May 1909
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CLASSIFIEDS
 
Wanted - salesman to Sell Home Comfort Ranges to farmers. None but hustlers need apply. Salary, commission and expenses.
Wanted - Bandsmen for the new Citizens Band. A first class teacher on any instrument you choose to learn. Practice nights Monday and Thursday of each week. Apply to Capt, Albertson at the Band room, Long's Block 
DELIBERATE ACT
A most deliberate attempt was made to wreck the southbound express on Saturday morning. The scene of the act was between here and Stayner... That the fiend had worked out his plan with care was quite evident from the fact that the ties used were so arranged as to do the greatest damaged had the train struck them

DEPUTATION TO OTTAWA
Town Council is sending a deputation to Ottawa to speak to the Minister of Militia about the possibilities of building an Armouries here in Collingwood, latter in the year it was built.

Lights on Wharf Council will Pay, No Cement Sidewalks this Year

Texan Samuel Franklin Cody becomes the first to make a powered airplane flight beyond one mile in England. He designed a series of kites, including a huge man-lifting version designed for battle reconnaissance. Cody dies in 1913 when another of his planes broke apart in midair.   

May 1909 -Biograph released the 11 minute film "Resurrection" directed by D. W. Griffith. It featured Florence Lawrence and was based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy
May 1st Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
May 2nd Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in the 1st Inning against the Cubs
May 3rd 35 Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
May 7th Edwin Herbert Land inventor of the Polaroid Camera is born
May 8th Frederick Barrett runs world record Marathon 21:42:31
May 12th 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8     
May 17th White firemen on the Georgia Railroad go on strike to protest the hiring of blacks
May 30th Reuben Siegel laid the cornerstone of the first house in Tel-Aviv
May 31st The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its first conference at the United Charities Building in New York

Trott"s Funeral Directors - "It Won't Cost Anything to Have a Look" Phone 25 - Night 41

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Learn about some of Collingwood's history with Historian Bill Barclay

Daily at 11:00AM, Bill will accompany guests on a historic walk
within the downtown core of Collingwood.

 

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