August 26, 2026
Tag: Williamsburg
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The Healing Hands of Mahlon Locke
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Dr. Mahlon Locke built a reputation for treating rheumatism in the 1920s and 1930s. Denounced as a “faith healer” but admired as a “foot twister” and “hoof doctor,” he treated thousands of sufferers at his clinic in Williamsburg, Ontario.
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June 9, 2024 6 Comments
It is an oxymoron indeed to, “put on your Sunday best, we’re going to see an oil tank burn!” But it happened many times in the first decades of the 20th century. You could even go by train on a Sunday afternoon. The postcards only hint at what a circus it must have been.