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1966: TOWN TO BUY ARMORIES

Mayor Sure Building Will Repay Asking Price of $7500

1956: MISS SUPERTEST BREAKS RECORDS AT PICTON

Canadian Entry Defeats Seven Best From U.S.A. Two Entries Sink In Bay

1926: ESCAPED CONVICT TAKEN BACK TO U. S.

1976: HARRY SAYS

by Harry Evans

1916: Gypsy Simon Smith Visits Picton

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1936: Cobourg Here This Afternoon For Opening Baseball Game, Seventeen Gate Prizes Given

Fans Will Be Out In Crowds To See New Edition of Blue Sox Meet Classy Cobourg Crew.

1916: Local News

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1926: A RAMBLE THROUGH A TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FOR 1926

(By Philip F. Dodds)

1856: A Nuisance.

1936: Wellington Musician Had Offer As Musician on Super Liner

1986: Gazette girdles the globe from New Guinea to UK

’Arry sez, by Harry Evans

1916: Picton a Prosperous Town

1956: Abandoned Jet In Lake To Save Others, Belief Fog Prevented Landing

1916 / 1936

1926: Surprise Party and Armories Repair

1986: Thank you for kindness after explosion

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