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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
2
The collection highlights pale blue with white and blue with Persian patterns as the most popular, plus Black and White, Navy and White, and Crimson options. Quality is claimed to be better than usual at 50.2% yards for waist adjust. Customers are invited to view the goods and call for details.
Eight dozen fast black Lockstitch and Fancy Lisle hose in sizes 9 and 94 offered at clearout prices. Each pair typically 50 to 60 cents, now reduced to 4 dozen ladies fine cotton hose Hermsdorf dye in sizes 8, 1, 9, 4, pricing marked for clearance at 206.
Hurrah boys join the Dyment Butterfield Co employees on an excursion to Jackson's Point scheduled for the 19th. Details on departure times and boarding arrangements are to follow.
Market list from Barrie includes wheat flour and bran, coarse grain peas buckwheat, wool and hides, meat poultry and dairy, and general goods. Prices show per barrel per hundredweight and per pound, with ranges for hogs beef mutton chickens and eggs and fuel like wood and straw. The faulty scan records multiple items with specific unit pricing and descriptions.
The Victoria Base Ball Club beat the Allandale youngsters 13 to 5 on Tuesday in the first league game of the season. Mr Peagram of New York spent a few days at Woodlands last week. Miss E Curran of Orillia is visiting A Urquhart's.
A ruined husband fears losing income as wheat sinks and copper temptations arise. His wife guides him to a grand lunch at Sherry's, where they spend Twenty Dollars, share a life raft of comfort, and he returns to Wall Street to make sixty thousand dollars in thirty eight minutes. The tale ends with the adage digestion is the better part of valor.
A reference guide explains global time by Greenwich meridian, noting standard times used by England Belgium Holland Luxembourg and more. It details Western Central and Eastern European times, plus offsets for Spain Portugal Russia and other regions, including distant locales like the Philippines Australia New Zealand and the Americas.
A piano tuner urges quarterly tuning, stating pianos should be tuned every three months to maintain tone. He notes pianos drift as soon as they are tuned, and dealers keep instruments in tune in warerooms. A tuning tonic four times yearly benefits owners and neighbors.
Dr Samuel West resolved a choir dispute by selecting a hymn and directing the singers to begin with the second verse Let those refuse to sing Who never knew our God was sung, resolving the tension with decisive leadership
A man in a mackintosh recounts curing his wife of giving away his old clothes to a frogman by threatening to mail a letter found in an old coat. He explains the tactic and his satisfaction with the outcome.
T quotes a dispute where he tells Uncle Simon he is too old to run affairs. Simon reacts violently, throwing him out of the office, illustrating a tense conflict over control and authority within the family business.
A practical joker asks what a wife did upon finding poker chips in a coat pocket. She remained calm, traced their source, and sent a messenger boy to cash them, turning a suspected mishap into a simple financial resolve.
A brief humorous exchange notes how a husband jokes about his wife’s “advanced woman” craze. The wise reply suggests everyone thought it referred to advancing years, reflecting playful marital banter in a Kansas City Independent excerpt.
This piece urges careful pipe use to avoid costly clogs and disease. It warns against rag, string, hair, and matches in traps, explains how soap, grease, and coffee grounds affect drains, and advises grease cans, hot soda washes, and lime water flushes to keep kitchens and sinks clear and sanitary.
A description of entering a Zulu chief’s hut where silence signals respect. The chief finally acknowledges with a grave greeting Ge saku bona I see you while the visitor maintains restraint, reinforcing status by waiting to be acknowledged.
A living skeleton and a snake charmer discuss a comic scene where a legless man offers to help an armless friend, asking the armless wonder to “take a hand” during a friendly game. The exchange highlights a surreal, darkly humorous moment.
A humorous quip from Harvard Lampoon features Quimbleton noting his dog now eats from his hand. The old man character asks Wimbleton if he has taught new tricks, prompting the playful exchange about the dog biting the hand feeding trick yesterday.
Businesses advertise closing out and farewell prices with emphasis on economical purchasing. Shoppers encounter discounts across items as stores reduce stock before departures. Projections suggest limited-time offers and clearance sales to attract buyers.
The sale clears out odds and ends with prices slashed on print fabrics Dress Ginghams Zephyr and gingham lines plus summer prints 10¢ to 15¢ yards. Stock of black and colored ready to wear skirts hats and dress goods offered at half price or cost in a closing out sale.
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