07 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
1
A mixed 1902 Ontario field piece discusses government, emigration, and railway plans. It notes farm activity, school openings around Toronto, bridge construction, and visits from Toronto residents while detailing livestock and crop work. Perry Davis painkiller is recommended for cramps and diarrhoea.
Aug observations from Hillsdale and Holly describe visits by John McGill Midland to his mother Mrs Thompson and various locals in small gatherings. Mentions of Castoria ads, camping at the lake, visits from Mrs Skene, Miss Wilson, Bert Sigley at Columbia College, and a Shanty Bay picnic reflect a busy pattern of family and neighborly activities amid late summer days.
The fragment suggests a paradoxical line about being lean by nature yet tied to a wire fat. It reads like a terse note or poem reflecting on physical form and constraint without clear event or named entities.
A jumble of names and social visits spans from Toronto to Orillia and beyond. Mrs Hall’s guests include Miss Andrew O Malley and Miss Kate Morrison, while Miss Meggie Cameron visits from Toronto. The Shanty Bay parsonage hosts town events for organ fund with attendees from Elmvale, Orillia, Toronto, Montreal and Indianapolis among others.
Mount St. Louis notes describe visits by Miss Vermille McDonald of Midland and other guests from Barrie and Orillia, plus a garden party at Moonstone. An open CCF meeting at White School featured Rev Fr Crause and Jos Dann. A fire destroyed Patrick Fitzjciabl W’s house and barn but insurance will cover most losses. family and neighbors attended church.
At Allandale on August 1 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Alf Patchell. Paisley and Horne wed at Mitchell Square with Rev Joe Currie officiating. A Woodman of the World picnic at Jackson's Point featured baseball dancing and various amusements in lively program.
Fragmented OCR shows garbled references to Castoria and a Western Ontario context with an anticipated event. The readable items mention preparations, a large barrel and a political vote. No clear dates, names, or concrete outcomes could be determined from the text.
A narrator recalls dining etiquette at clubs and households, contrasting slow service from waiters with premium tips, and comparing treatment of staff in large grand establishments versus smaller homes. The piece notes meals vary by status, with Waldorf Astoria pudding and lavish fare in big places, while simpler households offer modest dishes.
A fragmented text fragments mythic horses Pegasus and Bléipnir linked to gods and legends, then shifts to social commentary by J M Terrell of Marshall Missouri on rural training versus city life. It weaves cryptic quotes, stage aside humor, and courtly dialogue as if from a period column or literary society note.
A fragmented reminiscence describes a scene with Vendelbo and a noblewoman, then dives into origins of the kilt and tartan traced to English army tailor and Rawlins in Scotland 1719. It recalls William Black’s champagne Poison joke at the Lyceum and a Newark senator remark about mosquitoes in the senate galleries.
A garbled dialogue features a father warning his son about inheritance and marriage to old Stubbs, with scattered lines about money. It mentions a restaurant owner, a tile canvasback, and a big greenback. Also touches on jury outcomes, real estate hiring, heredity, and a claim that London docks host the world’s largest ivory market with quarterly ivory sales around 300 000.
This week we commence a special sale of Misses and Children's Summer Shoes, the biggest bargain offering of the kind this store has ever made. Shoes priced from 5c to 50c, with best qualities and new styles. Childrens Albani Strap Slippers and Oxford Low Shoes offered dressy and serviceable, reduced from regular prices. a sacrifice to clear out the stock.
Goodheart's Bazaar offers a large jardiniers stock sold at wholesale prices. Seller L. Correa advertises hundreds of jardiniers remaining in stock with colors and sizes. Remaining lots include assorted sizes with reduced pricing and a fall toiletware assortment just arrived.
Goodheart's Bazaar advertises a large stock of dusters and fly nets offered near cost this month. It promotes headquarters for harness and related items with a note on quality leather and value. On hand: whips, combs, brushes, oil, hoof ointment, powders, and more. Plage-23 pu LOY STREET.
Fragmentary OCR notes show references to J. McCann Less, plans for a main bay area, and a Saab sailing item with a door and vessel number 004. Names and places are unclear. no cohesive event or outcome evidenced.
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