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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
6
A local salesman seeks a Barrie area and surrounding country rep for a nursery business. The notice requests candidates for representation and outlines a permanent position with rights to sample or manage ADA'S GREATEST NURSERIES products.
An advertisement claims a pocket inhaler can breathe air to reach nasal and throat mucosa, killing catarrhal germs and easing symptoms like frequent sneezing runny nose and throat irritation. It touts rapid relief, minimal cost, and asks readers to buy from Bhathi's Hyo aael Company.
Fragmented OCR text outlines penalties for boys misbehaving at school. Fines of francs are noted for harsh acts including damaging property, insulting teachers, or stealing fruit. Some lines mention parental punishment and general misconduct, reflecting a period teaching discipline.
Margaret Dorval and Dorval marry on a New Jersey bound express train after a string of scheming by her father Cadmus who hires detectives to stop their union. A minister officiates in a cafe car amid tense family drama as the couple escapes wields a pennsylvania license and a tight deadline.
A historical discussion argues twinkling stars arise from Earth's atmosphere rather than space. It notes planets do not twinkle due to their disk appearance and mentions atmospheric vapor and dust as likely causes.
Oxford students defend costly ragging as a rite amid reports of pranks at Christ Church and Queen's. The piece recalls past mischief such as rotten fruit at theatre, property damage, and a large funeral‑like cortege with crape while the crowd cheered for the College blue.
A historical look at how kissing appears in ancient and medieval cultures. The piece cites biblical hints, Roman gestures, and English practices, noting England’s prominence with the mistletoe custom and Erasmus’ observations of Englishwomen’s kissing habits.
Reports describe a new malady called cere-bio-spinal-meningitis or spotted fever with extreme nervous shock back pain and muscle spasms. It mainly strikes children, with Glasgow counting 193 cases last year and January showing a sharp rise. poverty and crowded districts are noted as key spread factors.
A garbled, fragmentary text appears to describe personal feelings and relationships in disjointed phrases. No coherent events, names, places, or dates are identifiable from the readable portion.
A quirky collage of aphorisms and social jests on fame, luck, and public life. It riffs on vanity and performance, notes cheerful fears of the future, and pokes fun at royalty, language, and a noisy political theater. The piece reads like a dated side-splitting column of witticisms and sketches.
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