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BRUSSELS TO
IMPROVE STREETS,
The "Brussels Post of last , week
gives the followirg item.;-Quitea
number of farmers aid others are
Hauling stone for Brussels corpora
tion for next, season's( street im-
provement. The ,loads are 'weigh
ed on the town scales, thereby
getting over the 'difficulty, of odd
sized sleigh boxes, racks etc. Any
body with a heap of proper sized:
stoneset can make some money in
this mammal way this, Winter, and
at the same time get rid of an eye
Bore in the fields. A good load
wilt soale about the same as 1
yards.. The intention is td secure
at crusher next Spring and prepare
the metal for the permanent road
bed.
HAD NARROW ESCAPE,
The Mitchell -Advocate of last
week had the fofowingl :local;-
Tuesdaya drunken man, tried to
board a moving train at the station
when he fell between the platform.
and rails. He Was quickly seized
by
Mr.' R. Thompson!`' (express
agent, who pulled him', to safety.
In the Condition in which! he was
the conductor very properly re-
fused to allow him on the train and
he'd as taken up town and placed
in the "cooler". After he had a
sleep he said he was from Godetich
and would like to get home that
a
ate
night. The'Police Magistrate was
telephoned to, and he gave his con
sent to have him placed on the 10.35
train and forwarded to Goderich
Which; was accordingly carried out
by Constable Cooper,
NEW YEAR'S RATE.
The single are rates on the rail
Way, cover Thursday and !Friday of
this week with return on Saturday
Tare and, . thiid tickets is good
from Tuesday of this Week return-
ing on Monday.
MINOR LOCALS.
Get ready to write 1915.
The New Era gives the news.
This is good 'weather for 'gobb-
ling up the coal.
A GOOD, CHRSITMAS.
Nevertheless it was a good Christ
mas. Santa Claus was never more
•active -The monster of war could
not kill its spirit -,and human .kind
nese was manifest on all slides. The
good will that prevailed will help
redeem a Christmas Day that will
Canadians Anxious.
To Get In The firing Line
Men at Bermuea Disappointed
Because They Were Sent
There.
Seaforth, Dec. 25. -Lieut. Colonel
Wilson of the Thirty ThirdHuron
Regiment is now stationed in Ber
muds with many other Canadians and
in a letter just recived by James J.
Hutchison tells of the work being done
there. He says in part.
"l can hardly pluck up courage to
write as I feel that .by coming to Ber
ce
tothe oldhrty T
us proved
rd Huron abe
cause we are interned here on garrison
duty instead of heing in the firing line.
1 feel that the people around Sea
forth and its vicinity will naturally
think that I adopted this plan of go
ing with the Royal Canadian Regi
ment so as to avoid being sent to the
front but on my word of honor we
were all informed and given to under
stand when we volunteered our sery
ices to bring the regiment up to war
strength, that we were improving our
chances of going to the front, even be
fore the first contingent.
7�Ir
ft<tristft��7'
To our friends and ot
patrons we extend
The
Compliments
of the -
Season
For Relief Dnty. •
"We were supposed to proceed to
Bermuda and relieve the Lincolnshire
Regiment there and after about six
weeks training we were then to be re
lieved in turn, but as far as I can see
live in hisotry as the blackest of our chances of leaving here seem re
all time for ,human slaughter and mote. I assure you that 1 feel pretty
suffering. mad atrtimes,1beginning
but must obeyor
orders.
However, 1 am bto feel more
YEAR BOOKI reconciled to my lot whenever I think
The New Elia has received,; "The that we are holding a veru important
Ramada Year Book," published by coaling station and as there is a fine
",®`,authority of Hon. Sir George d1. floating dock here it is a very tempt
Foster Minister of Trade and Com-
merce. It iseamost exhaustive re
sume of Canadian affairs comment
ing with a short history of Canada
by. Arthur G. Doughty df the (Public
Archieves of Canada, There ,is also
given an immense amount of static
tidal information that is valuable to
!ti
the person who has not time to
make an extended search for such
' material. Records of areas, popula
•*tion trade returns, criminal :fig-
ures etc„ are given in detail while
El exports are clearly set ,forth in the
tables. The price of the book is $1
land it is well worth the money to
a person who wants a correct, con
rise review 0'f Canadian affairs.
ing bait for any German cruisers as it
would be valuable asset to. the Ger
mans if they could by a sudden sur-
prise, raid and gain even temporary
possession of the place, Therefore we
are very liable to be attacked at any
moment of the day or night as longus
any of the German fleet remains in ex
istence and if we are attacked, we are
a long way from help and therefore it
would be a fight to the finish but I
think we batik', hold the place against
them. We are consoling ourselves on
account of such a possibility turning
up,
lei iseeiormeeseloasimmn
A. J. Grigg
Jeweler and Optician
Issuer of Marriage
Licenses
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agH CLINTON NEWfERA.
inanciai Statemen
OF THE TOWN OF eLINTON
Receipts from Dee. 15, 1913, to
Dec. 31, 1913.
Taxes, 1913 account $ 79 00
Taxes, 1912 account 121 09
Arrears of taxes . , ... 18 00
Cemetery account •- Lots 14 00
Care of lot in perpetuity 25 00
Work ,.:., 94 75
Property account stock scales ' 8 10
Market scales I4 00
Hall
26 00
rent
Transferred from Meter Oar 350 00
Co. payment
Interest scot ellinton Motor`
Oar Co. interest on mortgage 135 00
License acct -livery licenses,.. 30 00
Debenture acct -Waterworks
debentures No 67, 68, 69 and
70, taken up by sluicing fund 2000 00
Principal . ..
Accrued interest ... -.8 22
Street watering account , --col-, 81 90
Motions
Statute Labor account ..,c35 00
Wellington St. drain assess- 21
ment
50
Water Commissioners on acct.
1100 00
of revenue, 1913
Dr. and Mrs. Fowler' and daugh-
ter, of To_onto, are spending .a
short holiday with the latter's par-
ents, Mir. and Mrs. J. Issard and
•old friends in town.
Mrs. J. Rattenbury was a Toronto
visitor last week ,with reftitwes
and friends.
Mr, Roy Grigg of Hamilton was
home for the holiday.
Mita Edna Levis, Who, %teaches
school at Heathcote, is home for
the holidays.
Mr. and .Mrs. iPhosenix, of Hem-
ilton, are visiting, with. the latter's
parents, !lir. and Mrs. R. J. Cluf f.
Mr. Edgier Torrance, of Exeter,
spent Ohristmas at the parental
home.•
Mr. Ross ,Forrester, spent a few
day last week with his <hrother
Mr. Fred Forrester, G. Tl R. agent
at Dublin, `
Mrs. Archibald spent Christmas
with Mrs. F. B, Ware, Richmond
street,
London,
I'AY FIVE CENTS.
If you sent a letter; to, it did not
reach him don't soma soldier in
France and blame the postal 'au-
thorities unless you; put, five cents
in stamps on the envelope. The
postfirst age ttwor ouncese is !ve and ;nts f letters or_ inth-
sufficiently stamped are forwarded
to the dead letter office. Each let
ter toe foreign country must bear
,five cents postage. Owing to the
uneertainity of when the need at
Salisbury Plain 'will leave, tor the
front, those /writing to friends
there should place fives cents post
age on each letter. This is on the
"safety -first" plan,' as should the
men be moved while the letter is
crossing the ocean the mail would
be thrown into the
dead letter of
fice Baltics two cent stamps will not our to`do just as good as the regulars
take it bo the men and the regula- themselves can preform, and so arouse
money to be them to the fact that the 'disorganized
collected from alites, the
tions the soldiers, , mob" is not to be despised.
Ready For Emergency
"We are prepared for any emer
gencv which may arise, every comp
any has a position allotted to them to
defenb, if occasion arises. We are bus
ily engaged every day at bayonet
fighting, musketing. digging trenches
and route marches, which are pretty'
stiff at times. One, day we marched
20 miles in heavy marching order in 5
hours, while another day we marched
16 miles with light marching or skele
ton marching order, in -about 3 hours
The commander -in. chief of the differ
ent forces in the island, artillery, local
volunteers, and ourselves, compliment
ed our company one field day. The
colonel and officers Aird N. C. 0, be
longing to the ,regulars, are beginning
to give us our dues lately, They ac
knowledge that we are a better class
Athan they are in thehabit of getting
and if it is our good fortune to have an
opportunity of striking e tlow for the
honor of our Empire wewill endeav
Expenditures from Dec. 15,
to Dec. 31, 1913.
1913
County rate $ 1300 35,
Clinton Thresher Co.bond 7• 68 BQ
coupons'
Debenture Redemption acct -
local improvement debents 2826 45
Board ot Health account, Dr.
J. W. Shaw salary, 1913'.... 150 00
" postage
Street account22 05
Electric Light account 121 00
Property account 60 22
Charity acoount :. 2 63
Salaries account 2000
Postage and stationery acct19 89
Incidental account'. 5275 008
t
Election accaunt'
L, E. Closet.acco4un
Oemeterylaccount . 29 16
29 00
Printing account....: • . 48 17
Sinking fund, appropriation '13 2191 46
Public School, .bal.' gbant 1913 400 00
Public Library, grant 1913' 250 00
Tax Refunds, Court of Revis- 42 20
' ion ....:
Water commissioners, pro-
ceeds of Debentures Nos. 67,
68.69 and 70 .s.•
2000 00
•
$4101 56 , $10312 58
]receipts from ,!fan. 1. 19I4. to Expenditures front Jan. 1, ,1914
Dec. 15, 1914 to Dec. 15,1914
Balance from 1913. $ 2051 91 Board of Health `f $ 6 10
BalancArreare of Taxes 88 98 Bills Payahle, Loans Paid ....11500 W
Bill Payable, Barre wed from Cemetery Account 5I7 20
Molson's Bank 11500 00 Charity Account:.. 15 39
Cemetery account, sale of lots 60 00 Consolidated Debt Debentures
Work 350 25 Interest 520 00
Care of lots in erpetuit 50 00 Oollegiate Institute 2300 00..
Celebration fu returned Doherty tic,. Loan Debentures 's
per 1. R.ittenbury 18 50 Interest 875 00
Hydro Electric . Dehentures, Debenture Redemption Ac•
No. 26 to 35, taken up by Drcount 576 56
Sinking Fund, Principal.... 5000 00 Els Earth Closet Account.:550 00
Accrued interest ........ 25 34 Electric Light Account, Street
Local Improvement Deben- Lighting , 1432 26
tura No. 160 taken up sr Firea and Wager Account.... tkShow, 388 88
Sinking hued. Principal.. 657 58 Grants Account, Stock
Accrued mtorest 27 93 ()Amens Band, Sick Child -
Incidental account 31 10 rens Hospital 260 00
Interest account, • MaisonsHydro-Electric Debentures In -
Bank, (iurreut account,._. 2228' terest 1250 00
Clinton Knitting Co. to pay In451 83 Inseuranur,ln al Account 334 82
debenture ce Account.,"..,.:t.•." 85 80
Interest Account 337 35
License account u7 so Library Account, Part Grant: 100 00
Magistrate's FinesAc-
Property
Pru erty acct, Stack ;dales.. 72 60 Local Improvement, 1913 Ac -
p Market states la condi 31 00
Hall rent 2312133 00 Macadam Road Debentures Id-
Public
sold 5 pU !serest 640 00
Puhlic Scheel Govt. grants..
802140 Property Account 400 5193
Park account, grass sold....
50 Postage &Stationery Account 22
Public Utilities Coin. Int, on - Printing Account 132 50
Debentures pig 63 Public School 5601 40
SinkingFund, interest on Park 36 37
Public Utilities Com. Pro-
mortgages 488 50 c eda of Debentures 5025 34
Street Watering, collections 243 20 Sinking Fund, Int. deposited488 50
Part profit on Electric Light Streets 1257 11
plant June 1, 3913 co Mierch 091 17 Salaries 1420 90
let 1914 Street Watering 494 72
Taxes, 1913. Roll 445 31 Tax Refunds
Taxes, 1W4, Roll 21467 00 Waterworks Deb, Interest.... 2712 000
Saturday's Advertiser had the
following personal. -Mr, and Mrs.
Mrs, E. J. Archibald, Montreal,
spent Christmas With Mrs. Archi-
bald's mother, Mrs. Frank Love,
Wellington street.
Miss Tiplady, who is teaching in
the High School at Vankleele Hill,
is home for the holidays, 'with her
'Parents, Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Tip -
lady, Ontario Street.
Saturday's Toronto Globe had
the following announcement. -Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Koenig, Paris,
Ont.
!announce the engagement' of their.
only daughter, Charlotte Mildred,
to Mr. James Cecil Carrie, son of
the late, James Carrie', and bf Mrs.
Carrie, Goderich, Ont., the marri-
age ot take place in January. i
Miss Anice Bartlif 1, who is train-
ing for a nurse at Victoria Hospi-
tal, London, is home for New
Year's.
Mr. Way Allen, Of Chicago, spent
Christmas at his home here and is
now visiting at Windsor, but will.
!return for New, Year's.
Mrs. Constantine and Mrs. Mc-
Callum are visiting friends in Blyth
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Logan, who
spent Christmas with' the latter's
mother,- Mrs. Gilchrist, left on Tues
day for their !home in Saginaw,'
Mich. They were accompanied by
Miss M. Gilchrist who will be their
guest for some weeks,
Miss Stella Coppl ;ware visiting in
Stratford this week.
Miss Jean MacTaggant spent the
week en'd' in London, the guest of
Lay
d Beck.
Mr, and. Mrs. Gillis Gilchrist, of
Ayr, with their small ;son 'spent
Christnvas'with Mrs. Gilchrist, Rat-
tenbury, street.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin f1orrance
and daughter, Audrey, of Toronto;
were Christmas visitors at the
home of Mr• John Torrance. Mr.
Torrance returned on Tuesday to.
Toronto but Mrs. Tornance'will re-
main until after the New Year.
Miss 'Stella Wigginton returned
home on Saturday. w,
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Series of combats called the bat-
tle of the Vistula, in Galicia, be.
tween Russians and Austrians
began.
9. Capture of Antwerp' by the Ger-
mans. King Albert and, the Gov-
ernment escaped to Ostend.
11. German aviators droppedbombs
in Paris.
13. The battle on the Vistula, which
began on the 7th, raged furious.
ly.
Boers in South Africa rebelled.
15. Germans took possession of
Ostend. ,
British cruiser Hawke was sunk
in North Sea by German 'sub-
marine U-9. Hawke lost 484
men.
Vanguard of Canadians arrived
at Plymouth.
17. British cruiser Undaunted, with
tour destroyers, sunk our Ger-
man destroyers off the Dutch
coast; German loss 193.
The Japanese cruiser Takachiho
sunk by a German submarine on
the coast of China.
18. The battle of the Vistula 1n
Galica 'ended in Russian victory.
19. Austrian submarine sunk in the
Adriatic Sea by French cruiser.
20. Japanese destroyed the German
torpedo boat. 5-90 outside of
Kfauchau bay.
21. The German cruiser Emden sank
four British steamers and cap-
tured one off the coast of British
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JUNE.
28. Archdune Ferdinand, hehistomto a 1'27.,t�Frlen hdsurrendered Longwy to
Austrian throne, and Germans.
genetic wife, Duchess of Ho en German auxiliary cruiser Kaiser
Priberg, assassinated aBoianby student, whtleo Wilhelm der Grosse sunk by,the
public
g a Bosnian Bosnia,
British cruiser Highflyer off the
public guests at Sarajevo, Bosnia, i coast of Africa. German cruiser
Madgeburg destroyed by Russian
23. Austria delivered ultimatum to I ships in the gulf of Finland.
Servia demanding .'rompt pun' 128. City of Louvain, Belgium, sacked
ishment of, assassin of Archduke and burned by Germans. .
Ferdinand on June 28 and his t British cruiserfleet destroyed 5
accomplices, German warships off Heligoland,
24. Russia asked Austria to extend 30. German aviator dropped five
the time of ultimatum to Servia. bombs on Paris.
25. Servia'siinhiseverance of Austria reply to diplomats
relations.
27. Austria invaded Servia.
'Great Britain proposed confer-
ence. Czar asked Austria to
modify demands on Servia.
28. Austria formally declared wax
on Servia. Russia moved troops
to frontier.
29. Russia called out 1,200,000 men.
France massed troops on German
frontier. British fleet sailed un-
der sealed" orders.
30. Germany demanded that Russia
a
cease mebilization within
hours.
Col. Sam. Hughes announced that
Canada would send a contingent'
ot 20,000 men.
31. Negotiations for peace between
Czar, Emperor William and King
martial
Germany
underm
George. e. G y
law. 911 Europe arming.
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JULY.
AUGUST.
1. Germany declared war on Russia
and mobilized her army; France
mobilized.'
2. Germans invaded France througb
neutral territory of Luxemburg.
Russians invaded eastern ,Pius -
51a.
Britain mobilized. Belgium re-
tused to permit German troops
to cross bar territory.
3. Germans invaded Russian Po -
Mr. and Mrs Alf Torrance and land, also France.
daughter were the guests ;of the 4. Belgians resisted German invade
Miss Rudd is spendinformer's_paren'ts last week. ere at Liege and Namur•
g] theholi- Great Britain declared war on
days in Flint,' Mich. Germany, also Germany on Great
Mr. John Hartley of • Vankleek Britain.
6. British cruiser Amphfon sunk by
Hill was calling on old 8riends in a German mine.
town this week, He with his wife' Austria -!laniary declared war
and daughter are spending the on Russia.
holidays at Wroxeter with Mrs, 7. Montenegro declared war on Noyon and Soissons.
Elartley's mother. Austria, (' Rheims reoccupied by the allies.`
Mr. and Mrs. Russ, !of Guelph, French troops invaded German 20. German artillery bombarded
ward the guest of the latter's province of Alsace.. I Rheims.
parenst Me, and Mrs. Arthur Forb- British troops landed on French 22. German submarine U;9 sunk the
es this week. coast. ( British atiuored cruisers Aboukir,
Mr. .and Mrs. C. W. Robb are 8, Germans occupied city of Liege, Cressy and lIogue by torpedoes',
spending the Spear,
in Toronto,' Belgium, I' I in the North Sea.
Mrs. Will Spear; eo'f Highgate, is 10. France declared war on Austria. 1, 24. The Canadian troops started.
the guest of her parents Mr, and 12. Great Britain declared war on from Valcartier to Britain.
Mrs. Malcolm McEwen, Austria. r 26. Germane laid siege to Antwerp•
1.3,: German march in Belgium check-
ed at Itaeden. •
16. Japan demanded that Germany 1 ` 1. of war, 8 Ban held asl prisoners
Bel-
21
e
evacuate Kfauchau, China. �' fans, 94,100 ltISh, 31,300 00-
s occupied Brussels. and e g
Belgium. 1 -_: French. . _......
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21: German ,.
attacked Namur,
23. Germans tool Namur and at- J
ler tackod Mons. Japanese
ops
Coi-
ling d ) Canadian, troops arrived at Val- of Tsingtao, i
f Toronto,
cutler. i Kfauchau, Cbi
Cl i ih in ' 25, Austria declared war on. :Japan. 7, Germans begs
I bombs
Zeppelin airships droppedi 4ntwAr^.
on Antwerp. 1
1
SEPTEMBER.
1. Estimated • that 6,000,000 com-
batants were in the field, 3,000x'•
000 in the east and 3,000,000 on'
the Franco -German -Belgian lines.
Germans,defeated Russian in-
vaders aAllenste)a and Tin-'
nenberg, East Prussia, captur g
many prisoners.
Austrians abandoned the fortress
' of Lemberg, Galicia.
3. French capital transferred from
Paris to Bordeaux.
4, French city of Rheims occupied
1 by German troops. Germans 25
miles from Paris on, the north
' and 20 on the east. ,
6. German right wing, commanded
by Gen. Von Kluk, attacked on
the march and forced to retreat.
Battle began on line of ,river
1 Marne, east of Paris, between
'
I Von. Kluk's columns and allies in
pursuit.
7. British cruiser Pathfinder sunk
by German submarine' in North •
I $ea. '
, Germans captured Maubeuge,
France.'
8. Von Kluk's column retreated
from the Marne towardthe Aisne.
9. German ' retirement from the
river Marne Witter force across dgan. e thn. e�Marne
! , n pursuit,
X12. Action began on the Aisne be-
tween British ' and Germans
around Soissons; Von Kluk's re-
; column halted and faced
I about.
14. British auxiliary cruiser Car -
mania_ (Ounarder) sunk the Ger-
man cruiser Cap Trafalgar off'
South America. •
Allies advance 'checked by Ger
man artillery on the line between
Tuan crbtscrs acnaranorsc,; erne!-.
senau, Leipzig and Dresden and
the British Good Hope, Mon-
mouth and Glasgow. Good Hope
and Monmouth destroyed.
4. Germae cruiser Yorck sunk by
a British mine in Jade bay
North Sea; loss 266.
5. France and Great Britain de-
clared war on Turkey.
6. Russians recaptured Jaroslaw.
Cossacks crossed the German
frontier into Posen.
7. Great Britain's loss in army offi-
cers killed, wounded and miss-
ing had reached a total of 1,598.
Japanese captured Tsingtao
China, after a siege of 38 days;
German loss, 2,300 prisoners.
8. Turkish troops crossed the 'fron-
tier into Egypt.
9. German cruiser Emden destroy-
ed at Cocos island, Indian Oeean,
by British cruiser Sydney.
10. Germans captured Dixmude.
12. German submarine sunk by a
French torpedo boat, Westende,
Belgian coast.
13. Germans forced back north of
Yser canal.
17. German warships bombarded
Russian port of Libau, Battle
Sea.
� Germans defeated the Russians
south of Kutno.
18. Battle in the Black Sea between %
Russian fleet and the German -
I Goeben and
Bresllau. sh Lattersretrrea ed badly
German troops within ten miles damaged.
of Warsaw, Russian Poland, res 21. British aerial ssquadron dropped
treated as the result of a pro- , bombs on a Zeppelin factory at
long d b til Frledericbshafen. b
e a e.
o
24. British destroyer Badger ram-
med and sunk a German sub•
marine off the .Dutch coast. '
Germans, crossed the'Yser-Yprel
canal, near Nieuport.
26. Second revolt of the Boers t
South Africa. Forme Boer ge ,-
erals, De Wet add Boyers, ap+
peered at the head of this move.
ment.
27. British battleship Audacionte
hopelessly wrecked by a German
submarine mine off the northeast
coast of Ireland.
'28. Geerdan cruiser Emden rani; the
Russian cruiser Jemtchug and 4 I Germans at Lodz.
French destroyer at Penang, ' • Austrians took Belgrade, capital
British Strait Settlements. of Servia, after siege of 126 days.
29. Turkish warships, GOeben and
Breslau sank two Russian war-
' ships in the Black Sea; Turklsli
torpedo boats raided harbor of
Odessa and sank a Russian gun-
boat.
30. Belgian troops flooded the Ger-
man lines on the river Yser, coin
pelting the Germans to with-
draw.
Turkish Government severed
communications with Great Brit-
ain; also declared war on Russia'
31. German submarine n
k the
Brh cruiser Hermesin the
strait of Dover.
nk
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22. German submarine II su
British warship off Scotland.
23. German
ati
Bel-
gium, shelled byBrit
war-
ships.
26. British 15,00 -ton battleship Bul-
wark sunk by explosion at Sheer-
nes, England; about 800 lives
lost.
DECEMBER.
2. Allies' airship dropped. 'bombs
e upon the famous Krupp gun -
works at Essen, Germany.
e Russians captured Plock, on the
Vistula, in Poland, and repulsed
6. Germans occupied Lodz, Poland,
' which Russians' abandoned.
8, In action off Falkland islands, in
the Atlantic, Sturdee's British
squadron defeated Spee's Ger-
man squadron, sinking the cruis-
ers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leip-
zig and Nurnberg.
9.onFrBIIch Germanhips aviationpod bombe
camp at
Freiberg.
13. torpedoed by ish battleship
British submarine
• B-11 in the Dardanelles.
Belgrade recaptured from Aare,
trians by Servian troops,
NOVEMBER. 1 ' ' 16. German ships shelled Scarbor.,
1. Battle off Chile between the Ger- ..,_.. oufshand Hartlepool, England.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. , Stevenson
spent Christmas in Stratford.
Mr. G. W. Hessian Jot Toronto,
was a Christmas ideates at the hone
of his mother, Mrs. Hessian.
Mrs. Ed. Oantelon is the guest of
1 sister Mrs Ogle Cooper of Coi-
NoO .
Mr, Jaynes J.Imrie, o oron o,
spent Christmas wi • friends.
town.
Misses Dell and Winnie O'eNilr'
N. Ball 110 --RESI DENCE PHONES- 3. •D, Atl0118011 1S0 ' { entertained a; number of hell'
•=If-sn.al!ssllatrxvalazaansp a xr _ friends on Moo clay afternoon,
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JANUARY
learance Sale
The, season has arrived when we must again clean
up our stock and prepare to take stock by clearing out
odd lines and sizes of our stock.
You will find ample room to exercise economy
in your shoe buying by coming to our store and seeing
for yourself the values we are proposed to offer you
during this sale.
Commencing on
S turday; Jaya. 2nd
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