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Justine's Thoughts: 1913
Clinton New Era
Here at the
News Record,
we keep a copy of every
newspaper printed. At
the end of each year,
these copies get placed
into a book for their
year.
In our back room, we
have dozens of these
books from past years
dating back to the 60's.
However the other
day, I came across a fas-
cinating artifact - a book
of our newspapers from
the year 1913. I don't
know why it's there, but
there it was, tattered
and yellowed and all.
Apparently, back
then, the paper was
called the Clinton New
Era. This name sounds
pretty important, so it's
too bad that's not its
name anymore. There
were a few things about
this newspaper which I
found to be particularly
interesting.
First was the layout of
the paper, which would
be unacceptable today
Column
Justine Alkema
with its puny print and
wordy appearance. To
today's readers, this type
of design is almost
unreadable. We have
adapted to shorter
attention spans and are
far too distracted to fol-
low this type of layout.
In our age of minimalis-
tic design with less and
less words and more
visuals and white space,
this was quite a
contrast.
Second was the con-
tent, which is so dated
that it becomes comical.
In the first issue of the
paper in the book, there
was an article by a doc-
tor saying that "com-
mon sense" went a long
way in a marriage. For
men, some advice was
"when your wife is
becomingly gowned, tell
her so'; "don't read the
newspaper at the break-
fast table" and "go into
your own kitchen once
in a while':
For woman, it was
"have a slipper and
easy chair ready for
him'; "don't be cross
with him when he's
late for dinner" and
"don't subject him to
the third-degree': The
essence of this advice
is of course still rele-
vant, but the specifics
are outdated and
funny.
Another interesting
thing was the adver-
tisements. First of all,
the clothes were
expensive. They adver-
tised $6.50 for trousers
and $12.50 for coats,
which in 1913 is a lot of
money. Today, clothes
keep getting cheaper
and cheaper, mostly
thanks to unfair wages
and conditions in
developing countries.
Clothes are also
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A photo of Clinton's newspaper in 1913.
extremely disposable
today with new styles
coming in every few
months. Back then,
clothes were an
investment.
One observation was
there were many hokey
medical advertisements
for ailments such as
balding heads and itchy
scalps. One ad prom-
ised to ensure "active
kidneys and liver and
greater natural vigor': I
honestly can't say why
this is; I would have to
do some more research
on it. Perhaps people in
the future will look back
at our drug advertise-
ments and laugh. We
have hokey ads of our
own, with serene
images of grandparents
and their grandchildren
playing in a field while
an endless list of serious
side effects plays in the
background.
One more thing was
that there was quite a bit
of world news in the
paper. These were the
days before radio and
television, so the local
paper was for more than
just local news. It was
for all news. Today we
have almost no interna-
tional news in our paper
because that news can
be accessed anywhere;
Clinton news can only
be accessed locally.
FROM THE
ARCHIVES
15 years ago...
• A memorial service is held for a grade 8 student
from Clinton Public School that passed away. His
name was Daniel Russo; he died from complica-
tions following a heart transplant
• A fire took place on Albert Street. There was an
estimated $50,000 of damage to the building
affected which was owned by Jim Doherty. The
fire was caused when a woman was cooking with
grease and it caught fire. She spilled the grease
and received second degree bums on 20% of her
body. The woman was babysitting at the time.
25 years ago...
• Dr. Graham Bowker, a dental surgeon in Clin-
ton, celebrated 25 years in business. The 49
year-old dental surgeon first came to Clinton in
1966 after graduating from the University of
Toronto. His clinic was on 42 Rattenbury Street.
• There was a groundbreaking for a new build-
ing for the credit union. They were one of the
largest rural credit unions in Ontario, and their
growth caused them to outgrow their old build-
ing. The new building was to go on the same lot.
• A police cruiser parked behind the police sta-
tion was vandalized. The lights and a mirror
were smashed, and the aerial was torn from the
vehicle.
35 years ago...
• The second annual Garden Walk is held in Bay-
field. This walk included 10 gardens on view, an art
show, tea and a pickle preserves table. The admis-
sion price was $1.
• The Early Bird golf toumament was held at the
Bayfield Golf Club. Around 90 golfers attended the
event.
• Clinton's first ever rock concert is declared to
possibly be their last. The concert ended up with a
net loss of $3165. The money raised was sup-
posed to go to the Clinton Hospital Building fund,
but only 150 of the 2000 tickets were sold. The
bands were the Lecia Price Band, Telemann and
Zonn. Some said the bands weren't good enough,
but one organizer said they couldn't afford a very
expensive band. There were also rumors about it
being cancelled and lots of police being there.
Everyone who organized it was very disappointed
and "still numb from the shock of it".
Thoughts, observations or concerns about this community?
Share them with Clinton and the surrounding area. Email your letters to the editor to Justine at jalkema@postmedia.com.
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