldiers of the 161st 'Bath,
corepanied by Policeman Welsh
made a search of a young man's
room last week after ae had bee,
making some unwise remarks that
hid the German flavor to them,
Nothing that would incriminate
him was found in the room, and
possibly ,he has found out now
"that ,silence is golden!'
'HURON OLD BOWS..
The Huron Old Boys' Association
of Toronto, has for a number of
years been in the habit of holding
•in At 'Homo, which has invariably
been 0 most successful and enjoy-
able event; one that is regarded
as among the most pleasant of the
winter social gatherings, and is
usually looked forward to with
great anticipations. The executive
has decided that the one thisyear
will tale the form of aPatriotic
Re, -Union and At Hoine, a portion
of the proceeds to go towards a
Recruiting Fund for the Huron
Battalion now being formed, The
conn enfant and commodious Odd -
fellows Hail on College street+.
street, Toronto, has keen secured
for the evening of 'Friday, Feb. 4,
When, should the weather be oar
arable, it is anritipated many Plueof
aandoold, resident int daughters,
cityyoung
, will
participate in the event,
LECTUt1E.
The people of Clinton and vicini-
ty are to have the privilege/' of
hearing Dr. J. A. McDonald in one
of his celebrated lectures "Canada
Among the Nations" 00 Friday
evening, Jan. 14th Dr. MacDon-
ald is to great demand loth] in
Canada /and United States as a lec-
turer arid his ability as a writer
is also well known. His usvaI fee
for such lectures is from t$56 do
*300 but at the solicitation of Clin-
ton Board of Trade the gentleman
has kindly consorted to devote to
the 161st would have in Huron ordinary M1
ry casesbeen
lecturehis
a in
khakico;ne e iiountd Whenthe
tsell ticketss
please remember that all the pro-
ceeds of this le+.ture will go to re
cluithaticketsgyou twill et lr e bhelpingsevthe
regiment. .Reserved seat's have
Leen Ila,:ed at 03 cents; and gen-
eral admission 25• cents, Outiajders
may .have setts reserved by .ad.
dressing A. T. Cooper, 'Secretary.
Clinton Board of Trade.
CELEBRATED THEIR
GOLDEN' fW1EDDINCG'.
Mr. ori
bratced and eir19GoldenJohnRweddingaen
Neiw. Year's day, at their bonnet in
Clinton and all the family were
present. Tho bride and groom
were married in Colborne. on Jan-
uary 2nd, 1865, and for 46 years
were residents of 'Hallett township
A family of 7 children were born
and all are living. --Rev. H. Rap, -
son, James of Blyth; Isaac and Al-
bert of Hullett, Mrs. W. L, Jamie-
son, iof'klullett;• and Misses Eva
and Nellie at home. Four years
ago 44r. and Mrs. Rapson moved
to Clinton. During the day -on
New Years the following.;l'tddress
Was rend e,a
to t
hePants '
ar
and
gold watch -
,a,nd ha'
rn
w
S aS 'i' 6 l'-
e'd to the lather while A e en
the ma+nd a
received a gold bro�oclr, ring and a
goldheiended parasol. Fo'l'lowing,
was' the address-
Dear ;Father and Mother -
We', your f surly, desire on the
fiftieth
anniversary nivensa•
i
y of your mar-
riage, to extend our sincerest con
gratualtions and beet wishes for
matey more happy and prosperous
yearsof life together, it is our
desire to present you with a slight
token. of our esteem, and we have.
much ,pleasure in giving you these
pieces of
gold n
c1
w a trust you
will enjoy and that they will be
a continual reminder of our . Love
and estcean,
Signed by your, 'Family.
FolloW,,infiliie the figures handed to the Returning' Officer by the Deputies
for the•voteApi Ouuncillera ' l
C.andidat•e h„t St. Andrew's Si.James St...161)/13e St, George's Total
Pitzsim'ons' i ` . 49 04 41 49 200
Hawkti sl 53.. 86 59 • $9 .231
Miller .ti.....,..,...... 44 31 64
Nediger, 48 39 (12`
Paisley,. fV 49 50' 51 19..i
Sheppard. Cil 62 68 6I 25o
Walker`; ' 43 4i 39 38 164
Wallis-..,.,.. 44 44 73 52 213
IViltse ris 72 71 57 56 2561;
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CL7NTO'N IIuCREAS01D
Collects' pf Cmitonts .John Wise -
Mau has i'usf eomple,tted his rel -
1:111'.115 fol nine, nlontpns, which are
. very en tiuraging 10:14, April ' 1
to Decetriber 31 918,93012; 19,15,
April 1.to December_ 31. 920,940.81;
increase,
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THANKS 14tOM TEE 33RD:
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NEW AGENT HERE
Me, L. D. /Fatten, of Hemeall has
bought out the Jaynes' Lovett int-.
meets ,n the 1 H C., McCormick
line of machines, and engies busi-
ness near the ,Commrciat Hotep
and will carry a full line of IH, C.
mogul engines,
'0N( BOARD OP EDUCATION
Mr. W. N Manning, of London
and for many years a well known
citizen of Clinton, was elected to
the Board of Education in the city
of Londan on Saturday, last. Mr. ,
Manning stood fourth, in the lit•t'
He is a brother, of Mr. R. E. Mann
leg, of the Roytl Bank here.
A tel'egeann leas sent last ' week
by Major Rance thanking the la,
des of, Clinton 1•or+ the Christmas
gifts to the soldiers ;of the 33rd at.
Quebec: But we can safely say
it was only a pleasure Ito the
ladies to remember our soldietr
boys,
A ID FOR THE BELGISJM FUNIS
SEND NEWS IN E:AELY
The publishers of The' New Era
wish to call attention, of contri.-
1 utors, correrlpoirdy pts, and oth-
ers to. tlre'ngdessity of send ng in
such matter as they may have for
publication as early in the week
as•pos;sil•lo, Remember we go to
press, early Thursday afternoon,
NO MORE'RJ3'EE,NOTICES
At a meeting of the Essex and
Kent Publishei,s Assoeiatfon it
was decided that fi•oin now on
every notice whe'her it be to ad-
veriise o concert; social, church
service, sewing circle, dance, pink
tea m' - patriotic aff,aist. will be
charged for by every newspaper
thesein . The etFree
PublicityS,"h
•Ev.nssbecome unbear
able and the pullishers have decid
std to stun it '
FORMERr Bari OR
TAKES [IBM' POSITION
Mr Tall. Race of Mitchell, and
foiineu'ly° .drtor' of the .Kecordee:
was called to•Toronte the clay be-
fore Christmas and offer d the,
posltior4: 09 lecturer and gene,rril
field se retary for the Pre: Hos-
pital forConsumptives at Toron-
to, Muskoua and Gravenhurst. Af-
ter considering thel matter for a
week 1141';'t' ee accepted the alt-
er, and he starts ,on the work this
meek. 'The offle: came to Mr. Race
ciuiet unexpected y. largely
through his v rk far the Manufac
tu,crs';rtj.6soclatiun two years ago
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SUN MORNING FiRE
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01ire was daecvei'ed in the store
of the- Merrish . lothing Company
about.9 • O'clock Sundry morning,
and all- the' firemen relr1-;ondecl
promptly... 0onsid lrahle damage
was daub to the stock. It was
in the wm'-ronm on the second
flat that -tire blaze was started, and.
the firemen succeed..! in Conran-
inn a to this, section, where, con-
eld nal jeers erre stock was stored
The lingo. stock of clothing 'and
furnishings .on the first floor was
0150 damaged but mostly from wa-
ter, :Mfr. lforrish is unable, to ex-
plain tho cause of the fir e, except
that it;,lippareintly started near a
stove i.n'ahe workroom, O. ho Mar-
rrsh Company carr.ed about ,$16,001
stook, and tee loss is fully cover-
ed. by insurirnce in the Perth,
Gore MMlerchants, Monarch. Domin-
ion, North American and Queen
City Pdtnpanies. The building is
owned by F. H. Powell, and his'
lose is covered by insurance in
the Perth and Queen City Compan
The; Insurance ,inspectors
akereh'eire onWednesday and made
a satisfactory settlement with 14r.
Mn» is 1, See Tris announcement on
page 1..
This Week all the members of
the executive of the, W. P. S. will
be glad to recefve small or larger
sums of money Tor the Belgian
fund. Let •your New Year open
with a remembrance to the brave
but unfortunate peoples of Bel-
gium `1No one is useless in this
World who lightens the burdekrs
of it bo anyone else.” Dickens,
WELL .KNOWN
1,ECT UR2IR COMING 4.
Clinton 15 again to be favorced
with a lecture by Bev. JAL Dyke
the ;Field Secretary; of the Nation
al Sanitarium Association, Doubt-
less .many remember the lctur•e,
given some time ago as intensely
interostjng thororighly instructive
and eminently practical, We under
i.tand that much new information,
s' number of special views and
most interesting movine. pictures
are to be presented' et the
lecture which 'will be given on
Thursday evening, January 20th
1916, at eight o'clock in the town
hall. 'Mayor Thompson has kindly
oor,senteat o occupy the chair. No
charge; will be made for admission
consented- to occupy the chair. No
,flus lecture to our; readers.
A WELbelIESER'VED TR MUTE.
J. A Cooper, el 'Toronto, editor
of •t he Car adaian Courier and an
old Clinton boy, has 1051 (been
given a captaincy in the 1I•lth Over
sons Battalion. Cooper was born
at Ciinilor., Ontario, in 1058, and
educated at -the TJnivorsity of To-
roeto In graduation ,lie went
into journalism, eventually be -
owning edstoe of the Canadian Mai-
gazine, a position he retained for
a dozen years. Ile then founded;
the Caeat ran Courier. of which he
has been editor for the last 10 years
The Montreal Journal, of Com-
merce, of which Tion. W 'S. Field-
ing is ed.for, pays this tribute to
him; Capt. Cooler is not only, a
A% e4-tknown writer, but; is one .of
the hest otudonts of municipal and
economic questions that we have
in Canada. and rn brief is interest
od in every movement for the so-
sial and economic betterment . of
the country. He was 0110 of the
the fnundlrs and was the first
prctsident of the Canadian Club in
Torr.nto, was a director of the To-
ronto Industrial Exhibition. and 's
now a member of the Ontario
Schaal Book Commiselnn During
rdeent years he haat done a. lot .of
effective work in furthering ' the
C/11190 of commission government
and • town p.anning in
Canadian cities
MINOR LOCALS'.
1916:
Leap Year.
Will, yen be a, volunteer? l"
+11 the;sc4rooIs 'opened on Tees -
1 he ealehdar trop is snort ,this
Council meets next 'Monday at 11
o'clock.
GreetingsCrave you; renesved
void NOV Era sul:scrrption for 1916.
A dandy New Yeas gift to an
ab.,ent friend is the Nev Era for
Leap Year is' ' hen's, Will. the
single ladieS',,ppleias'e make a note
of it and cheiir up!,
There were sonic surprises in'
t'hr various municipal contests in
iurisn Cogntyo'on 'Monda,i'.
Don't "ipil''ge>r to hear Dr. Me -
Donald in the town hall Un Friday
evening of next week, the 14th.
rhe St. Catharines Journal ad-
5.orates a, three year term, for 'a.1
dt r men , one-year term is too
long for some men.
Calendars are scarcer than usual
this year. Perhaps this =31 the res'
s,ult
of one of, the ecoDnoniies
Pro
d h
od bY
t
ht
war. .
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M� `Winy P oudfoot h` C., M. P.
P. for Centre Buren, with' adur ess
the I.iberaf club tonight (Thursday)
A11 Liberals nr•e invited to attend.
Irl 'Hicks Nays January wilt be a
severe winter month, [any,, of
the stormy
i
1 1 tvit be violent
bli aaidou, and the intvals and
tWeen storms �Vil.i ;bring.reaotiata•-
Cry wages,,' of midden and 'epcees-
sive
Wel Can ,supply you with the
yeeer beat business stationary or' b
i thier l
p natter of any kind at ,1 a
prices which will equal anything
offlered by travellers for city 1 1
fir>ne. By , ord ring in town you,: tl
help local industry which hepls.you
Get prfees at the, New Era ; office. ' t
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8T. PAUL'S CHURCH.
The Ladies" Guild will hold their
regular ,afternoon tea en Mon'.
day, January 10th,
WESLEY CWP&1Cii
Sunday evening the pastor gave
a New S'car's sermon and at the
morning S l
vlce }s su,'ect was
'The unfailing Helper.
The two Method st churches are
holding union, meeting: dur-
ing the week of Prayer. To. -
night's meeting will be hula in
the Ontario'St. Church and Friday
night in the Wesley church.
The Senior League met an Mon.
day night and" the program was
funder the direction of the Chris-
tian Endeavor 'Department ktadthe
Pastor, gavean address,
• ONTARIO 8T CHURCH.
The Church Choir by ,request re-
peated a part of their C`hris'tmas
music on Sunday evening.
Se'rh'ices in concis tion with the
"Week cif Prayer'' are beine. held
this week e. th& two 1lethodist
chureheu. This Thur, day evening
the ale el
2 n Will vil be '
i
g
1 n Ontario St
Church. and on 'Friday, Evening in
WellleY ,Chinch
The Patriotic Treating on_ Sun-
day afternoon which was attended
by officers and men of the 161st
Battt, drew an audience th'alt fi11ec1
the Church to overflowing. The.
Pastor, Rcv. Nr.
P
les de
d.
Col. Combo and
Marr Shaw
very effectively p.repen"ea
the need for recruits and made
a fine impress"o.n, Miss Grace
Walker gave an excellent reud'ng
and very fine music was, provided
y the church quartette and that
rsa of the i Batts n
to .
A ,pleasing feature was Sire Wail -
ng of two Belgian af:1s who sang
n(' Mai'seillaise in French.
More than $5O,Ofl was taken for,
he Belgian ReIie#' Fund, f
'Th'ursday, January .6th 1916.
ORDS
To Cover a Whole \ear
We want every day in the new year to be a happy
one for you -the kind of, happiness that comes with
good health, good cheer and good,business. The kind
you have when you sleep soundly, waken gladly, l•`ook
ing torward toa day of good things, and in the evening'
being able to look back dt a day that has put you a day
ahead. That is what is in our mind when we pen these
three words to you HAPPY NEW YEAR.
1916
FLPS.
Gist of the Lesson
Peloubet's Notes
Tai bell's Guide
Arnold's Commentary
Office and Pocket Diaries
IIIMISSIEMBEIMIEMIN6
The W. D. Fair eo.
Often the Cheapest—Always the Best
Fenster White Pine and Spruce Balsam
What's the use experimenting
with medicines? We know what
White Pine and Spruce Balsam is,
as the formula is printed on each
label.
Beyond a doubt this is the most
efficient cough 'remedy we have
ever sold. Nothing else will so
readily re.ieve a cough. Try it—
M. HOV7 Y'
Dispensing. Chemist THE PENSLAR DRUG STORE
Furniture, Rugs & i. inofeunnb
We can assist you in selecting your Furniture, if you are going.
to furnish your hone, or if you only Rant some odd pieces.
You will find it to your advantage to inspect cur stock and see
the bargains we are offering, We also carry a good line of
Violins, Pianos and Organs.
Our Undertaking Department is up to date in every respect
and we guarantee the best of satisfaction
JAS.Tj �,�pwj�+�aO�� e::'
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Undertaker and Funeral Director. Phone 28.
Night and Sunday Calls answered at Residence over store
t
Wishing our Friends and
Patrons'
A Merry Christmas
and
A Happy New Year
Thus. Hawkins
The Corner Store
"Live and Let Live"
Wishing one and all
A Happy
and Prosperous
New Year.
We take this opportunity to thank
ah'our customers and friends for the•
liberal patronage given us during the.
past year, and would solicit a continu•
ance of the same.
PinnlUin: and HeatingEe E. .Iiunniford
Agents for Hecht Furnaces
Shop -over Itowland's Hardware, PRONE 45.
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Housecleaning
SALE. ..,'
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t. During the present month we shall make deep
—very deep cuts on all Jfall and Winter Shoes,
4. and do everything we possibly can to close out
every shoe we have on hand.
Our Loss—Your Opportunity
There is no cave
stmenth
tatcan�
b..made th
that
will
paysuch
handsome ome div'
~dead as a shoe invest-
• nient made here right now.
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A list of prices will give you but a faint idea
of our offerings. Come in and see for yourself.
You know the sort of shoes we sell—Our reputation
was established long ago,
Save Money by buying your shoes RIGHT NOW
ssimmemaimamierm
FRED.
HOUSE OP
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JaeKserst
BETTER SHOES
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