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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
6
A scene unfolds in a rugged mountain setting as a wary bachelor and a confident widow spar over wit and desire. He resists feminine wiles while she prods with humor, heightening tension before a fall on a mossy ledge rekindles risk and curiosity between them. She teases, he flinches, and the moment pivots on a fragile trust.
Sir John Davie of Groton becomes Sir John Davie of Creedy Park after learning he inherited a baronetcy. While hoeing corn with John Parker, a visitor in London fashion saluted him and revealed the title. Davie funded Groton church, donated a silver communion set, aided relatives, and supported Yale College.
The Pal Mall Gazette recalls strict training for huntsmen in earlier eras. From age seven for a beginner to twelve for a veneur, youths were chosen for health, judgment, and painstaking care, while masters in hunting valued personal knowledge of hounds and hands-on skill.
A periodical review recounts Mre. Menant's Tour du Monde account of Mahableshwar and its hill tribes. The piece highlights Dhangurs and Kolis, notes their poverty and forest life, and reflects on their beliefs, customs, and wary stance toward external influences.
A West End tradesman reports the King signed a cheque for his private account at Coutts Bank. The monarch reportedly entered a shop, found he lacked cash, and drew a cheque to frame as a keepsake. Royal family members also use Coutts for private accounts.
Lieut. Boyd Alexander spoke at the Royal Geographical Society about his 5000 mile survey across Northern Nigeria and Lake Chad. He described Kachi tribes with unusual marriage customs and photographed scenes, noting women wearing brass encased tail like ornaments eight inches long, hung from the back.
Fragmentary text shows a stylized query by a spinster about obligations and decrees for agers, with broken phrases suggesting a personal interest note or diary snippet. The readable lines hint at a moment of instruction or decision, but lack clear events, dates, or identifiable subjects.
The piece profiles John, Rockefeller’s near unseen aide from Switzerland, described as the confidential employee handling transport, lodging, expense accounts, and in-house matters. It recalls his discreet role like Roosevelt’s stenographer Latta and notes his bees hobby while detailing his honesty and frugality.
Germany opens a massive dry dock at Tsingtao for its navy, the largest in the world. It can lift the 16,000 ton battleship, weighs 8,800 tons, and took two years to build. Five pontoons form the structure, powered largely by shore electricity, with a central station on site.
Louis Rhead argues in Recreation that the great heron and other fish-eating species threaten game fish and urges lawmakers in various states to pass protections. He notes the heron is the largest and most gluttonous of its family and mocks its feeding manner while calling for safeguards against these “destroyers of our game fish.”
A historical note discusses forests as only about one fifth of the U S total currently in national parks with the rest likely privatized. It notes timber ages with felled trees averaging at least 150 years and warns investors may face a century wait for a second growth crop.
A quirky page of verse and jests mixing satire and whimsy. It lampoons ballooning mania and schoolbook impracticalities while popping in with witty quips about love, society, and human foibles.
The passage humorously muses on honesty, schemes, gender roles, poverty, and work fatigue. It pivots through aphorisms about truth, responsibility, status, and the quirks of a “Don’t Worry” club, ending with a note on labor abundance blocking sunshine.
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