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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
5
The Baptist Church will host Sunday evening programs at 7 o clock titled Discourses on the War. The lectures aim to explain the war causes course and likely outcome with lessons to learn. The series features War Character Sketches including The Kaiser Albert King of the Belgians and Tommy Atkins.
A dated sequence outlines wartime refrains with phrases including Lord Kitchener and Admiral Jessicoe, promising peace on January 17 and highlighting Brittania’s sea power in a festive wartime context.
Notice lists three marriage announcements on December 4 and in early December. McMahon to Florence Speers wed at Barrie by Rev. Dr McLeod. Ernest Bertram Love to Jessie Ellen McCuaig wed at Oro home of bride’s parents by Rev N Campbell.
Obituaries list deaths at Toronto General Hospital December 3 Robert Mitchell Scott 63? 64? at Barrie December 5 Zita Agnes Hamlin Wellesley Hospital December 5 Priscilla Grantham Bradford Ont aged 67 Maria Gibbons Gilford aged 92 widow of John Gibbons. Bryson’s almond paste 30c per pound ready to use.
Judge Vance, visiting as a private Home Guard member, praised Barrie's municipal government and the town's facilities. He urged use of Town Hall for weekly drill. Mayor Cowan and Aldermen discussed bylaw changes, building permit fines, street lighting, and sewer connections while approving a 150 dollar grant to the Agricultural Society.
Russian rye fetches over 1.00 in Toronto and 90 to 94 cents locally. Buckwheat up about 25 cents, yield large. Wheat at 1.12, potatoes steady 45 to 50 cents. About 600 pounds of poultry purchased locally. buyers anticipate brisk Christmas trade with Saturday the 19th. Hog prices at 47.00 per cwt, sows at 5.50.
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