Frequently nowadays one can see someone opening a laptop in a Starbucks and working away,…
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Rural reality
It’s still 20 minutes to the hour of 5am as I sit down at my computer to rattle off the words…
Proposed electric railway line excited residents of Arthur
The years between 1900 and the start of World War I were exciting ones for railway proposals in…
Out of fashion
It appears that many are losing their appetite for investing in the stock market. This is occurring…
Birthday blues
It goes without saying that men and women view birthdays differently. Everything from the gift to…
Big John
Whenever I hear big and John, lacking separated succession, my mind immediately roves back to…
Crime spree of a brazen 18-year-old led to jail term in 1916
A few weeks ago this column carried a summary of the career of Howard Coughlin, a young petty…
Alive and well
For quite some time now, market “experts” have predicted that bond prices would fall,…
In stitches
I blame my recent birthday for the terrifying realization that I have moved up an age category in…
Hay shortage
The writing is already on the wall – there is going to be a terrible shortage of hay this…
Fergus council considered assistance for new housing in 1916
For the first time in the history of Canada, the economy geared up for an all-out military effort…
No easy answer
Investors nowadays are confronted by difficult choices. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers…
Driver in training
As much as it pains me to quote Hilary Clinton, she coined the phrase “it takes a village to…
Fledglings
“There’s a bluebird on our windowsill, there’s a rainbow in the sky.” That…
Conestoga Egg Farm operated hatchery in 1916
During the first half of the twentieth century the Arthur area had a reputation as a centre for egg…