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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
4
Successor to J. C McKEGGIE & Co established 1879 offers general banking. Notes cashed or collected, cheques drawn on Canada or the US cashed. Sterling exchange bought or sold, accounts collected. Special attention to farmers. Money to loan on mortgages. Office hours 10 to 4. T Beecroft, manager.
The Barrie Examiner dated August 20 1901 notes its weekly community budget from the country correspondent including occasional items and satire. It explains the paper’s aim as depicting daily local life and an educative factor, with subscription details: $1.00 prepaid or $1.50 on delivery.
Orillia News-Letter notes disappointment that the 35th Battalion will not meet the Duke of York in Toronto. It recalls the corps’ 1885 mobilization with the 12th, the first rural units sent to the Northwest, and urges recognition of Canada’s militia history amid royal visit preparations.
On August 18 the local school reopened and farmers anticipate finishing harvest this week. Mrs. Earn Limb visited her mother Mrs. Thompson last Thursday. Mrs. Gee and Mrs. James Reynolds from Highland Point visited locally this week. N H Hornsby’s trotter Little Top won a first prize at the recent Penetang races.
Aug 26 Miss Annie Primrose visits friends at a distance. Primrose and Lennox, both grain businessmen here, plan to keep their interests separate despite rumors. Grain lying out, hope for fine weather to harvest soon. Miss Morrison visits Miss Rose Knapp. Aug 27 Mr and Mrs Kinsman of Hamilton visit here. Mrs Kinsman formerly Miss Palmer known to Muinesing residents, Miss Morrison of Duntroon and Miss Lawson of Sudbury guests of Miss Rose Knapp. Farmers expect peas and oats harvest with dry weather. Grain-house near completion. Mr Lennox intends rushing business.
NANTIYR August 26. Rev John Power brother-in-law of W M Cullough preached at Belle Ewart during the Quarterly Meeting. Harvest ends, fallows prepared for seed. Fall wheat area large this year with pea ground and clover sod prepared for wheat. Rumor that George Guest of Barrie rented his farm here to George Mortis.
Farmers here are making a fortune from clover seed. Joseph Jacke, a barrister, travels with Mrs Jacks and their son to Oakville. Mrs Jacks' father lives there. Mr Jacks is in poor health and takes a holiday to recover.
Aug 26 note from Vespra reports our school has reopened with Miss McNabb teaching. Visits by Mrs. J R Davison of Toronto to Mrs. Joseph Lambie are noted. Local excursions, returning residents from Midland, and various visits among families on the 6th line are listed with names such as Lorne Wingrove Agnes Lambie Olive Leadlay and others.
August 26 Master Roy Bolton broke his arm on the first day of school. Mrs McLellan of North Bay visits her sisters Mrs Swan and Mrs Richardson. Mrs Ryan of Seattle visits sister Mrs Thos Higgins. Mrs James Cunningham and family return to Wiarton after visits here and at Gravenhurst. Miss Maggie Higgins returns to Toronto to resume duties at Government House after two weeks. Miss Phoebe Ostrander home from Toronto Junction for holidays. Rev Mr Rollins of Elmvale preached at the Presbyterian church on the 18th. Rev Dr Watson of Toronto preached there last Sabbath. Walter Watkins rents John Firth’s farm. Congratulations to John Shaughnessy on senior matriculation success.
Advertises a cold cure claiming a day relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Reads that all druggists refund the money if it fails to cure and bears W. Grove's signature on each box.
Miss Edna Williams of Penetang visits J P Deans. Richard Dean of Collingwood expected Saturday. Miss Ethel Dean broke a finger while driving. Miss Elizabeth Hunter returns home for a short stay. Mrs W W Spring recovering in bed. Miss Hettie Beacock the new dressmaker in demand. Mr and Mrs M Lawson welcome a baby girl. Young ladies enjoyed tea on the Wm Spring lawn with ice cream. George Patterson visits H McCallum. Rain damages local wheat and oats. Miss M E Dean to reside in Penetang. Mrs George Dean visits Collingwood Owen Sound and other places. Gypsies with dogs injure sheep then leave. R A Dean, Mrs Lena Saunders and two children visit J P Deans. Miss Bowman and Lena and Greta Playter return to Newmarket.
The Glasgow Exhibition seeks a substantial profit after raising a guarantee fund and selling season tickets to ninety thousand citizens at a guinea each. The anticipated profit of about 500000 dollars will primarily fund free library initiatives.
August 27 social items from Colwell include Mr and Miss Primrose as guests of Miss Louie Ferguson Bert Hughson of Singhampton visiting locally Congratulations to Mrs and Mr Fellows on a daughter Miss Maud Cloughley returns from Orangeville James and Albert Campbell finish logging at Big Bay Point and go home Garnet Ferguson visits family Mrs and Mr R D Parr and family spend Sunday with Mrs Thos Coughley Miss M and Mr A Campbell visit Ivy on the 18th inst
Guthrie August 27. The Misses Tilly and Mary Sampson held a lawn party at their home last Wednesday evening with forty to fifty guests. Ettie Buckley of Toronto visits the Misses Sanders. Adair of Collingwood visits her uncle Rev. N Campbell at the Manse. Mrs. T E Ross and Miss Maggie Duncan visited friends in Stroud. Mrs. T R Sanders visits sisters in Midland and Ontario. Guthrie folks attended a Shanty Bay picnic with tea and bay games. Harvest continues with wet weather delaying cutting and gathering grain.
The Pan-American Exposition is finished in grand style and draws many travelers within 500 miles of Buffalo. It promises beauty in architecture, color, water features, and sculpture with nightly 8 30 star spangled banners. Exhibits span electricity, agriculture, machinery, arts, and more. Admission to buildings and stadium events is free. lodging near the exposition is affordable, and advance reservations advised. Grand Trunk Railway offers top traveler service to the site.
Encourages early use of cod liver oil emulsion to resist and overcome consumption. Advises bravery and prompt action, dismissing delay and fear. Mentions a free sample offer amid garbled extra text.
An extended sketch portrays Quessant as a treeless, storm battered Atlantic isle famed for shipwrecks. A visitor discovers a room stacked with timber from wrecked vessels, a forest of masts and rare woods, giving the island a cemetery-like reach from New York to Cape La Hague.
In a brief exchange Mr Straitlace explains a suitor aims for acting while his daughter notes the idea of appearing before the footlights. The father quips the suitor should instead consider disappearing before the footlights.
A columnist outlines four keys to winning a woman: treat her well, occasional affection, genuine admiration, and avoid contradicting her. The brief advice emphasizes respectful behavior, balanced attentiveness, and considerate communication as foundations of a healthy relationship.
A clergyman recounts a tale of his missing wedding ring washed away at a Wisconsin lake and later found aloft in a tree. He deduces a fishhawk carried the ring to its nest, where wind blew the nest apart and dropped the ring onto a twig. The ring remains on his wife’s finger.
A leaf of the orange tree planted may take root. Seven year old tea plants yield four ounces of leaves or 700 pounds per acre. New Zealand edelweiss differs slightly from the Swiss variety. An oak at 100 years averages 41 inches in diameter while a larch is 40 inches and an elm 50. A white pine twenty years old should be about 25 feet high and at 30 or 40 years about 60 feet. The pest in British Columbia forests is devil's club with spikes that cause poisoned wounds.
A doctor urges keeping the head bare to avoid baldness while a Market Street merchant recalls an incident where a man forgot to switch his winter straw hat. After attracting attention and laughs, he buys a new seasonally appropriate hat at a nearby bar store.
A London cabman humorously handles an underpaid fare. The unnamed lady tries to add more money after a sixpence, but the driver pockets the coin and, with a smile, notes the pleasure of having driven her. The exchange highlights the cabman’s wit and polite reproof.
A reflective passage attributes greatness to those who inhabit a higher sphere of thought and grasp truth with ease. It contrasts effortless insight with others who must labor, correct errors, and vigilantly guard against misperception.
In a brief exchange the host says sorry for the guest's departure and mentions a specific train at 9:32. The guest expresses uncertainty about catching that schedule while noting it is something they are unsure about. The host’s eldest child refers to the time and a hoped-for option, hinting at a plan related to Pa.
Ladies' Evening Slippers in Vic Kid and Patent Leather sharply reduced this week. Instep strap styles with high French heels, jet trims, and leather heels feature in a wide range, with prices from $1.25 to $1.85 per pair, limited sizes and selections highlighted to attract customers early in the slipper season.
The readable passage hints at joint work and cost cutting but lacks clear names, places, or events. It mentions letting together and savings goals, with stray words like Cass Points and ivy appearing without context. No definitive action or outcome can be established from the fragment.
The 1901 Canadian Newspaper Directory edition improves on prior issues with thinner paper and a compact format. Sectional province maps, previously bound in, now come as a supplement in a detachable envelope for easier use. Published by A McKim & Co Montreal, the McKim Agency is touted as a reliable, up to date source for newspaper information across Canada.
It means rich blood, strong nerves, and sound digestion. It means prosperity and growth to the young. It means good color and mental vigor. This advertising copy presents Scott's Eumulsion as a source of health benefits for multiple age groups.
Fruit and Flowers are the topics especially treated in the Canadian Horticulturist, the leading journal of hortculture in America. It contains forty-eight pages of up-to-date reading matter by experts and professional gardeners, fully illustrated by photogravures. It is issued monthly. A sample copy may be had free of charge by addressing the editor Mr L Woolverton MA Grimsby Ont. The subscription price is $1 per year and new subscribers for 1902 may have the balance of this year free.
Barrie railway notice indicates schedule changes on June 15 1901 for passenger trains. It lists routes to and from Barrie with mentions of watchman, manufact, good, kean holidays and related service details.
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