Paper almanac for Parke & Parke's; covers have a "frame" of yellow, front has title and address in the centre, back has a photograph of a portion of Hamilton Market; inside contains ads for their various items, monthly calendars and a daily "journal" kept by someone in pencil; 22 double-sided pages.
Paper almanac for Parke & Parke's; covers have a "frame" of yellow, front has title and address in the centre, back has a photograph of a portion of Hamilton Market; inside contains ads for their various items, monthly calendars and a daily "journal" kept by someone in pencil; 22 double-sided pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
Released for 1907 so probably published shortly before
Material
paper: black; yellow
Inscriptions
Front: "PARKE & PARKE'S // ALMANAC // FOR // 1907 // PARKE & PARKE // WHOLESALE, RETAIL, & MANUFACTURING // DRUGGISTS // 17, 18, 19, and 20 MARKET SQ. 24 AND 26 McNAB ST. // HAMILTON"; back: "A GLIMPSE OF A PORTION OF HAMILTON MARKET, PARKE & PARKE'S DRUG STORE // THE CITY HALL AND THE MARKET HALL. HAMILTON MARKET IS THE // BEST AND LARGEST PRODUCE MARKET IN CANADA."; journal: p. 8: "January // 1. George went to Maggie // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7. Shreded 186 Bushels corn // 8. & chopped grain // 9. Bessie calved // 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17. Marie calved // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25. 4 lbs Butter 25 cts 1 lb // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31. 4 lbs Butter 25 cts 1 lb." p. 10: "February // 1. Spot had 7 pigs // 2. Sold nigger, calf 4 lbs 25 cts // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6. Went to Mrs. Bells // 7 // 8. 5 lbs 25 cts G got horses shod // 9. Fields Boys came over // 10. North Hew (?) came // 11. at 6. 75 cts // 12. Sold a pig $108. weigh 1600 wt (?) // 13. Went over to Willsons // 14. helped J. Bell with wood // 15. helped J. Bell with wood 7 lbs 25 cts // 16. went to town with Hunt // 17. 4 doz eggs 25 cts // 18. helped Jene (?) cut wood // 19. George went to Cainsville (?) // 20. Scott Waits sale // 21. help Jene cut wood // 22. help Jene cut wood 8 lbs 25 cts // 23 took the young sow away // 24 // 25. Got money from Scott Wait // 26. Mr. Band & Mary was down // 27. helped Jene cut wood // 28. Harris was here baby // born on Sunday // took nigger away" p. 12: "March // 1. Sold the calves & young cattle $60 // 2// 3// 4. went to village // 5. cuting wood dark storm // 6. cutting wood // 7. cutting wood // 8. cutting wood 12 lbs 25 cts // 9. went to Hamilton // 10 // 11. cutting wood at Jene // 12. cutting wood at Jene // 13. help J. Bell draw logs 1/2 day // 14. cutting wood // 15. 15 lbs butter Jene tapped trees // 16 // 17 // 18. gathered sap Mrs Jene sent a // jar of syrup // 19. cutting wood at Jene's // 20. took Spot away // 21. gathered sap // 22. // 16 lbs Butter got 26 eggs // 23. went to Hamilton // 24. We were married 10 years // 52. my Birthday I went to Lem's (?) Bee // 26. cutting wood got 27 eggs // 27. Paul calved killed pig // 28. went to sale // 29. 17 lbs Butter 27 eggs // 30. G Birthday // 31. got 28 eggs" p. 14: "April // 70 lbs Butter this month // 1. got 30 eggs to day // 2 // 3 // 4. G went to Jesses bee 33 eggs to day // 5. 20 lbs Mrs Wilson brought 7 [ ? ] surup // 6. went to town 37 lbs Butter // 25 doz eggs // 7. got 36 eggs // 8. // 9. went to Jenes for warm sugar // 10 // 11 // 12. 15 lbs // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17. Allie Birthday 7 years // 18. finished cutting wood //
19. 18 lbs 25 doz 18 cts // 20. took Marie away set a hen // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26.
17 lbs G I was down 30 bushels oats // 27. sowed peas & oats set 2 hens // 28 // 29. got 33
eggs Mr. Bracken was down brought eggs // 30. took cherry away set 3 hens"
p. 16: "May // Monday 13th sent 2 milkings // Friday 17th sent 2 milkings // 1. G got seed Barley
$3.60 // 2. set a hen // 3. Paul calf sold 17 lbs Butter // 4. sowed Barley & Oat on Friday //
5. Birt & Sadie came up // 6. set 3 hens // 7. All went to Dundas // 8. Nell took the horse //
Harris's Baby died // 10. 20 lbs & Buried today snowed hard // 11. went to village got coal //
12. went to Mr. Brackens // 13. planted potatoes // 14. sowed oats planted peas in garden // 15.
Harris & wife called at night // 16. took Bessie away // 17. 20 lbs // 18. went to Hamilton //
19. I was sick // 20. drawing manure // 21. through seeding // 22. drawing manure // sent milk to
factory // 23. drawing manure // 24. drawing manure // 25. drawing manure // 26. went to Harris's
// 27 // 28. Harris & wife was down // 29. Nellie took the horse // 30. [ ? ] came for corn put
the 2nd lot of peas // 31. 7 lbs Butter // sold 233 so far // this year"
p. 18: "June // 1 // 2. Mell & doc & old Mr. Wilson came over // 3 // 4 // 5. Bessie died // 6.
got first check from Factory // 6. went to Hamilton // 8. Bought cow beauty // 9. turned cows out
to pasture // 10. Started to plant corn (I was sick) // 11. planting corn // 12. planting corn //
13. planting potatoes // 14. Jene helped G plow below barn // 15. get potatoes from Mr. Brackens
// 16. Maggie & George & Carrie was here // 17. went to village // 18. put in mangels & some
turnips // 19. Molly had 10 little pigs // 20. fixing fence // 21. 8 lbs Butter in crock // 22.
got 2nd check from factory // Birt & Sarah & family came // 23. [ ? ] Richie & family came //
little while J.B. 1/2 day // 15. digging // 16. finished potatoes drawed buckwheat - 74 //
17. thrashed part after & last of odd corn // 18. Thrashing at Fields // 19. Thrashing at Eli Wilson
// 20 // 21. Thrashing at Hunt & Wilson // 22. Picking Aples // 23. finished apple pulled
few [?] turnips below barn // 24. sold Beauty's Calf // 25. plowing stopped Factory // 26. plowing
// 27 // 28. plowing // 29. Thrashing at Lawersons // 30. plowing // 31. plowing // 12th took
Mollie away // 20th stopped sending // to factory"
p. 28: "November // 1. drawing up wood // 2. rained all day // 3. Mr. & Mrs. Cornell called // 4.
got meat for thrashers & cleaned up Barnyard // 5. thrashers came // 6. thrashed 415 bushels //
7. thrashed at Jene's // 8. & this morning 527 bushels // 9. topping turnips // 10 // 11. pulling
turnips // 12. drawing turnips // 13. plowing // 14. Mr. Bracken was down // 15. helped Jene 1/2
day // 16. drawing corn // 17. John here yesterday [ ? ] // 18. finished drawing in corn // 19.
opening ditches // 20. picked up Apples (plowing) // 21. plowing // 22. plowing // 23. plowing
corn ground // 24. went to Mrs. Fields in evening // 25. plowing // 27. plowing // 28. plowed garden
& corn // ground // 29. spreading manure // 30. went to town // took Spot away"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder B
Dimension Notes
Length: 17.6 cm. x Width: 13.4 cm. x Depth: 0.2 cm.
Condition Remarks
Front cover has come completely off and back is very nearly; large rip on the front left and a number of pieces missing from the edges; quite sun/age discoloured, and a number of small stains throughout the book