Nobody saw it happen, though it was humiliating just the same. It was a classic kerfuffle, no doubt…
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Man killed by train at 1899 Palmerston Orange celebration
Accounts of various 19th century July 12 celebrations by the Orange Order have appeared in this…
Irrational exuberance in some areas of markets
Many now acknowledge that stock markets in the previous decade were beset, in the words of the…
Food for thought
Though long late by the time this is published, and too late coming to me for encouraging…
Hang up the skates
It’s time to hang up the skates, air out the hockey bag and reclaim the downstairs bathroom.…
Corpse found near Harriston was tagged The Minto Mystery
In the late afternoon of Saturday, April 22, 1899, Peter McEachern was returning to his farm in…
Facing some facts about our current economic difficulties
A cure cannot be forthcoming unless there is an awareness of the problem. Right now most…
Day by day
Day by day the long, cold winter has parted. I don’t remember a winter that in my mind has…
Battle lines
My house has become a battle of the sexes. It’s girls versus boys. Good ole estrogen versus…
Detective John Wilson Murray investigated The Minto Mystery
(Note: This is the conclusion of what was known at the time as “The Minto Mystery.” In…
Indications are stock market is going nowhere until economy fully recovers
Criticism has been directed at this column for being too negative about the stock market. However,…
No bathing beauty
Somebody find me an airbrush. I am about to enter the public forum of a family vacation water park…
Management of Wellington County Poor House had vocal critics
A controversial issue in Wellington County in the 1870s was the construction of the Wellington…
Dumb money in time for investing
Small investors often are portrayed as the “dumb money.” It has been said that in…
Blackberries
The schizophrenic sub-zero weather that we were blessed with up here in the hinterlands of Markdale…