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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
4
A fragment from Barrie Examiner indicates a live pay amount of 61.00 payable in advance with 1.50 to be paid. It references JA MacLaren of Tax Evans and Barrie Ontario with a date line of Thursday August 16.
Editorials praise Principal Readitt and staff for Barrie Collegiate students achieving a high exam pass rate despite raised minimum marks from 33 to 40 and 60 percent. The piece also debates ward system reform, council accountability, and a proposed Board of Education model with a January public vote after information is gathered.
Doctor Jelly cited in the Boston Transcript notes adenoids have attracted attention for causing defective hearing and dullness, and possibly provoking nervous irritation that reveals undesirable traits. Proponents argue early removal allows full child development, aligning with calls for expert sight and hearing tests in public schools.
District Doings records social visits, family news, travels and church events across Grenfel and area. Names include McEvoy Luck Botting Hockridgers and Orr with details of visits, gatherings, illness, baptisms and upcoming church reopenings. Community notes mention travels to Toronto Gravenhurst and Peterborough, plus local lodge meetings and Epworth League activities.
For over sixty years the product has been relied on by millions of mothers for their children. Bee price twenty-five cents per bottle, available at all druggists worldwide. MES WINS 3 Soorhine.
Richard Dobson and wife returned from visiting friends in Cannington and Barrie. Mrs Maley of Toronto stayed with Bre. J. Sproule. Rev. A. S. Cross and wife with daughter returned home after a short visit. Vera Bell returned home after visiting her brother at the Severn. Second Russell attended his brother's funeral in Vasey. H. C. Smith and family from Uncle England were guests of Frank. Mrs Roantree of Toronto visited Mrs Turley.
Aug 144 Mr and Mrs Paton of Toronto visited Mr Downey over Sunday. Muss Clabine stayed with Miss Evy Kerfoot. Mrs F Priest visited friends in Midland last week. Mrs Geo Jackman spent a few days in Barrie. Mrs Jacobs and family prep for a trip west next week. Congrats to Mr and Mrs Johnston on a new son. Mr Morley of Chatham visiting T Livingstone. Mr McLaurin gave an instructive address on values and weighing wisdom.
Aug 12 and Aug 13 items report visitors from Toronto Buffalo Hamilton and St Catharines to New Lowell and Mitchell Square. Names include Miss Annie Pates Miss A McKenzie Miss Tena Cameron Miss Jessie McLarty and Miss P Gilchrist with locals such as Mrs J Hughes Mrs W Orr Mr Colin Campbell and Miss M Corrie. Several visits and holidays are noted plus a new wire fence at Presbyterian cemetery and a new barn project by Mr. Stevenson.
Aug 13 report notes illness of Thomas Cook Jr and hope for recovery. Florence and Ethel Chapman of Thornhill visiting aunt Mr Helmkay. Nurse Warnica of Port Huron on holiday. Reta Brow of Dalston spent week with aunt Mrs D Peacock. Nixon Hurst of Newmarket spent week with parents Mr and Mrs Thornton Reid and daughter Helen. Gilford relatives visited. Mire Calder Sr returned from Collinwood visit and stays with daughter Mrs Walter Standen. Hazel Averill of Barrie stayed a week with cousin Lily Shannon. Miss Helen Pros and Albertace of Toronto guests for Mrs John S Carley. The Dyment Securities Loan and Sern Company shows a credit of 2200 and paid 9647.50. Office Ross Blocks Daylor Street Barrie. Jan 10 note about citizens enjoying band, W E Graham praised for training. Wheat and barley cut and stored. crop partial. Oats, peas, barley good. Roadgrading along eighth line east. gravel would improve. Albert Lyons visited. Garden party at New Flo Aug 1 attended. Jas White home from Pike West. crops described as very heavy. M Andrew improved property with new wire fence.
The Western Real Estate Exchange head office in London Ontario advertises the largest list of farm properties for sale and exchange. General Agent J N Brown promotes buying and trading across a wide market in the Sour region.
For sale offering 80 acres cleared level land with timber and orchard near Barrie, plus town and village property including stores and dwellings 3 to 12 rooms. Also blacksmith shops and farm implements. Rev Petch revival services in Methodist church. Social and visiting notes list Miss Roberts, Miss Leslie, Miss Libbie Rothwell, Mrs Coombes, Mr Reynolds, and others with local trips and visitors.
Aug 13 reports visits from Mr and Mrs R McMahon of Shoshone Idaho and others visiting friends in Wiarton Owen Sound Mooiatone Aurora Stonffville and Collingwood. Remembrances include former teacher Miss Millie Rainey Thornton and condolences to Mr and Mrs J McQuay on the loss of their child.
Mrs Patrick Cavanagh aged 75, longtime Oro resident, died Saturday after a prolonged illness. Funeral Sunday at Congregational cemetery was attended by many, with Rev Fralick leading services. Survivors include children Mrs John Adson, Mrs Wm Jamieson, Mrs Fox, Mrs Cribbs, Mrs Ingham, Joseph, Albert and Andrew.
John Hunter is very ill presently, wedding bells ring in the south. Ken Constable purchased one of Wm. Cathcart on the 6th. The Innisfil Municipal Council met at Craigvale on the 10th. Will, the local notices end abruptly with fragments of names and places.
Robert Bond, born in Queen’s County Ireland aged sixty four, died Aug. 4 after a two year illness. He settled in Mreadbridge, later moved to Innisfil on lot 2, Con. 10, where he built a thriving farm. A widow and two daughters survive. Bond was a 25 year member of L. C. L. No. 605, Craigvale. Funeral at St Paul’s Cemetery on Monday Aug. 6 conducted by the lodge. pallbearers from the lodge were six P. M.’s.
A notice recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer child diarrhoea with initial doses followed by castor oil to cleanse the system. Rev M C Stockland of Little Falls Minnesota endorses its effectiveness for summer disorders in children. Sold by all druggists.
The report explains Calex-pipiens is a frail creature with a violent female bite. It details the mosquito mouth parts, the blood pumping mechanism, and notes no poison gland yet found. Individual reactions vary, with the Rev JG Wood recounting a severe bite on his hand.
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