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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
7
Glaciers supply Lyons with ice in blocks marked by purity as Alpine rivers of ice carve paths down Mont Blanc’s Bossons glacier. Vignettes include a French glacier tale and a humorous anecdote about a shopman entangled with a widow, ending in a lighthearted ruse and marriage.
A Los Angeles sermon links Hosea’s morning cloud to temperate faith and vanity, urging true repentance beyond fair weather piety. The preacher cites Kingsley, Beecher, and Vereschagin, contrasts night punishment with dawn grace, and calls for rising above misty self deception to seek Bethlehem’s light.
An English beer giant Meux Brewery once churned a 22 foot vat of 3600 barrels. The 1814 vat burst flooded Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, drowning eight and flooding walls, sparking national interest and a parliamentary vote to refund beer duties. The enterprise later moved to Wandsworth after capital write-downs of 4.8 million dollars. The Meux line later earned noble titles starting with Henry Meux in 1831.
The essay recalls Ellen Terry as a child playing Prince Arthur in King John. She recalls Mrs. Kean’s scornful remark about eyes being put out and the moment she could not rise to the drama. Mrs. Kean urged her to utter the lines, imitating her crying.
A fragmented passage recalls a tale where a witty remark given by Missner changed the course of actions, leading to lasting personal benefit. The quotation hints at clever counsel shaping future decisions and prosperity.
Two horses drawing a wagon ran loose along Queen Street. The wagon struck a telegraph pole near Esther Street, buckling it as the horses jumped and the pole toppled near ground level but swung over a wagon and toppled, while the wagon driver remained aboard.
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