The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Thorning Revisited
New Savage Shoe factory big news in Fergus in 1954
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Salem beer became 19th-century tradition
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Despite fame, Edward Johnson remembered hometown
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Edward Johnson sponsored music festival in 1929
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Isabella Sinclair was Elora’s first businesswoman
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Steele Bros. store: a Fergus institution for 84 years
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
News from the Mapleton Township area in 1880, 1980
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
The Methodist Church in early Elora
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Six snow storms battered Fergus, Elora in winter of 1947
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Anti-Semitic overtones to 1884 Peel robbery
During the 1870s, Max Simonsky built up a respectable business as an itinerant merchant, travelling among the smaller villages to the north and west of Guelph, with a stock of jewelry, watches, bolts of fine cloth, and some fancy clothing items.
Enraged Garafraxa man stabbed girl at barn raising
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
General store in Hillsburgh exploded in 1880
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Elora’s Geddes Street looked very different in 1882
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Maurice Halley ran Elora’s first bakery in 1850s
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…