Piece of the past: 100 years ago Wingham Advance-Times was born out of amalgamation

February 22, 2024 @ 9:00 amNews, Wingham Advance Times

Above is the first-ever front page of The Wingham Advance-Times, dated March 6, 1924. (Photo from Huron County digitized archives)
WINGHAM – On Feb. 28, 1924 the Wingham Advance published a brief memo on its front page stating, “Mr. John Joynt, M. P. P. has purchased the Wingham Times and A. G. Smith publisher of the Advance has in turn purchased it from him.” The memo went on to say the official announcement of the…
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Kelsey Bent is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.