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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY, on June 3, 1915, the Marmora Herald reported:
Walter Watts, Manager of the Dominion Bank from 1913 through to 1915 forwarded the proceeds from the Patriotic Tea and a letter from the British American Company, London, England stated that 7,500 Players cigarettes have been distributed among the soldiers and labelled as a gift from the Village of Marmora.
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They are borrowed from a sketch by Susanna Moodie called "The First Mine in Ontario at Marmora"
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