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1884 This patent was granted to William Williams Clay, of the Clay & McCosh knitting mill, in 1884 by the Kaiserliches Patentamt of Germany. It appears to describe a machine for knitting mills. The text of this patent is in German.
Page 5 includes a detailed set of drawings of the patented machine....
County of Brant Public Library

This is a copy of a letter from Charles B. Secord to the editor of "The Church" in response to a debate held in the House of Assembly which discussed a grant for Col. Fitzgibbon's efforts at the battle at Beaverdams. In the letter, Secord, son of the notable Laura Secord, discusses Fitzgibbon's...
Niagara Historical Society Museum

1988 This newspaper article from 1988 talks about the Olympic Torch Ceremony in Terrace Bay and a child who did not get to "share the flame". The photograph inspired many people from different parts of Canada to write letters to the child.
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1943, Trooper Osborne Allen enlisted 26 January 1943.
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Ladies send care-package to soldiers for ChristmasNo year given
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Oct 1944, Clark Arthurs enlisted in May 1941, and went overseas in August 1941. Clark is with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He went to France on D-Day and received his Sergeant's stripes soon after.
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Aug 1944, George Baber enlisted 8 January 1941. He took his training at Peterborough, Petawawa and Debert (N.S.). He was transferred to St. John's (Nfld), where he spent two years. He arrived in England 4 July 1944 and went to France in August 1944, serving with the North Shore Regiment.
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30 Aug 1944, George Baber enlisted 8 January 1941. He took his training at Peterborough, Petawawa and Debert (N.S.). He was transferred to St. John's (Nfld), where he spent two years. He arrived in England 4 July 1944 and went to France in August 1944, serving with the North Shore Regiment.
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Oct 1944,
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1944,
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3 Oct 1944, Newspaper clipping and photograph
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1942-1944,
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20 Jan 1943,
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1 Jul 1945,
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Oct 1944, Lindsay Boy Overseas - October 1944.
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2 Nov 1944,
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9 Aug 1944,
44.353127,
-78.73934
44.353127
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15 Jan 1945,
44.356228,
-78.737495
44.356228
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22 Jun 1943,
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26 Jun 1945, Warrant Officer G. Herbert Burley of Fenelon Falls, Ont. paid the supreme sacrifice in World War II. From the Honour Roll for Victoria and Haliburton Counties of those who have given their lives in the cause of freedom.
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1944, Lloyd Coneybeare joined the R.C.A.F. on 18 September 1940 at the age of 21. He had his training in Toronto, St. Thomas, and Trenton. In Trenton he became a Leading Aircraftsman. He was in Canada one year, three months and on 1 January 1942 he left Haliburton for overseas duties. He landed in...
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Leo Frederick Cook ("Missing in Action") by V.C.G.G. Member Phyllis Cook With the approach of Armistice Day, I have been asked to provide this rather unusual and somewhat unbelievable account of one of Lindsay's fatalities of World War II, namely Leo Frederick Cook. Leo Cook, was a native of...
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10 Nov 1944, Pte. Ross Copeland enlisted 12 January 1943 and trained at British Columbia and Kingston. Posted Overseas 29 June 1944. Killed 13 October 1944.
44.347267,
-78.746765
44.347267
-78.746765
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Donald G. Corley joined the R.C.A.F. in August 1940. Trained at Gault and St. Thomas. Went overseas September 1941. Attached to Goose Squadron in England.
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2 Oct 1944,
44.35988,
-78.73168
44.35988
-78.73168
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25 Mar 1942,
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1944,
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11 Apr 1945,
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44.356533,
-78.72269
44.356533
-78.72269
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30 Jan 1945,
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1944,
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1944, Pte. Clifton J. Hall R.R. 2, Little Britain, enlisted in the R.C.A.S.C. at Toronto, 7 January 1943. He trained at Peterborough and Camp Borden. Pte. Hall arrived in Italy on 5 March 1944.
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4 Oct 1944,
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Oct 1944,
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"Hill, E.I.," Macleans, 15 Nov 1944 Gunner Everitt Ivan Hill enlisted with the Royal Canadian Artillery on 24 March 1941, training at Brantford, Petawawa, and Debert (N.S.). He proceeded overseas on 21 October 1941 and on D-Day went to France and through to Caen, Normandy where he paid the supreme sacrifice at Caen. He was...
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Oct 1944, C26211 Sgt. V.H. Holdaway Education Branch H.Q. First Cdn. Army One of the first men in Lindsay to enlist on 1 September 1939. Orderly Room Sergeant in 45th Battery during his stay in Lindsay and Petawawa. Went Overseas in November 1941. Transferred to Education Branch overseas in June 1943.
44.355545,
-78.749374
44.355545
-78.749374
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1945,
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