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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
2
Gene Stratton Porter writes in McCall's April 1923 about the loss of hardwood forests in Indiana and the resulting environmental collapse. She laments burning valuable trees for ground clearance, depleting timber, water, and wildlife, and urges a national conservation movement and reforestation to restore climate and natural beauty.
Amos Weston buys twenty five bolts of damaged canvas for a dollar each and helps Seth Thomas and his family after a barn fire and hospital stay. The canvas covers hay during rebuilding and proves profitable when Seth sends a fifty dollar dividend, though Amos declines and shares joy with his sisters.
Market observations show modest price gains on the Saturday market with eggs at 26 to 28 cents per dozen and poultry higher. Spring ducks appear at 40 cents per pound and chickens at 45 cents per pound. New potatoes sell for $1 per peck, greens trade at 15 cents per quart for peas and 15 cents per head for cabbage, with berries at 25 to 30 cents per box.
A wife quotes a master plumber describing the average man as made of simple substances. He lists fat for soap, iron for a nail, sugar for a shaker, lime for whitewashing a coop, and phosphorus for matches, totaling about 98 cents.
The June 24 1923 timetable lists Northbound schedules from Toronto to Barrio including Nos 49 249 Ex Sun and 41 Sun exclusions with arrival times. Southbound runs from Barrie to Toronto Nos 46 42 56 58 44 48. Hamilton and Meaford segments show limited Sun exclusions and mixed arrival times. Penetang Midland routes outlined with inland connections.
Barrie Union Cemetery warns lot owners to pay annual assessments to J W Ness Secretary Treasurer at Beecroft's Bank Dunlop Street Barrie. Unpaid sums from 1913 onward become a charge against the lot and must be paid before use. 1923 payments due by July 1 with rates: $2 for one lot $1 for each extra lot $1 for half lot. Endowment option offered to eliminate future assessments. Barrie Union Cemetery Board Brownlee President.
A list of upcoming fall fair dates across Ontario towns. Barrie and Bracebridge host events in September. Many towns including Collingwood Lindsay Midland Newmarket Orillia Or Oto host fairs in September and early October with multiple day runs.
A dense local directory lists barristers solicitors notaries and conveyancers offering loans and legal services. It also names physicians surgeons including Drs Little Lyon Ross Turnbull and others with offices in Barrie Ontario and contact details.
Maude E Claxton and Edmund Hardy offer piano voice and theory instruction with exams and church organist duties. Percy Hoadley teaches organ and choir work, with piano violin tuition for children. Boyd Sylvester leads Barrie Citizens' Band. Lawson Welch & Campbell provide chartered accountancy services in Toronto with production engineering background.
An English boy attending a baseball game was struck on the ear by a foul tip and knocked senseless. After reviving he asked what happened and misheard the call as a fowl, then as a mule, provoking amused disbelief.
Mrs M McArthur updates her Barrie shop with new fur remodelling and repairs offered over Hurlburt's Shoe Store in Barrie. Local readers learn changes in services and location details for the shop.
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