The Perth Courier print edition ended in September after more than 100 years.
A column in the local newspaper in Perth, Ont., warns about "young bucks" who race through town at a "furious pace," risking the lives of pedestrians.Published in 1866, the anonymous column expected a "serious calamity" would "no doubt" occur if reckless drivers couldn't rein in their horse and buggy.
"We're all devastated," said Marilyn Snedden, vice-chair of Archives Lanark. "It's just another sign of real changing times."Unlike the nearby independent Glengarry News, which recently shuttered both its print and digital publications, the Metroland newspapers continue to exist as part of the Inside Ottawa Valley website.But that coverage, according to Snedden, is "no comparison at all" to the number of local stories that once made it to print.
"To some extent, it takes away from the sense of community," she said. " something about sitting down and reading a newspaper." By around midnight, a police officer and his companion were the only people still awake on the main floor, according to the Courier, while two neighbours of the Quinn family kept watch at the door.
On Jan. 6, 1972, the newspaper reported the former Quinn house had been razed to the ground in a mysterious fire. "At the time many people felt that the boy created the 'ghost' to help his mother who wanted to move from the area," the paper reported, "while the father was content to live in the home."With no firm policy to deal with the problem, council resorted to ad hoc measures for at least one abandoned infant, referred to in the Courier as the "Corporation Baby."
"Most of the family men among them seem to think that the poor little lump of humanity should be provided for in some way at the public expense," the story reads. "The World's Fair. Are you going?" the ad asks. "The Grand Trunk R. R. issue tickets from Perth to Chicago at lowest rates."
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