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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
1
Sealed tenders are invited for a government project with details on fees and submission at the office of S. G. Curry, architect, Toronto. Tenderers must form bids with seven indorsed payments and are not bound to accept any bid. Authority cited. Published by the Office.
An old newspaper ad lists blue flame oil stoves and parts with discounted prices. Two and three burner models are shown, with wick and non wick options priced from six fifty to eight fifty. Also advertised are rubber hoses and miscellaneous items with low prices. The text then shifts to a town meeting discussion over funding for improvements and a date of a vote referenced as the tenth.
Notice from the Public Works department explains tender conditions for work, stating tenders must be submitted on prescribed forms, payments and cheques will be handled, and acceptance is not guaranteed to the lowest or any tender. It warns the department reserves rights and may cancel or vary terms.
A stream of social notes lists guests and visitors in Barrie and area. Names include Miss Edith Turner, Miss Maggie Smith, Gordon and Miss Sarah Gordon of Toronto, Miss Katharine Baker of Buffalo, Miss Jessie Baker of Toronto, and Mrs R H Cuthbert with children. Several locals travel or holiday in Georgian Bay towns, Toronto, Gore Bay, and Sault Ste. Marie. The piece also touches on the Trent canal project and regional navigation plans, noting tender invitations for a thirteen mile stretch between Kirkfield and Lake Simcoe and historical context on earlier improvements.
Ridiculous prices for ladies garments attract shoppers at Five Points. Local merchants advertise bold discounts, urging customers to hurry before stock runs out.
A chaotic sale notice offers summer boots and shoes at low cash prices. Items include ladies Oxford lace shoes, kid leather boots, and flexible soles in various sizes, with discounts and special sale hours noted. other items mention harness sets, a church meeting, excursions, and local notices.
A local agent operates at 48 Dunlop Street, Sin, representing Slater Som in a matter related to residential property or services. The notice notes a named agent and address but lacks additional substantive details or dates.
County Council notes present annual reports from Inspectors McKee Morgan and Day on East and North Simcoe educa tion. Day details 57 teachers with salaries averaging 295 dollars, attendance over 3,386, and ongoing truancy issues. McKee highlights 126 schools, rising materials, and calls for stronger public schooling to serve working classes, plus continuation classes and teacher allocations.
Monday evening the Collegiate Institute board held a meeting just before the public school trustees. The session transacted routine business including passing accounts connected with recent examinations. Inspector Morgan Senbi presented a statement of the finances and disclosed receipts and allocations.
Fragmentary note lists Kennedy among attractions at a house event with unclear geography and incomplete phrases. Names and places are partially readable, but the overall details and context remain unresolved.
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