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CLINTON, ONTARIO
riBebind the certain of the (Our° lie
Happier years then the yoar pope by.'
Our Big Minstrel
Feb. 5th and 7th
Tim W. fl, Fair Gn
• A SHOW FOR EVERYBODY
Biggest BestlIVIinstrel Ever:Held in Clinton
New Play, Jokes, Dances and Songs
Reserve your tickets early at W. D. Faif's
Plan opened on the 29th, Admission 25c and -35c
Girls' Patriotic Auxiliary.
BARGAINS
roa this week we have picked out a lot of broken
lines of Men's Fine Shoes, just a pair or two of any
one kind, in box calf, kid and patent leather, and you
will find them on our tables all at 3 50
one price to clear
Our stock of shoes for the coming season is heavier
and better assorted than ever before, and although
prices are still advancing you will find our prices even
lower than last season.
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Men's fine shirfa, slightly soiled, Lot I your choice 7eb
• Lot 2 Your choice 85e
Lot 3, mixed lot of fine and working shirts, choice 50c
Men's Ties to clear at 2 for 25c •
Another lot of better Ties at 19c
More specials next week. Watch for annonncement
Plumsteel Bros.
THE STORE TH AT SELLS FOR LESS.
_ PHONE 25
IGENTS—SEMI-READY CLOTHING, NEW IDEA PATTERNS.
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"Often the Cheapest
Always the Best.”
Miss Mabel. cuntelon is visiting
friends in flensall this week,
Miss Florence Ouningliatp; is sp.end-
ing., a fortnight as the gnest of Lon-
don friends. •
Mrs.. IlleKnight,...Sr,, of the London
Road spent • the i week -end with
Clinton friends.
Mr. Fred Forrester,G.T.R. agent nt
Dublin, was a visitor at his home
in to)vn over the -week-end.
Misses, Ida and Margaret MacLensan,
left on Friday last for a visit with
friends in Toronto mut; at Sault
Ste. Marie.
Mir. Walter King lialrlieen laid up for
the past fortnight with a .severe
attack of bronchitis. It is !bought
that he is 'now on the mend.
Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Oole 'of Sans
dusky, Mich., who have been visit-
ing friends hereabouts for a fort-
night, :Spent the week -end as the
guests of Mr, and Mrs. A. Mc-
Cartney. . .
Mr. A. T. Cooser was, in Goderich
an Sunday speaking in the inter-
ests of the Dominion Alliance and
.515 not get home until Tuesday af-
• ternoon, when a double train came
down at three -forty after the snow
plow had cleared the track.
Mr- and Mrs. E. R. Jack, who were
on a lionmimoon trip, were guests
over •the week -end et the home of
the latter's aunt, Mrs, W. S,
Downs, before leaving for their
new home at, Lorburn, Sask. Their
marriage took place on New Year's
Day at Littowel.
Mr. T. H. Race, field secretary ol
the Ontario Satitorium - Associa-
tion, was in. town for a few days
lust week collecting funds for the
Association. Owing to the storm
Mr. Race IxaS unantd to carry out
the lecture program which be had
planned,
1813. P. J: McMurray of Barons, Al-
berta,- has been the guest during.
the past week of his brother, .Mr.
A. J. Merilurrhy of town. Mr. Mc-
Murray has been west; for the past
eighteen years and intends visiting
several points in Ontario and talc'.
ing a run over to Detroit before
returning to his western home.
George and Stephen Cordell wore
visitors .in town during the past
week and were , warmly welcomed
by old friends. -The Cordell fam-
ily resided in Clinton for a time
and, for the past two or three years
have been up north, ,at Garson Min-
es, but they have now -located in
Stratford -and intend' to make their
home there For a tine at least.'
Mr. and Wks. w Ir. Edwards. of Sour-
is, Man., who have been visiting
the lady's brothers and sister in
Goderieh township, the Messrs. and
canteloe, for a few weeks, are
now the guests of Mr, and Mrs. A.
McCartney of town. nes. Ed-
wards having . developed a ease of
pleurisy thep have been obliged to
make a Ibliger stay in town thaa
they intended.
Pte. H. D. HenstroP, who is hl
training sat Exhibition Camp, Tor-
onto, was the week-endguest of
Mr. Wilbur Ford. 'His little jaunt
was ill-timed, for comfort in trav-
• elling. as he came up Friday, ar-
riving here - a little .before day-
• light Saturday morning, and on
retttrhing had to go by London as
the Buffalo train did not run (Mon-
day 1 Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W, Hill, who have
been here for the past six weeks or
so, leave on. Saturday for their
-home at Oxbow, Sask. They would
have started earlier in • the week
only. that they did not want to
risk being stormbound somewliCre
on the Way. , bit. Hill has, unfor-
tunately, bad a rather severe at-
tack of illness during his stay and
isllarnkof :yet feeling. quite op to theInaIk, i
Corp. Einmorson 1811111111, son of
Mrs, Mitchell of „Albert street, who
for aboitt two years haS bow Sart-
nected with King's Canadian Hos-
pital, Bushy Park, Middlesex, Eng-
land, was recently transferred to
Shorneliffe and is now in •• Prance.
Corp. Mi teliell is now veer I he
front lines •and will probably for
the future see stirring. times. ('lin-
• t011 people have heard from differ-
ent sources of the Salellar.(1 'Work
done by Corp, Mitchell since going
overseas 1, nil VI1a1 Ile will continue
doing gond work is not for a main-
ent doubted . by - th ;so who know
smermseminsiso
Simple,I?ut 'Elegant
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are. many , et the,.rockerS, easy
• chairs, xlivans, etc., shown in
our display. Some are of period
design, others are the product
01 modern thought and skill. Of
course. we nave the ,ore rnaa-
siVe pieces it you prefer them.
Come see the exhibit and make
your choice.
JAS. DUNPORD
Undertaker and Funeral Director.
28 Phone *W. 28
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BUY
FURS, COATS
GOODS
D RY
A N
House Fur•rtishings
NOW
The price of the above mentioned lines will be DOUBLE before they are less than we are
now quoting.
Everything in The Store • Reduced
• EXcept the Following
4 -ply Scotch Fingering Yarn (Forbes make) $1,75 Pound.-
, We never have, nor will we now or in the future, *sell one pound of yarn at One Dollar and Seventy-five
Oents to one customer, and one hundred poUnds to another customer at a lower price per pound, One price to
all whether the quantity be large or small, We would much rather sell one hundred customers one pound each
than one hundred pounds to one customer.
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2 and 3 -ply Factory Yarn 98c Pound
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6 -cord Spool Cotton (Coats make) 4c Spool
• - Same as above only larger spool 5c spool
12-4 Ibex Flannelette Blankets (the best made) $2.4u pair
We reserve the right:Ito limit the quantity purchased by any individual person,; this we do in fairness to all
Customers can have goods held fur a period not exceeding 30 days on payment of a small deposit
Trade Epigram "As:the blacksmith strikes while the iron,is hot, so the wise buyer will anticipate her wants
• for a long time to come and make her selections while the assortments are good."
if our prices do not urge you to buy the clerks will not, it is against our rules
We want you to make tl,is store your shopping headquarters. Come in when you like, stay as long as you
. like, we are at your service.
' WOMEN'S STORE
Dry Goods, House Furnishings nnowNspe
phone 67 •
Next to Royal Bank
MEN'S STORE
Custom Tailoring and
(phone 103) , Men's Furnishings
Opposite I)ublic Library
111111.61.101•2.
MI111•31111•M011111411•Mil•
reath of a Formerrfiesident
• of this Section
The following, copied from a paper
published. at Boa Claire, Wis., refers
to a brother of • Mr. Lewis .Ald-
worth of near l3ayfield, who died
Jen. 17th and was buried on the
20th. Thou& born in the State of
Huron County Council
Passed important Leg -
Warden R. W. Elliott,, in his in-
augural address referred to' the war
situation anti the need of aZteiiiiate
provision for Red Cross and patriotic
purposes. On Tuesday evening the
Missouri Mr. Aldworth spent his
members of the council were the
youth in Huron county, 'returning, to
the States in his young manhood : guests of County Treasurer Lane and
County Clerk Holman at a smoker at
"The funeral of the late 14, W.
the Hotel Bedford, .
Aidworth,will be held Sunday after-
noon at 2 o'clock at Lenmarks, Ifev. At the morning session on Wednes-
F.' L. Roberts will officiate. - The re- (lay the usual grants to agricultural
mains will be laid at rest .the societies, libraries, etc., were pass -
Lakeview cemetery. ed, and a grant of $10,.000 ;i'as given
George Aldworth owned and oper- to the Red Cross sewing circles in
ated a farm of one hundred and the county, $12,000 was granted to
the Red Cross fund, and ,a grant o
township, and since 1i872 had been $500 to the Y.M.C.A. to furnish hot
closely connected with agricultural drinks and comforts for the boys at
interests of -Chippewa county. He the front. ' The grant to tbe spatrio-
was born in Platte county, Missouri, tic fund was $8,000 a month.
and was .a son of William and Susan The 'standing committees were ap-
(Harris) Aldworth, both of whom pointed' as follows : Executive, G. C.
have passed away, the ilther dying Petty, J. N. Catimbell, R. W, Liv -
in 1891 and the mother in 1883. ingstone, James Ford and S. T.
George Aldworth was still a child Plumb ; finance, B. W. 10. Beavers,
wluin his parents moved to 1-Airon 10. Ilarbunn, A. Tinting, J , M. Gov -
county, and he there acquired his Mock and jd,Laporte ; special, A.
education. He laid aside his books 11, Erwin, M. Armstrong, .3, Doug -
at the age of sixtheit years anti lo, W. II, Fraser and, J.; Hackett ;
thereafter .worked 10 the lumber education, John Love, Laithwaite,
Woods etc Ontario and Michigan for 1.1, Odell, J. McKinley and, K,
about twenty-seven years. At the Powell ; road and bridge, 11'. IL
end of that time he moVed to f Ilin- Lobh, (.1. Young, N. Taylor, jos. Dal-
pewh county and here turned his at- 160,.1
()semi MabloUgh
; comity prop-
tention to farming, buying the mon- erliy,, W. 10. Clarke, T. Brock!, .1, Me-
ertp'which he operated. He special-
ized in the raising of grain and lie.
mac be had always followed prac-
tical; methods had, net with gratify-
ing success,
Mr. Aldworth married, 111 Eau
Claire, Wis., on' , Nov. 1,56, 1881,
Nabb,-W. .1. Spotton, R. Harding) ;
hous13 of refuge, .1. McKinley, '1',
Brock, J, Lattliwnite, W. Beavers ;
warden's committee, It. Hording, G.
Pettp, T. K. Powell, J. mini-.
Its+ and M. Armstrong,
(1 the afternoon session n large
Miss Wiry le. Stone, a daughtei of deputation, representing) the thil-
Daeid and Sarah (Cunningham)•di,011,8 A id .411010.4. of comity,
Stone, the former a veteran of the
was present, and addresses by Police
Civil War. Four children survive :
Magistrate Kelly of Goderiell, J. J.
David D. and Fred 5., 'Whiten R,, 'Kelso of 'rovonto null MW
r, hl het 1,
president of the Mitten Society, were
given, urging Idle need of a shelter
for the county. The w iiiilico 1,-
ed that the commit would take the
matter into. consideration, which was
done end 11 emmuilitee appointed to
Earl,, a motorman, and Ger trek,
who lives at home.
Londesboro:
Mr, W. H. 133(11 wears A 1,5 l'13'
smile these days on account of an- muter. with Bruce and Lamb ton with
other station agent being in Lon- a V1033, of erecting n. shelter which
would serve nli three cnt)eties,
Osborn.
de Lyoam retrned It was deldstithat law 01)vern-
Miss Maunhu
from vlsi ing brr Mia. Arms., Meat 110 1181011 .10, 134110011 all agricul-
Kerslake of Exeter s id '1ms_ been toral representative for Lhe corn; 14',;
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svaftitngeon her grandfather, tMr. 1 os.
I'YnUi?whn(i61011ilees(II3.
ltr(leorge2‘,inilI10,sed his
liIi.et't Towns'hip
ninetp second birthday en Titesdny of
this wek and is sli11 quite II le and 11.111(1:81(1 1110“iS4011le91131
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iieiy, dis1)8e111118Nv((:i)0,1iit11winy,
The regular. monthly Iiieeting of the fticluis are honing tor bis apeody ro-
NtVb'eml'en:::.o88),11,11111111tiall'Illt'llNIVIIIIIbleTS(Inly101 IliteNitil., C'617.1,1;!'illl5 Mrs, David I(Vriallt ' an 1
"1 Aterature nt Today nod "Books for family 513011145011311831 with her sister,
the Home Library," by Mrs. Wm. MrS, John flibbings,
I,yon, It is requested . all those ; Mr, end hirs, 'Edward . Yorngbfli t
having socks or shirts bring them in : spent Sunday 3,3,041 1110 latter's 818'-
011 Or before the meeting, I, ter, Mrs. Wesley lleggart,
f he First Locomotive in the.
„ Prairie 'West
The following article from a re-
sent issue of "Onward," has a _spec-
ial interest for Clintenians because
the locomotive in question was tak-
en to Winnipeg by, ...the late Joseph
'Whitehead, so long a respected and
progressive citizen of ;Clinton, .. who
at that time sial the contract for
bfillding thefirst section of the
C.P.R. Mr. Whitehead swas the first
reeve of Clinton and was afterwards
its mayor and ;Wail also H.P..for
North Huron. lie was the grand-
father of our esteemed townsman,
Mr. W. 1). Fair,
"In an Wien space fronting the Can-
adian Pacific railway station in Win-
nipeg stands an old locomotive, so
unlike the big moguls that pull in and
out of the yard just across the way
that it loolcs as if intended for a
curio exhibit. It is weather -worn,
and plainly of a style no longer in
vogue among thra builders of rail-
way engine's. To make its exhibition
all the more Striking, flower- boxes
Have been placed on its „ running -
boards and acrossits battered front,
and all around the little length of
rail on which it stands is a nicely -
kept lawn. If ever 8. piece of' mach-
inery was discarded , with honors it,
is this flume old engine in Winnipeg.
Forty years ego next October the
10e01110tiVe, then 1(033' nd
was landed in 'Winnipeg, the tirst,
railway engine ever seen Western
Cannata. Slime then $t has done ser
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'vice that has fully earned it lb,
right, to nn honored rest, now that
it has boro etired, and1 ,'Very
sense it is deserving to be eounled
am)sng the historic relies of the Dom-
inion, Its sears and its genettll 1315-
113811101101111(53( are entirely pardon..
able.
'mint Was n grout .der in Willnineff,
in the 11t11 of 11377, when the ot'oen.
teliS Of 111111111" 3133110 ill. t t
111(1(3 the people of the new Western
eapital wore anxiously wetting for
noway. conneetion with the outside
'world, and had been ;Asking' for two
nr three years for the itomple don 01
Mont sixt' miles of road that m ould
connect the eity 'With the American-
railwit'y, then running to the
ternitt li mat border from sit.
Theengine that Wag to MUM to Ilia
new service- arrived before the road
was 1,ttil 1, 11. MIS brought 110 the
Rod River oll 18. llarge, ilt tote or 0
go ily horn ted st en Mee, and WAS'
ran ashore on to n track laid from
the terminal of the railway, then
tinder eonsithetion, Tit si'e WAS 1110 11
rejoicing over the event; mill all
.winnincy wiin down at trio river front
to see the 'Countess" landed. A
11 Mc mime than a year later, the
last spike on the road. was ilriVen,
and the pioneer loimmotive in the
Vest began regular trips between
Winnipeg and Pembina, where Com
neetime, were imule, for the 111 ot
1.11101, 101113 Wins from Vie, 8011 t1(.''
Varna.
Mr. Robert- Foster of Strathelair.
.Sask„ is spending a few weeks with
relatives here after an absence o1
thirty years. Mr. Foster sees many
changes in both place and people,
might of course be expected alter so
long a period, tie was accompanied
by his , young daughter, who is tak-
ing treatment for some, trouble of
the ear and it is hoped the treat-
ment will benefit her. Mr. roster
has a son at the front for the past
couple of years or so,
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Caderich Township
Mrs. James ,Stoddart returned lot
week to her home in Seaforth after
visiting for several weeks at, the
home of her brother, lir, Robert
Pearson,
Mrs. (Thorp Connell spent a few
days recently with her parents and
other_ friends and relatives of Guder-
tell and Saltford, and with Mr, anal
Mrs, Albert Goldthorpe of Cid.borne.
It, is ten years since Mrs. Connell
lead visited Goderieh More.
Reeve Lobb was appointed to the
Road and Bridge committee by the
county council at its session last
week.
The Young Ladies'• Patriotic -
eitty wish to correct an impression
given by a correspondent last week
regarding the sock contest 11011' nit.
The contest was- arranged for six
1veeks, or until Feb. 12th. 331 sock,
must be handed in at the meeting
on the tilt at the home of Mrs. W.
w, \via,. It was 5180 stem .1 hat
the 'losers would put up a supper, for
the. winners. 'lids has not yet been
decided but thing Whiell may be
given will be of a .very simple 11311
1110. The meeting next wee -k will he
at the home of Miss 0131sy Middle-
ton. All members are asked to come,
and the cal/twins are requested to
gather in as many socks as possible
and have them brought in so thes
can he got r(ad)) and packed,
SKATE
Shr eller'
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B am & Sutter
plinnbers and Electricians
Phone 7