One of the curiosities of the history of alcohol consumption is that illegal distilleries…
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Remembering someone you love
Sometimes when we let our memories run wild, they come up with a collection of disjointed pictures.…
An elegy to snowstorms past
Great mountains of it drifted like white dunes beyond our kitchen window. I pulled on two pairs of…
Peel man executed in 1875 for murdering his wife
The settlement of black Americans in the early years of Peel Township has attracted a lot of…
Missed the bus
In early 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stupidly proclaimed that Hitler…
Telltale signs still missing
While many view recent events as turning points that indicate an economic recovery is underway,…
Smoking in bed claimed Mount Forest veteran in 1920
The Mount Forest cemetery contains a section reserved for World War I veterans. The…
Bank failure led to suicide of West Luther farmer
Over the years, this column has covered the history of some of the private banks that did business…
Independent phone companies proliferated 100 years ago
As many readers know, the Wightman Telephone Company of Clifford – now known as Wightman…
Memory lane
I have just come in from wandering around my garden. It is only about 6:10am and the shadows of…
Agricultural College hosted talent competition in 1925
In 1874, the provincial government established the Ontario Agricultural College just…
Will you, won’t you?
Anna and I just faced one of those episodes that brings people face-to-face with the uncertainty of…
Butterfly time
My memory is quite often short-lived but right now, at this moment, I cannot recall a summer that…
C-Nile virus
Well, you have heard of the bird flu, the West Nile virus, the swine flu, now named the very…
Lest We Forget
Through the magic of email, forwarded by a friendly acquaintance, comes a real tearjerker. Get out…