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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
4
Announcement for a live pep event at The Barrie Examiner office in Borris Ontario. Entry fee 1.00 payable in advance with 1.50 if 20 paid. payment to JA MacLaren of The Examiner. Includes date Thursday April 23 1000 and venue details in a terse notice.
Editorial notes a $150000 cash claim and a $2500000 government guarantee to Mackenzie & Mann’s Canadian Northern Railway. It laments rapid passage of the measure, cites opposition by Hon. Mr MacKay, and mentions ministers and peers involved as the vote is rushed with a narrow quorum.
Crown Hill notes report injuries and church services as Evis Walker aims to walk without crutches. Clergy E C Crary and A W Parth led worship in pastor’s absence. Weddings, visits, and Easter holidays color the week with community members from Toronto, Brant, Collingwood, and Coldwater. Farmers prepare for spring plowing and seeding.
Dalston notes of family visits church services and weddings include Miss Florenci Barrie joining Miss Ayerst at a Barrie wedding, Annie Cavell wedding to Robert West Thorn formerly of New Bound, and Mrs Humphreys death. Also mentions Easter visits, arrivals, and local social calls across Barrie, Toronto, Collingwood, and surrounding areas.
An old classified notice advertises farm properties for sale with terse pricing and contact lines. The fragment mentions agents and an exchange office, likely a general agent for real estate services, and references a Canada express office box.
April reports indicate several workers have begun planting on the land. A lecture by Prof. Home at Guthrie church last Friday drew attendees including Mrs J W Brown and Miss Reta Petes with Mrs Q B Campbell present on the holiday, despite wet conditions.
Fragmentary report mentions fresh snowfall with plows scraping and a sow in a plowed field. Mentions families visiting relatives for holidays, travel notes from Ravenna and England, and sugar making nearing completion with a generally good year. A local improvement and a liniment advertisement are noted.
Market list shows fall wheat at 80 per barrel and 50 flour for bakers. Includes bran oats peas and various seeds with per bushel and per ton pricing. Meat and dairy items list beef mutton hogs potatoes and wool and hides with unit prices.
Evening market notes report higher live stock quotations across Winnipeg, Toronto, Liverpool and New York Dairy markets. Canadian receipts include 1288 cattle, 122 sheep, 908 calves, with steady to firm tone in prime meats and grain markets.
In Brantford a charity concert at St Andrew's Church featured Setar Treneer, a seventeen year old blind organist with striking technique and expression. Tenor soloist Nicholson, though blind from a mine explosion, delivered resonant singing and earned an encore. Roy Mirson, an elocutionist, presented two pieces with clear enunciation. The program included a speech about the Brantford Institute for the blind, which funds education. The event was well received and praised for its impact on young blind performers.
Fragmentary notes mention Miss Gilchrist of Bingh with a party from Grace Gadhel visiting Leighton Barrie and Stayner locals. References to Easter holidays, a church service, and new members seated in a pew are noted among scattered lines about social visits and periods at Lac du Rosnet.
Judge Ardagh distributed the late Samuel Miller estate of about 17000 under a consent judgment. The widow received household effects rents and profits on real estate and a life income of 3000. William and Ben Miller shared 8000 each with the widow’s share reverting at her death. Mrs. Lemuel Brig ly of Alansas contributed 500.
In December the court considered if James Campbell died intestate or if a will existed. The widow receives 94000 cash plus a house and furniture valued at 1000, with other estate parts paid. The residue is divided among William Meer, Bent Meer, Mrs Campbell, and Mrs Kaykant, with various attorneys named in the proceedings.
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