Looking Back Over The Century Business and Industry a Century Ago South Simcoe businesses and industry of a century ago, which advertised, include W.R. Fenton, agricultural implements, Bond Head; W.J. McCleary, barrister, Cookstown; F.W. Ollard, Lefroy, barrister; Mark Scanlon, barrister, Bradford; J. McL. Stevenson, solicitor, Bradford; J.W.H. Wilson, solicitor, Bradford; Henry Harper, Cookstown, stationer; W.J. Jamison, Bond Head, boots and shoes; Walter K. Fenton, Bond Head, contractor; J.H. Hockridge, Bradford, carriage and wagon makers; W.F. Kidd, Cookstown, wagon and carriage maker; A. Reed, Tecumseth, wagon and carriage maker; Austin, Richardson, Bond Head, wagon and carriage maker; Henry Sloan, Churchill, wagon and carriage maker; Jas. Vaughan, Bond Head, wagon and carriage maker; Henry, Carter, Bond Head; chemist; Murdock, McLeod, Bradford, chemist; W.H. Porter, dentist, Bradford; M.B. Cockerline, Bradford, flour, feed and grain; Robert Nelson, Gilford, flour, feed and grain; L. Butterfield, Bradford, founder and machinist; Wm. and Thos Nelson, Bond Head, founders and machinists; Henry Smith, Bradford, game and fish; Menj. Barnard, Bradford, general merchant; John Boddy, Bradford, general merchant; A.H. Carter, Bond Head, general merchant; Stephen Clement, Cookstown, general merchant; Davidson, D. and Co., Lefroy, general merchants; Good Bros., Bradford, general merchants; J.R. Hipwell, Newton Robinson, general merchants; Laidlaw and Fraser, Lefroy, general merchants; McPherson, C., Tecumseth, general merchant; L. McConchy, Gilford, general merchant; James Ross, Cookstown, general merchant; James G. Strong, general merchant, Bradford; Gibson Cook, Bradford, grocer; Henry Smith, hairdresser, Bradford; Robert Bingham, hotel keeper, Bradford; Edward Brown, hotel keeper, Fennells; J. Flansburgh, Commercial Hotel, Gilford; R. Algeo, Masonic Arms Hotel, Bradford; J.W. Prettie, hotel keeper, Lefroy; Robert McCartney, Western Hotel, Bradford; Alex Fraser, stage proprietor, Cookstown; S. Manning, stage proprietor, Bond Head; Henry Grose, Lefroy, lumber; J. and A. Borrowman, Bradford, marble works; Thos. Herrick, Bradford, tailor; H.S. Broughton, publisher of the South Simcoe News, Bradford; Dr. Chas. Buchanan, Cookstown, physician; Dr. Wm. Forrest, Bradford; Dr. T.D. Kefer, physician, Tecumseth; R. Lund, physician, Churchill; Henry Nichol and J.W. Norris, physicians, Cookstown; A.B. Rose and A. West, physicians, Bond Head; J. Devlin, saddle and harness maker, Bond Head; and E. Bingham, tanner and currier, Bradford. The above is a list of the advertisers of a century ago. Advertisers keep their names and their business in the eyes of the public not only during their lifetime but provide for historical records.
