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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows names such as MacARTRY BOTS and Dr. J Smith with addresses and references to farm property and legal firms. The garbled text includes mentions of officers, attorneys, a Dunlop Steel entity, and street corners Owen and Colter, implying a cluster of notices about property, appointments, and legal actions in a historical newspaper page.
A despatch from Chicago recounts a pastor’s call for elder Christians to find purpose in old age. The message urges aging believers to nurture family, influence young generations, and testify to God’s faithfulness through decades of life, warning that time passes swiftly and urging readiness for eternal life.
A report by the Surveyor General and Director of Agriculture argues Natal must recruit about 10,000 white farmers to meet local agricultural needs. It urges leasing government lands at an 8 percent rental and prioritizing farmers who work their own land.
Halifax dispatch reports the final equipping of the Marconi wireless station at Table Head is underway. Arnold C. Stacey, electrical engineer, oversees wiring from transmitters to receivers atop towers as operators prepare the site for the coming days. A 60 by 30 foot structure with accommodations is planned, with power and gear details cited, awaiting completion.
Market notes show mixed activity across grains and meats. Wheat prices edge on No.1 and No.2 grades in Ontario markets, corn and flour steady with patent levels around 32.87, oats and bran steady, dressed hogs unchanged, and lard with limited price movement amid good demand.
Cattle market in Toronto on August 12 shows brisk demand for export cattle with prices firm from six to six thirty five dollars for best export lots. Good butcher cattle bring four sixty five to five dollars, choice picked six to five twenty five, light stockers 325 to four dollars, export bulls four to five fifty. Sheep and lambs firmer, all sold. hogs steady at seven thirty four. Day’s deliveries total fifty eight loads including cattle, sheep and lambs, hogs, and calves.
A daring late night train robbery occurred near Marcus Illinois on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line. Six masked men blew up the express car with dynamite, seized six sacks of money, killed one guard, and fled north along the track toward Hanover after abandoning the engine. The express passenger train crew and many passengers were left unharmed. authorities, alerted by a flagman, pursued but the robbers escaped along the Mississippi riverfront.
Grain prices across Canada steady with Manitoba wheat at Port Arthur quoted around 174 to , No 2 at 71 4c. Ontario and Manitoba staples like shorts, bran, and shorts in bulk rise modestly. Provisionals show heavy Canadian pork cuts near 25 dollars per unit with lard and ham prices firm.
A War Department report cites Majorus of Public Health detailing an Asia tic cholera outbreak in Manila from March 20 to May 15 with 1 005 cases and 800 deaths. Fatalities varied by nationality, with Filipinos and Chinese among the hardest hit, and measures include bans on street drinks and cooked foods, food inspections, and a crusade against flies as transmission suspected from contaminated food and household flies.
Reported local corruption case involves municipal authorities in a Hungarian town. Details include alleged fraud tied to public services and governance. investigation and arrests are mentioned amid unclear OCR text.
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