Peel and Maryborough farmers began to cut their hay in late June under blue skies. The quality, according to most reports, was excellent, and prospects for a good grain crop seemed bright. Harvesting of wheat began about July 25.
Farm worker’s wife eloped with an itinerant doctor in 1891
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Rockwood gained police village status 120 years ago
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A sad 19th century story – one close to columnist’s home
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News from the Mapleton Township area in 1958, 1983
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Fist fights, mob justice, other crime common in 1860s Elora
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Editor Acton Burrows influenced Wellington – and Canada
The name means nothing to the majority of people today, in Wellington County or elsewhere in Ontario.
Horticultural society revived by banker Walter Newman
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Elora Horticultural Society founded in 1850
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An 1848 letter from first settlers in Drayton area
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Elora’s downtown north block was cheap land due to poor drainage
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Fergus post office opened in 1836; first postmaster served 63 years
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Hugh Templin awarded honorary degree by Western
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Templin family at helm of Fergus News Record from 1902-1963
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Readers solve button, Hudson-Terraplane mysteries
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