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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
3
Barrie's Reeve's Jewelry Store offers a wide range of gems and silver novelties. The inventory includes diamonds watches rings chains lockets pearl jewelry and related accessories plus clocks umbrellas cut glass china and framed items.
Advertisement noting Christmas is near and promoting W. L. Reeve as a jeweler and engraver offering specialty work and gifts for the season.
A speaker notes 65 to 100 million acres fit for settlement west of Winnipeg with wheat crops improving toward the north. He says land is fertile, climate allows earlier ripening, frost damage low in Manitoba, and predicts development will center on mixed farming and cattle raising as buffalo roam the region.
A prominent local physician stresses careful living and rehabits as essential. He endorses blood tonic and rheumatic specific fluids with cascara and sarsaparilla, recommending water intake and a dosage after meals and at night. A merchant reports relief from backache and urinary troubles using the prescription.
Major MacLaren and Ald. Beardaley hear Mr. Young extol Northern Ontario and western territories, detailing oil, gas, coal, minerals, timber, and water power. He cites Fernie, Sudbury, Cobalt, Labrador, and the Mackenzie region, urging exploration, meteorological data, and railway expansion as keys to prosperity, with a Panama world fair and federal water bonds on upcoming agendas.
Advert explains Hyomei inhalation cures catarrh bronchitis coughs colds and croup without stomach medicine. Testimony from H Taylor of Toronto describes long standing catarrh relief after six weeks of Hyomei. Includes biographical notes on J Henderson postal inspector and career milestones in Toronto Barrie district.
A noted doctor credits a home concoction blending Dandelion fluid extract, Silatone, Syrup Sarsaparilla, and other ingredients as key to treating kidney and bladder issues. The mix, prepared at home or by a druggist, aims to cleanse the blood, ease urine, and restore normal kidney function after meals and at bedtime.
Parry Sound and the Whitby and Manila line stage routes along with the Sutton Branch and the Hamilton and Northwestern Railway are noted. Mr Henderson, previously gravely ill for three months two years ago, plans to spend this winter in Bermuda per his physician. He will return June 1 to resume inspectoral duties.
Hunters urge the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway to organize a February wolf hunt to curb packs around Bolger and the Magnetawan River. They warn wolves threaten deer and sport along the line. It would use 70 to 100 men, with $15 government bounty per wolf as incentive. Those interested should contact Mr C Price-Green in Toronto for details.
An 18 year old named Mark Kilgallen was fatally shot by Adolph Schultz in Schenectady while a second incident reports a cinder from a passenger train broke the collarbone of G E Palmer, a Pennsylvan ia Railroad laborer at Newton Hamilton, Pennsylvania.
The text rejects rab bing Uniment and oil on the pore apat as cures for rheumatism. It asserts the disease cannot be reached by such methods and must be driven out of the system.
Druggists report strong praise for a home made mix claimed to cure rheumatism and kidney trouble. Instructions cite shaking one half ounce Dandelion extract, one ounce Kargon compound, three ounces Sarsaparilla syrup, with a dose nightly after wear. Drink water and maintain diet. Mentioned as endorsed by many locals and available from nearby druggists.
West Ward School lists November honor rolls across multiple grades with students named in each class and section. The roll totals 277 students with average attendance 252. Principal Geo R Wood signs the report from Worcester Massachusetts noting the city’s distinction as the largest prohibition city.
The Sunnidale council met December 8 with full attendance, noting communications on Drain inspections, cemetery and hall fees, and a plan to bridge the Nottawasaga River. Numerous accounts were approved for bridge work, culverts, ditching, road repairs, timber, and fence bonuses, with adjournment to December 15.
The funeral train of the late Emperor of China drew 6,000 mourners and 4,000 soldiers last week. In the Imperial City 10,000 men knelt as the procession passed. Many ancient rites were abandoned and foreign spectators observed. Widespread arson destroyed fare, costly clothing, and personal effects of the household and Dowager.
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