Paper almanac for Parke & Parke; front cover has a white ribbon design in the yellow frame surrounding the names, places, etc.; back has a solid yellow frame with a photograph of the interior of their drugstore; inside has a monthly calendar, with writing in pencil, and ads for their various produc…
Paper almanac for Parke & Parke; front cover has a white ribbon design in the yellow frame surrounding the names, places, etc.; back has a solid yellow frame with a photograph of the interior of their drugstore; inside has a monthly calendar, with writing in pencil, and ads for their various products; 22 double-sided pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
1908 almanac, so probably published shortly before then
Material
paper: black; yellow; white
Inscriptions
Front: "PARKE & PARKE'S // ALMANAC // FOR // 1908 // PARKE & PARKE // WHOLESALE, RETAIL, & MANUFACTURING // DRUGGISTS // 17, 18, 19, and 20 MARKET SQ. 24 AND 26 McNAB ST. // HAMILTON"; back: "An Interior View of Parke & Parke's Drug Store, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada"; journal: p. 8: "January // 1. J. Bell came down with mail // 2. went to Alberton & Synden // 3 // 13 lbs 4. went to Hamilton // 5 // 6 // 7. went to Mr. Brackens & Coles // 8. Nigger's calf sold // 9. drawed turnips for the boys // 10 // 6 lbs // 11 // 12. Snow storm // 13. went to Synden // 14. Harris & Annie was down // 15. went for Brick for Skivell (?) // 16 // 17 // 18 lbs // 3 doz // 18. went to town // 19. went to Jenes in evening // 20. had my 1st letter from Calgary Field boys cam over // 21. J Bell called // 22. drawed up logs for John B. // 23. stormed today // 24. drawing logs for John B. // 11 lbs // 25. drawing logs for John // 26. Marie calved today stormed // 27. cold // 28. stormed & blowed // 29. Jesse Sickle call for Bee // 30. Jene called for Bee // 11 lb // 31. [ ? ] called" p. 10: "February // Jene bunch of hogs brought $125 // we sold 4 for $40 // 1. Molly had 10 little pigs // 2. very blustery // 3. went to Mrs. Bells // 4. snowed // 5. snowed // 6. Field boys & George went to Faunkners (?) // 12 lbs // 7. shovelling snow // 8. went to town & Jene // 9. Cherry called // 10. George took his potatoes away // 5 lbs // 11. Mr. Bracken & Mary was down // 12 // 3 doz // 13. killing pigs for Jene 4 // 14 // 15. went to Synden // 16. went up to Harris for tea // 17. Sold Rosie & calf to go in 2 weeks Friday // 18 // 19. Edward buried // 20. sold 4 hogs for $40. // 21. went to Synden // 16 lbs // 22. went to Hamilton // 23 // 24 // 25. drawed 1 load logs for John // 26. drawed logs // 27. drawed logs // 8 lbs // 29. took beauty away // Edward Foulger (?) died 16th buried 19th // Asa came over Feb" p. 12: "March // Spot had 12 little pigs on the 4th // 1 died on the 12th // 1. stormed // 2. drawing logs // 4. draw - Spot has 12 little pigs // 5. killed 2 pigs for ourselves // Mell & Dot & Ella came over // 12 lbs // 10 doz // 6 // 7. Mr. & Mrs. Cornell came over // went to sale // 8. Rosie & 2 calfs sold $ is paid // 9. went to Hamilton with Jene // 10. went to Synden for Chop // 11. went to Mr. Brackens // 12. took some turnips out the cellar // 32 lbs // 13. JB & George went to Bush // 14. went for mail // 15. Mrs. Wilson & Birt came // 16. G&J. Bell went to Bush // 17. took stack in // 18. sold a pig $71 90 cts // 19. got 1/2 ton coal & Tom (?) shod // 20. went to Synden // 21. went to town // 22 // 23. Kelly brought seperator // 24. helped Jene gather sap & Scott // 25. cutting little wood // 26 // 16 lbs // 27. helped Jene gather & Scott // 28. helped
Jene gather sap & [ ? ] // 29 // 30. weaned Mollie's pigs 8 weeks old // 31. Jene brought 1 gall
(?) // surup // 17 lbs"
p. 13: "Allie should have $22 in paper // money // on March 8"
p. 14: "April // 1. helping Jene // 2. helping Jene cut wood // 3. took Molly away // 4. went to
town with Mell Fields // 5. Mrs. W. & Jene was here for tea // 6. John helped saw wood for us //
7. I went to town with Mrs. Willson & [ ? ] // 8. went to Jenes to eat warm sugar // 9. splitting
wood // 10. bought separator from Rene Brock $75- // 11. very windy // 12. Mell & Dot came over
// 13. J. Bell called // 14. Mr. & Mary Bracken came // 15. Melessic Wilson married a Field (?)
// 16. went to Hamilton // 17. went to Jesse Sickle bee to cut wood // 18. went to village //
19 // 20. took spot away // 21. Dot was over // 22. George went to village // 23. George started
seeding // 24 // 25. cleaning up seed grain // 26. Harris & Annie & John Bell was here // 27.
working on the cellar // 28. cultivating the ground // 29. sow peas & oats // 30. got [ ? ] seperator
in on the 28th // took Mollie away 3rd // took Spot away 20th"
p. 15: "for Butter sold!& calves till May 1st - // dollars Butter $103.81 cts"
p. 16: "May // Set a hen on the 9th // set a hen on the 21st // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4. sowed some oats
// 5. worked ground // 6. sowed oats // 7. rained // 8. went to town // 9. met on the road // 10.
went to Mrs. Bells for tea // 11. Bertha W was here // 12. through seeding // 13. rained // 14.
rained // 15. took nigger away // 16. went to town with E. Hunt // 17. Mrs. Bell lost her voice //
18. disked garden // 19. cultivating // 20. cultivating // 21. G. helped me put in garden // 22.
27. started to plant corn // 28 // 29. John helped G plant corn // 30 // 31 // Nell took the horse
21st Thursd"
p. 17 "76 lbs Butter this month at 25 cts"
p. 18 "June // 121 lbs of Butter // sold this month // at 20 cts // 1. John B worked here // 2.
Disking & plowing // 3. Disking // 4. I went to Jerseyville // 5. put in mangels // 6. went to
town // 7 // 8. Drawing manure // 9. Drawing manure // 10. planting potatoes // 11. working here
// 12. disking ground // 13. John cultivating corn // 14. Eliza Faulkner here for tea // 15. dropping
potatoes // 16. drop fodder corn & fix fence // 17. turned pigs out to pasture // 18. cultivated
the potatoes in garden // 19. Cultivating corn // 20 // 21. Mr. & Mrs. John Tarr was here //
22. cultivating corn // 23. went to Synden // 24. hoeing corn // 25. 29 lbs Mr. & Mrs. Faulkner
called // 26. J. Bell hoeing // 27. went to Hamilton // 28. Eliza was here // 29. put on screens
// 30. cultivating // Nell took the horse the 14th June"
p. 19: additional notes
p. 20: "July //" etc; continues with daily notes on the farm
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder B
Dimension Notes
Length: 17.8 cm. x Width: 13.3 cm. x Depth: 0.2 cm.
Condition Remarks
Top left corner missing (front), large bend crease from mid-right edge to mid-bottom; a lot of marking, staining and sun/age discolouration, but so far is in one piece