21 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
1
Our stock of summer goods must be cleared. Hammocks blue flame stoves gas stoves rubber hose and related items offered at heavy cash discounts. Prices cut from four to three quarters off with examples like Blue Flame oil stove and wick sets. Buy now for cash only from Lime Town and Goter.
Local reports note Rev D B Harkoess and Rev H J Cameron sharing pulpit duties in Orillia. The Orillia Packet mentions Geo T Bolster’s Aug 12 death at age 72, Owen Sound and Meaford seek the Grey County poor-house site, and Allan McFayden’s passing at Royal Victoria Hospital after a two year illness. The piece also covers crop optimism from County Councillor Hammell and a baptism of community events across Barrie and area.
A long list of names and travels fills the page, with many residents and visitors from Toronto Oshawa Detroit Hamilton Brantford and Windsor mentioned. It records visits to Lorne Park Georgetown N.B. Johnston Keillor and others, plus trips to Stratford Detroit and the upper lakes.
Edward G. Smith and Jessie L. McGowan were married at the bride’s home in Rathwell district Manitoba. Rev He Hamilton officiated. Guests included family members and local residents. the ceremony followed by reception and social activities.
Arriving at Sarjeant and Smith’s the season’s goods are ready with promises of value. The ladies of Barrier and the surrounding country are urged to examine offerings described as the best value ever.
The community mourns Rev W H Ness B D as details emerge of his life from Innisfil to Craigvale. A devout minister, educator, and Bible teacher, he served mainly in Nova Scotia before settling in Stroud where his funeral was held at Craigvale Church with Rev J A Ros officiating. He leaves a family including brothers John, Robert, Alex, and Thomas and half siblings Frederick, Charles, and Elizabeth.
A notice reports the death of George Tohn Cooke of Edgar, born in Yorkshire, England, who came to Canada in 1862 with his wife. He lived in the Ordin1Sb0 area for many years and died after a long illness. His wife and family survive.
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