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My boyfriend is renovating his house, specifically the living room, and he found a piece of a cardboard box (presumably used as insulation). We know this house is fairly old and was build about 80 years ago, and we know one of the first owner's of the house was a Private in the First or Second World War. This cardboard piece had the name of 'J. Carson' as the receiver it was a box of premium salted crackers from Christies Brown and Co. ltd. (Christies Biscuits). We were intrigued so we plugged his name in the google search engine, accompanied by 'Fort William Ontario'. This was the first site to come up. Talk about fascinating! Thank you for having this up. We were wondering if the microfiche was still available. We think it would be interesting to know Private J. Carson. Thanks!
Thanks for your comment and it sounds like the house must have a fascinating history! The Thunder Bay Public Library does still provide free public access to our microfilm collection that includes local newspapers from Fort William, Port Arthur, and Thunder Bay from 1875 to the present day. Feel free to email us at reference@tbpl.ca if you have any questions.