School Boots Sale Ad Dates Prices for Boys and Girls
Vintage ad promotes school boots for boys and girls with various styles and prices. Listings include Boys Blucher Lace Boots $1.85, toe cap solid, sizes 11 to 18. Boys String Lace Boots $1.50 to $1.75. Girls Box Calf Lace Boots $1.50. Goat Skin Lace Boots $1.35. Oil Pebble Lace Boots $1.75. Young Women Dongola Kid Blacker Lace Boots. Boston Calf Lace Boots at $1.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dongola
Ccrer Selene Eee Group
Boston
Nem
Fall Term Begins September 3rd at Excelsior Business College
The notice announces fall term start on September 3rd for Excelsior Business College. It invites comparison of fees and methods, notes a former graduate idle and a capacity to place more students, and asks readers to help meet rising demand, mentioning Toronto and other locations.
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Toronto
Numerous Local Notices and Social Tidbits From Barrie
Budd Allen visits home. Hamilton and Toronto contacts. Dr Arnall returns from Bear Point. Toronto guest Miss Cubaine attends Mrs. Cannon. Park offers screens and mattresses. Several residents travel to Regina, London, and England plans noted. Typhoid illness, hospital stays, and local promotions listed along with an Allandale Band garden party and railway service discussions. Community updates include relocations, construction on Barton Ave, and upcoming shifts to Saskatchewan and Battleford.
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Budd Allen
Adam Scott
Hamilton
Arnall
Bear Point
Tuesaday
Geo. Lawrence
Toronto
T. Pearce
Cubaine
R. Cannon
W. C. Thompson
Barton, Ave
Lot Webb
Dr. Evans
Park's
T. G. Blair
Kilworthy
John Jacobs
Dollery Bros
Vermelen
Seattle
Wash
L. Roberts
Ed. Shearie
500 Boxes for Children Give Away at Marrins Footwear Store
In a promotion at Elizabeth Street Marrin offers a handsome pencil box and ruler with every purchase of children's footwear totaling 150 dollars or more. The box is intended to delight school children and Marrin touts his footwear as stylish and high quality. A reminder to parents to visit Marrin’s stock and view the children's shoes.
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Leo Marrin
Elizabeth Stahoe
Marrin
Ents
Goodall Family Mourns Father in Barrie and Toronto
John Wallace Goodall died in Toronto on Monday at age 88. A Penicuik native who settled in Canada as a pioneer of Galt, he married twice and left sixteen children with eight sons and four daughters surviving. A Presbyterian and Liberal, he was highly respected by friends. Arch H Goodall traveled to Toronto for the funeral in Galt.
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John Wallace Oonall
Arch. H. Goodall
Barrie
Toronto
Pennecuick
Scotland
Canada
Galt
Presbyterian Church
A. H. Goodall
Appendicitis Theory Tied to American Steel Rollers
Dr W B Battle at St Thomas Hospital proposes that appendicitis spread stems from iron particles from steel rollers used in wheat grinding. He notes a rise in cases after such machinery was adopted and cites iron fragments found in a patient’s appendiceal concretions. The Lancet notes possible foundation for the theory.
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London
W. B. Battle
St. Thomas’ Hospital
America
The
Lancet
Battle
Jos Garvin's Gold Discovery Near Latchford Ontario
Prospectors W H Fletcher and Jos L Garvin in Te Magami Reserve near Willison township discover milk quartz gold veins. They stake 15 claims with free milling gold on surface. Fletcher notes one vein 85 feet wide, others 4 to 8 feet, calling it one of Canada's notable discoveries.
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Latchford
Ont
Montreal
Jone
W. H. Fletcher
Jos. L. Garvin
B.A
Ottawa
A. Constantineau
J. W. Garvin
Fletcher
Canada
Western Harvest Delayed by Rain Across Western Canada
Western Canada suffers delays in harvesting as a drenching rain lasts all day. Wheat reportedly fills well and may yield strongly if frost is avoided. Reports from Free Press inspectors note late and backward crops, with cutting not feasible until late September in some areas. Gladstone reports magnificent crops with 20 to 40 bushels per acre, northern heavy yields offsetting lighter southern crops. frost has caused damage.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Free Press
Gladstone
Local Birth Notices and Telegraphic Rate Update
Birth notices from various dates list a series of Aug entries for families Beaton Campbell Malcomson MacLean Stoddart Goodall and others. An infant son and a daughter are reported with parent names in Guthrie Barrie Toronto and Shant Be. The Railway Commission has extended Bell Telephone rates until November 13.
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Maclean
Peetsry
Shant
J. Rand MacLean
Stoddart
Guthrie
James Stoddart
Ennieeion
Bell
Cobalt mining camp critiqued by London Daily Mail author
British writer H Hamilton Fyfe surveys Cobalt Ontario describing a compact mining town near Lake, with wooden shacks, stock exchange theater, no open liquor, and a lingering question of its permanence. He notes orderly discipline, De luxe camp status, accessible tarawater, and a Pullman ride from railhead.
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Canada
H. Hamilton Fyfe
London Daily Mail
Fife
Cobalt
Niing
University
Stock Exchange
Harvest Safety For Wheat Supply Strains Canadian Pacific
Western Canada mobilizes for harvest as Canadian Pacific readies 15 000 box cars and engines to move western wheat to the lakes. Officials report no current car shortage, aided by extensive car and engine production. End loads peak near lake navigation, with risk from late harvest and rush to ship.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Ifi Railway
Ct Ee Company
Deer Dashes Through Moncton Street Spouts Horned Escape
A large deer with a broad horn spread dashed through Moncton streets, startling bystanders and skittering into a store after knocking three men to the wet pavement in the former city square. The incident ended as the animal fled toward East India store.
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China Shop
Moncton Streatd
East India Store
Vespra Council Grants 1907 Tax Rates and Ditch Act Powers
The Vespra Council met with all members present and approved payments to L Sommers C Bewis J G Scott H Harrison Wm Nichol son Jas A Mather T Pattenden A E Bell A Standen Jas Coutts and others totaling numerous municipal expenses. A credit was given Geo Sneaths estate for postage stationery and fees. A by law for levying 1907 rates was passed: county 2 3 4 mills township 2 mills public school 3 3 5 mills. A ditch and water courses act authorization was approved for construction in Ves pra north western township. Downey Wattie and Cameron Finlay appointments set for rate collectors at 120 dollars each. Reeve ruled in favor of W J Bishop. appointment confirmed. Council adjourned on Reeve call.
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Conoeil
Cnair
L Sommers
Colvert
C. Bewis
Sunnidale Road
J. G. Scott
H. Harrison
Jas. A. Mather
Townline Sannidale
Vespra
T. Pattenden
A. E Bell
A. Standen
Jas. Coutts
Geo. Sneath
Board of Health
Canadian meat inspection rules approved for Sept. 3 start
Ottawa Aug 26 regulations governing Canadian meats and canned foods have been approved by order in council and will begin Sept 3. The new rules are strict to protect export trade with penalties for evasion. Forty inspectors have been named and trained to enforce the law following U.S. practice with simplified enforcement.
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Ottawa
United States
Fife Wheat Is Best For British Milling
London reports millers striving to raise English wheat to Canadian standard have success with Fife wheat. Its crosses prove most suitable and satisfactory, with promise to lead British milling. Buyers pay 2s to 3s a quarter above other varieties.
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London
Ain't They Fine Shirt Offer Promises Instant Delivery
A promotional pitch touts a broad shirt selection with constant customer focus and a pledge to fulfill promises. It highlights striving to capture shoppers from rival stores and promises instant delivery of goods to encourage repeat business.
Changes in 1.C.F. Orphanage at Foresters Island
Kingston dispatch notes sweeping changes in Foresters Island affairs Hay of Quinte. Expenditures for forty orphans run about 5000 dollars yearly. Orphans to move to the late Dr Oronhya tekba house. castle and orphanage to be rented for a summer hotel. J C Morgan to gain organizer duties. W H Hunter says only winter use of smaller buildings for orphans. He dismisses renting for a summer hotel as nonsense.
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1.C.F
Kingston
Quinte
Oronhyatekba
J. C. Morgan
W. H. Hunter
Euprema
Poronto
Miss May Met Tugged Into Swell Rescue by Child
A small child aided Mrs Was led into peril when Miss May fell into a swell. The child, with quick action, helped summon aid and contributed to a successful rescue.
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Owas
Also Mentioned on This Page
WM. Moore
Bank of
Allandale
H. B. Henwood
Excelsior Business College
Seaailway Ar
Timothy Wilson
Mies Alice
England
Mra. Nattrass
Royal Victoria Hospital
John Moffitt, Jr
I. Kreitz
Geo. Renfrey
Mra. H. Johnson
Wm.McMorran
Hiram Walker
Depot Harbor
C. R. Deans
W. B. Webb
Penstang
Mra
J. S. Branton
Walter Burton
J. F. Stewart
Schomberg
H. A. Cullen
Geo. Hewson
F. J. Bill
T. Williams
John McPherson
Regina
Saskatchewan
Walter Tanner
Rebbeca Sharpe
Gowan St
Lakes
Fred Link
Raleigh
N. C
R. Hardy
Soo
Battleford
Sask
W. B. Bingham
Mt. Clemens, Mich
Blanche Stewart
Bradford
Shear
Alec Clark
Misa Alice Schrieber
Misa Phillips
H. D. Cameron
Mrs
Canon) Murphy
St. John’s Hospital
Whitabread Bros
Dunlop, St
Allandale Band
J._L. Burton
Breen
Railway Commission
O. Walton
Minpett’s Point
Kempenfeldt Lodge
Southampton Lodge
Allandale Od
Barrie Horticultural and Town Improvement Society
Bennett
H. B. Myers
KH. Goodall
Jos. Garvin
Campbell
A. D. Campbell
Malcomson
A .F. A. Malcomson
Vespra Council
John Webb
France
Ment
Plymouth
Pederboro
J. R. Hambly
Ocr
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