Local Notes and Social Roundup in Stroud and Barrie
Stroud and Barrie social news highlight visits and stays by Misses and Mrs. McCraw Miss Campbell Miss Wannica Miss Latimer Miss Neelands and others with friends and relatives at Stroud Lefroy and surrounding areas A serious illness of Leonard noted with hopes of recovery Band garden party raises 20 dollars Standard Oil fined 29 24 million dollars for rebating oil totals 850 000 spread to be taken to the United States Court of Appeals
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Barrie
Stroud
Mr. Younger
Toronto
Wm. Latimer
Jack.Reynolds
BH. Neelands
Lefroy
J." Leonard
Standard Oil Compan Oy
Indiana
United States Court of Appeals
Fragmentary note on tolls and services in quick‑service imprint
Fragmented OCR text mentions imprint, stands, quick service, and tolls. Context unclear. readable parts suggest a brief note about a service counter or business imprint and potential toll discussion without clear names, dates, or events.
Lanterns and organ once hung in a Sardinian count's hall
A tale from McClure's Magazine recalls a traveler who bought a noble title from the king of Sardinia, built a matching estate, and preserved his magic lanterns and organ in his hall. It also recounts the Manchester Martyrs episode around 1867, when Irish rescuers failed and three prisoners were hanged, stirring Irish and English sorrow across a city.
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Tende
Europe
Sardisia
Manchester
England
Dublin
Shop Without a Name in Modbury Stirs Superstitious Locals
In Modbury Devon, a 120 year old butcher's shop has never displayed a name, a superstition said to bring luck. The current owner fears that naming the shop could break the spell of prosperity. The business passed from father to son with no name shown on the premises.
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Devonshire
Modbury
London Standard
Transformation of NSW criminals into citizens told in anecdotes
A collection of light vignettes recalls life in New South Wales where many settlers were convicts. Anecdotes feature Americans praising the settlers as sensible, a frugal resident Mr Wiggles, a dining miscue with a major and his valet, Cleopatra and Antony’s Nile seat joke, and a cabbage eating quip.
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New South Wales
Inez
Iralian
Australia
Fragmented Ararat Journal reads on oriental magnate desk
An aged copy of the Ararat Journal surfaces from a magnate’s desk noting editorial squabbles about Noah and the sin trust. It recounts tales of a Mimne clergyman, a London visitor, a kitchen joke, and odd proverbs amid a mosaic of brief items and conspiratorial hints.
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Ararat Journal
Noah
Sin Trust
Slo Trust
Millions for Cars The Grand Trunk Railway Spending
The Grand Trunk Railway reports a U7,000,000 expenditure on rolling stock for the year 1907. It includes 60 passenger coaches ordered in Montreal at 12,000 each, 100 engines with about 60 delivered at 15,000 each, and 5,200 freight cars averaging 850, totaling 4,420,000 for freight cars. Delivery speeds aim to reduce congestion.
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Grand Track Railway
Montreal
Eara
Toronto News
Farmer fatally gored by Holstein bull at Ida Hill
Thomas Shannon, about 55, was killed when a four year old Holstein bull charged as he went to drive it away with a dog early morning near Ida Hill. The bull, unprovoked, threw him about forty feet and he died on a lounge after being moved indoors. Councillor Robert Shannon, his brother, cited the coat difference as a possible provoking factor.
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Kingatop
Thomas Shannon
Ida Hill
Robert Shannon
Iwbhen Shannon
Thomas
Shannon
Boy’s Daring Caused Death at Hoboken Trestle
A twelve year old boy was shocked and burned to death while climbing a Public Service trolley line trestle in Hoboken New Jersey. Spectators watched as he touched a live wire at the top and fell ten feet, his clothes catching fire before help arrived.
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New York
Public Service Corporation
Hoboken
N. J
Outsider Voters Case Shake Up In Neepawa
An August 5 Winnipeg hotel owners sought to join voters lists in Neepawa to block local option law. Judge Ryan ruled improper evidence as fatal but allowed two weeks for argument. Case signals municipal government threats across Manitoba if not addressed next session.
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Neepawa
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Citizens’ Committee
Ryan
Orillia Girl Burned to Death
The 11 year old daughter of Joseph Blacker, blacksmith, was burned to death yesterday in Orillia. Lighting a gas stove singed her clothes. she ran upstairs to reach her sick mother but could not enter. The nurse caught her, extinguished the flames, but the girl died shortly after from the injuries.
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Orillia
Orillis
Joseph Blacker
Obituary and Birth Notices in Barrie and Saranac Lake
Birth notices from Barrie Aug 1 to Aug 6 report wives of Avison Brooks Gordon Muir Milligan and the infant children. Richard Mansfield, famed American actor, is hospitalized at Ampersand Saranac Lake with a nervous breakdown. condition considered more serious than family acknowledges.
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Avison
Crown Hill
Egbert Avison
Ason ‘Brooks
Barrie
Bert Brooks
Muir
Grenfel
Ae Moir
Ee Milligan
Jobn Digan
Richard, Mansfield
Ampersand
Saranac Lake
Nickel penny considered for Canadian coinage
Ottawa reports a Royal Mint branch to open in November or December may introduce a nickel penny worth two cents to Canada. The move aims to solve penny size issues, provide convenience, and expand markets for nickel from Cobalt. The new mint will employ about sixty workers and produce 16 to 20 million coins annually, surpassing the current British Mint output.
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Ottawa
Royal Mint
Canada
Cobalt
Desroches Recaptured After Escape from Hamilton Asylum
Alexis Desroches, the man dubbed an insane murderer who escaped two weeks earlier, was arrested Thursday night at Penetang near the scene of the double crime and returned to Hamilton Asylum. He had subsisted by begging, appeared in good health, and seemed mentally sound.
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Alexis Desroches
Hamilton Asylum
Penetang
Desroches
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