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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
6
A fragmented note warns that many have availed the offer well beyond 1907 and urges readers to subscribe now. The message states the special price of 1.36 for two papers and cautions that the offer may not hold after May 1.
A reader from West Union reports being run-down and weak before Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After use she claims full restoration to health and announces she is now a mother. The letter reflects period ads praising the remedy for female health issues.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is not a blood disease and cannot be cured by ingesting medicines. It promotes Hyomei as a dry inhalant using Australian eucalyptus and claims rapid germ destruction in the airways, with D. A. MacLaren offering a satisfaction guarantee or money back for $1.00.
A Quebec livery stableman identifies Minard's Liniment as the best flesh treatment for horses and recommends it to fellow horsemen after over a year of use. GEO. HOUGH. Livery Stable, Quebec, 95 to 103 Ann Street.
Indian Agent G. P. Cockburn completes a deal transferring timber from the Indian Reserve and pine forests on the French River to the Dominion. Estimated value is one million dollars with some families set to receive large sums, up to two hundred thousand. The late Chief Dokis opposed the sale in his lifetime.
Eyewitness account of the 1828 Niagara Falls stunt aboard the schooner Michigan. Captain Rough and crew tow the vessel toward the rapids amid crowds. the ship capsizes and shatters, scattering masts, timbers, and animal cargo as spectators watch the dramatic plunge into the thundering abyss.
The crew describes bears resisting capture and climbing sails as the vessel sank. A raccoon climbs a mast and vanishes when it falls. Foxes, buffalo, and geese perish or disappear, with two geese swimming ashore while others meet the same end. No trace of foxes or buffalo remains.
In autumn 1958 Petrarch recounts a comical accident with a beloved volume of Cicero. A book slips from his gown, striking his left leg repeatedly and leaving a noticeable sore, leading him to joke that Cicero has treated him in a playful, affectionate way. Doctors attend the wound, while Petrarch trusts little to their prognostications.
A feature of France’s roads are white and blue guideposts, marking the commune and next key towns with distances. Touring Club of France signs warn motorists of road type and steep grades. Historical notes on Shakespeare’s illness contrast with this travel lore.
A description of Montreal's La Patrie, a six storey modern newspaper building with a basement capacity of 75 000 per hour in three great levers. It details offices on the first floor job printing on the second to fourth, editorial rooms on the fifth, and a composing room on the site.
An Ottawa area ad praises Vinol cod liver oil extract as a stronger nutrition and recovery aid for pulmonary disease and weak or recovering individuals, with a money back offer. Nearby reports recount a deadly snowslide in the Albert Canyon area injuring ten and killing four Japanese workers, plus a severe Fort Worth rainstorm that damaged a circus and caused one death and widespread disruption to communications.
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