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Smiths Falls History & Mystery: A career criminal’s daughter

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In 1884, at the age of twenty-two, Alice Maude Butler (1866-1935) found herself in a United States courtroom with her fifty-four-year-old mother, Hannah Cordelia...
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Smiths Falls History & Mystery: A tale of two Brodies

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In 1873 McGill University granted its first Engineering degrees which at the time were known as Applied Science. Robert James Brodie (1851-1938) was one...
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Beer Wine & Spirits: Westport Brewing Company

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Westport Brewing Company opened in 2018 and I wrote an article back then showcasing the new brewery and the new brews that they were...
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Smiths Falls History & Mystery: Father and Son served in WWI

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When Reginald Burroughs moved into the Keyhole House, he left his mark by signing his name, his son Nelson’s name, and the year “1907”...
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Smiths Falls History & Mystery: Lying in wait for a new tomb

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Agnes Lamb was a wealthy woman when she died of tuberculosis in 1903 at the Keyhole House. The 60-year-old spinster left executors of her...
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Smiths Falls History & Mystery: Farmer grocer solider reeve

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Ambrose Halladay moved into the Keyhole House in Smiths Falls with his wife and three children in 1945. His son, Ace, remembers eating a...
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Smiths Falls History & Mystery: Death of a carpenter

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John Perrin was a member of the team of carpenters who built the Keyhole House in Smiths Falls in 1892. During its construction, he...
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Smiths Falls History & Mystery: The man behind the mantel

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On April 12, 1882, John Bourchier Briggs (1882-1938) was born into an affluent and influential family in St. Pancras, London. His father, William Edward...
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Smiths Falls History & Mystery: Anna Gould

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Heiress to a fortune In 1861, fourteen-year-old Anna Marie Gould (1847-1895) became heiress to William Simpson, the largest landowner in Smiths Falls. At the age...
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Beer, Wine and Spirits: Orange wine

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This is the latest craze in the wine world. I will concentrate on just a few Orange wines from Ontario, B.C., France and Spain....
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