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Charles and Nellie Estell inside the Estell Boarding House in Mirror.40
Other buildings and businesses which set up shop in Mirror over those first few years were:* Buildings moved from Lamerton to Mirror *
The Williams Brothers store
The Thomas' store
George Thomas also ran the post office.
The Duitman and Johnson hardware store, which was sold to Mr. Spiece, which he and his son, Norman ran.
C. Suggett's drugstore, which he sold to Mr. Devereaux.
J. F. Flewwelling had the first blacksmith shop.
He also built breaking plows and sleighs and was a machine agent.
Lew Clarke's blacksmith shop
The Bank of Commerce
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And new businesses added to Mirror in those early years were:
Albert Jewell's blacksmith shop.
The McCormack's lumber yard, as well as two other lumber yards.
L. Mott was the first butcher, then sold to Wm. Beamish Sr.
D.M. Jewell opened the first restaurant.
Mrs. Edge's rooming house, later bought by the Stump's, who also ran a hotel near the station.
The Imperial Hotel, said to be built by G.T. Cook.
Two livery stables and two pool halls.
The Bank of Toronto which first set up in a tent before Mirror's auction sale of lots.
We also had a newspaper for awhile, aptly called "The Mirror Journal".
Dr. Meyers was Mirror's first doctor, followed by Dr. McLennan.
Then came Dr. Chown in 1930, Mirror's last doctor. He served the villlage and surrounding communities, delivering over 3000 babies in his 30 years here. He passed away on December 6, 1960.
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