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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
6
Fragmentary text discusses health claims for a maternity aid product and vegetable compound. It mentions Lydia E Pinkham, women, and a city or postal context. The passage shifts through characters and imagined scenarios, including a baby crying and a Paris reference, ending with a quip about simplicity.
An ancient cable career offers adventure and advancement. Cablists rise from operator posts to vice presidents and directors, earning £500 to £2,000, with generous salaries, housing, and travel. Training comes from postal telegraph, city offices, or coastal company schools, now shifting to recruits from public schools and military families. Posts span global stations with long leaves, pensions at 65, and varied locales from Cornwall to Aden, Lisbon to the Nile, often remote and demanding.
Fragmentary text discusses airship fleet concepts and wartime value. Mentions military action, potential airpower, and the idea of using airships for national defense. Confusing OCR yields unclear phrases but centers on seeding airship capability.
A near solvable social vignette describes undetected intruders slipping into houses during dinners. Young men, dressed well, attend without invitation, eat and drink, then depart with items like cigars. Noted incidents in Belgrave and other upscale areas reveal a recurring, bold pattern of intrusions and boasting.
The text notes Cypriots as tall and well built with handsome women, cosmetics and henna, bright dress with gold, beads, and charms. Men wear robes, silk undergarments, breeches, yellow leather boots, and a helmet-like headdress. It adds remarks on idleness, youth preservation, and remarriage after becoming grandmothers.
An 1888 Toronto Jail escape by three inmates through a barred window drew wide police interest. The trio sawn bars with tempered steel, eluding guards for days, with Spellman later captured in Brantford. Subsequent escapes and near-misses by other convicts marked a history of desperate jailbreaks and police pursuit.
King Edward consents to be patron of the proposed Arabetomogta Society sanatorium in Tramquille British Columbia. The project aims to expand to 85 beds with a $40,000 cost, new premises by year end, and will supply eggs via a nearby chicken farm. Admission applications are heavy and some will be deferred until completion.
A garbled note lists certificates of registration for various horse and cattle breeds and international associations. It mentions Canadian records gaps and references multiple national breeder groups in France Germany and the United States, plus an Ottawa bookkeeping reference.
An Atlantic voyage to Carleton, Que., ran off course and anchored at Partridge Island, N B, several hundred miles from its intended port. A tug guided the ship and brokers in New York caused misdirection, with the vessel re setting course after a brief stay.
Dr. William Stubbs of Charleston and Dr. W W Bjork of Brampton, Dominion veterinarians, are in Simcoe County where a mad dog scare has persisted for a month. Two townships are under wider quarantine and all dogs must be muzzled. Many worthless beasts have been shot and every dog along with its owner has been traced. The first dog broke the rabies chain by biting horses cattle and sheep, with many animals dying or being killed.
To prevent forest destruction from railway construction the Grand Trunk Pacific will maintain an efficient fire patrol. In the past, railway work has caused extensive timber damage, and authorities vow that Britain Columbia will not suffer such losses again.
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