I’ve never met a man that I didn’t try to learn to like, but there are times when pity,…
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Statistical records can be useful to historians
A continuing argument among professional historians concerns the value and place of statistical…
Notwithstanding horoscopes; birthdates can make a difference
Many of us read our horoscopes, perhaps furtively, in order to predict our future. While our date…
Eyes: treasures of a lifetime
Lying flat on my back, I looked into a whirl of changing colours as the surgeon cut into my eye and…
Orica II
Seldom am I impressed with delegation presentations to council. Facts and figures are not always…
1905 accidental electrical death was costly for Palmerston
Electrical generating plants began operation in most of Wellington County’s towns during the…
Analogy
Repeatedly it has been stated that there are striking parallels between the financial crises in…
Human images in the animal kingdom
During my growing-up years in the country, I developed an appreciation for the wild animals and…
Orica III
By the time this article, continued from last week, rolls off the press, the council of East Luther…
Independent phone companies proliferated 100 years ago
As many readers know, the Wightman Telephone Company of Clifford – now known as Wightman…
Indispensible
Our manufacturing industry is spiralling down, but unfortunately too few recognize that it is an…
Children lead
Because I have travelled and lived abroad, people often ask me for the secret to good race…
Memories
On the wings of an angel she left me, Death has a tendency to rip couples apart. Though we knew…
Motor cars have driven on county roads for over century
Many local history buffs look forward to the publication every spring of Wellington County…
Canada has a big productivity advantage
In view of newspaper headlines proclaiming that General Motors could cease its operations in…