Local notes on weather travel and social events in Collingwood
Collingwood area reports indicate heavy snow disruptions with trains cancelled and snowbound crews. Various residents including Geo Lowe Randolph Bronton and Miss May Loftus visit relatives. funerals and illness noted. Community events include a Shredded Wheat banquet and pipe organ services planned for March. church collections funded electric lighting. death of Mrs. Riach reported with Scottish origins and long Canadian residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D Methodist Church
The
Epworth League
Methodist Church
M. ‘Neil
A. Moore
Blogg and Jeffrey
Anderton
Death notice for Mrs Bowman and local updates
Two daughters and many friends mourn her death as a large circle of admirers remember her warm regard. The children listed are Jane Blach Vancouver Miss Nellie Miss Maggie William and John Jach all at home. Funeral held Wednesday at Union Cemetery at 2 pm with Rev W A Amos officiating. Also notes William Walt home over Sunday and a long snowbound school recess. Mrs Thomas Bowman Jr ill last week and May Belle Lautenbach recovering from tonsillitis. A stray remark about needing a telephone and a frozen face from a recent day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Cannon
Guelph
May Loftus
Toronto
Allen Cassells
Maggie
Alex. Watt
Drueilla
Cathryne
Jane Blach
Vancouver
B. C
Nellie
William
John Jach
Union Cemetery
W. A. Amos
William Walt
Thomas Bowman Jr
Maybelle Lautenbach
Alon M. Bord
Oro Month Class V Entries Include Partridge Beardsall Bertram List
A fragmented OCR list shows February month entries for Class V and IV mixed with names such as Mary Melachero DeWitt Partridge Aubrey Bertram Vernet Beardeau Lula Partridge Annie Bertram Eva Ford Roy Beard Jr T-Eana Bertram Edna Church Walter Wilson Sr H-Bred Le Fourve Fred Bennett Tommy Gravestone Jr John Bearsall Victor Church Milford Bertram Ewart Emms and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oro
Mary Melachero
DeWitt Partridge
Aubrey Bertram
Iv—Vernet Beardeau
Lula Partridge
Annie Bertram
Eva Ford
En Wilde
Roy Beard Jr
T-Eana
Bertram
Edna] Church
Walter Wilson
H—Bred le Fourve
Fred Bennett
Tommy Gravestone
John Bearsall
Victor Church
Wallace Beardsall
Milford Bertram
Ewart Emms
Snowbound visit notes and Westward travel chatter
Feb 100 Shomer Bocvals spent time in Queen City last week while Parker Carruthers of Ivy and Andrew Lennox returned to the West after visits. Mrs Wright and Mrs Broley stayed with friends in Barrie and Toronto relatives. Several locals snowbound in Barrie but arrived home next day. ice harvest workers from Belle Ewart returned, noting 30 below zero was very cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shomer Bocvals
Queen City
Parker Carruthers
Ivy
W- Wright
Broley
Barrie
T. Harper
Toronto
Andrew Lennox
J. ‘Tlack
Belle Ewart
Deaths and travels in Parry Sound area noted
Mack Elson and Alex Mc Cusig recently returned from Parry Sound while Albert Crawford arrived after a speech at Beguin Falls. Misses Maggie and Clara Crawford Joe Barrie take a holiday. A Henson of Cookstown visits Sam Henson. Roads reopen after two weeks. Gospel meetings continue nightly. Bertha Tomlinson, 85, died peacefully February 6 at home. funeral February 10 at Presbyterian church conducted by Rev. Sturgeon with family and community mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Elson
Alex McCusig
Parry Sound
St. Andrew's
Albert Crawford
Beguin Falls
Maggie
Clara Crawford
Joe Barrie
Erc. A. Henson
Cookstown
Sam Henson
Ryan
Miller
Bertha Tomlinson
Allmen
Miss Olive
Wilfred
Orillia
Edward
Sturgeon Fails
Ashley
Medicine Hat
Alta
George
Gravenhurst
Presbyterian Church
Sturgeon
Battle Market Prices Rise Amid Scarcity of Produce
Saturday market showed higher prices driven by produce shortages. Meats ranged up to 86 cents per pound for mutton, dressed pork to $7.00, and chickens from 10 to 12 cents each. Butter sold at 25 to 30 cents, no apples or wood available, live hogs sold at last week’s price and hay and straw sales noted with limited quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satcurday
Psychine praised by Toronto reader for stomach relief
Mr Arthur Tennison of 8 Lonion Street Toronto writes enthusiastically that Psychine cured seven years of indigestion and dyspepsia. He claims every dose brought permanent relief and that throat, lung and stomach troubles were quickly cured. Available at druggists 50c or $1.00 via Dr T A Blocum Limited Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Tennison
Lonion Street
Toronto
George
T. A. Blocum
Bill to prohibit under sixteen from smoking cigarettes
London report states a government measure passed its first reading in the House of Commons to ban cigarette smoking by anyone under sixteen. The act amends child protection laws and imposes penalties for minors who smoke in public and for selling cigarettes to youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
The Late John Wilson of Simcoe County
The death of 84 year old John Wilson at his Barrie residence Sunday morning ends a long life of county involvement. Born outside Canada, he lived near Bond Head before moving to Bond Head then Cookstown and finally Barrie where he retired. A respected horseman famed for Whirlwind, he remained a lifelong Reformer and Anglican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilson
Beeton World
Barrie
Simcoe County
Simcoe
Bond Head
Mise Denisen
Nch
Canada
Dominion
West Ward School Honor Roll Listed for January
West Ward School announces January honor roll with numerous students named from grades one through high school. Principal Bem Be’ Wood notes average daily attendance at 219, highlighting names such as Masyaray M Buchanan J Cheesma Gr DI E Hanmer F Foster KE Averill and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Ward
Gh Wiens
Masyaray M. Buchanan
J. Cheesma
Gr. DI
E. Hanmer
F. Foster
T Foster
KE. Averill
Ee Foster
G Hayward
J. Sommers Oo
Istienbea A
Per
Ef - Me Park
M. Beecroft
M. Eae
Aa Roe Arker
H. Hers
Credit Sales Notices From Innisfil and Penetang Road Farm
Credit sale notices list auctions in Innisfil North Simcoe Feb 24 with Robert Wright selling stock and implements at 1 pm, Norman Walton Feb 25 offering horses cattle and hogs at 1 pm, and Chas Tuck Feb 26 on Penetang Road Farm stock and implements at 1 pm. Auctioneer is W A McConkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wright
W. A. McConkey
Inessay
Norman Walton
Chas. Tuck
East
Con
Veepra
Penetang Road
Local Births and Death Notices From Barrie Area
Entries record births in Buckle Fleming Fraser Graham Graham King and Reach notices from Innisfil Franklin and Barrie areas. The King item notes John King born February 10, 1908 in Manitoba, aged 78 or 79, buried in Winn. The Reach notice marks Margaret Black, widow of James Risch, aged 63, interred near Innisfil on February 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Franklin
Manitoba
John King
Barrie
Nathaniel Ki
Winn
Innisfil
Margaret Black
James Risch
Minard's Liniment Claims to Cure Colds and More
A fragment notes Minard's liniment marketed with claims to cure colds and similar ailments. The snippet includes an inquiry about subscription payment and a garbled line suggesting a noisy or disjointed ad copy.
iLearn Dress Making by Mail Offers Canada Wide Course
Sanders Dress-Cutting School claims a ten year track record with over 7 000 taught and advertises a Canada wide home sewing course enabling any family member to learn to cut fit and assemble garments from tee shirt waist to formal wear. The notice warns against imitators and guarantees $500 00 with mail address Stratford Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petar Niethas
Canada
Rae
Sanders
Ene Street
Stratford
Ontario
Sunnidale Council Meets at New Lowell Feb 6
Sunnidale Council met in New Lowell with Huth presiding in the Reeve’s absence. Present were Councillors Huth Lawrence Maxwell. Communications included a petition to remove a stamp fence blocking a road and a request to petition the Legislature to repeal Section 606 of the Municipal Act. Payments were approved for fence, hall wood, printing, repairs, supplies, and stove. The next meeting is the first Thursday in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnidale
Council of
New Lowell
Huth
Lawrence
Maxwell
County Council
Lawrence — Maxwell
Tole
Thompson
Lawrence—Maxwell
Moore
Con
W. Prosser
B. Martin
E. Hefferman
Lydia E Pinkham Product Claims Miracle Cure
An old advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a grand remedy for women's ills. It cites past practices of grandmothers and Native remedies, praising the product as more potent than drugs and recounts a Toronto woman's testimonial of relief from menstrual suffering after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epinkham
Patie the Tong
Pbs Ys. O
E. Pinkham
EE Pinkham
J. M
Napanee
Street
Toronto
Lydia E Pickham
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the Bank
Mead Office
Barrie and Allandale
Ables of
HN Webb
Allandale
Writs Excelsior Business College
Shere
Tiaxwell
Clapferton Street
Baptist Chnrch
Trinity High
Geo. Lowe
Collingwood
Randolph Bronton
Cleveland
Park's
D. Small
Hamilton
A. J. Paul
Penetang
H. Thurlow
Fergusonvale
Orange Hall
Ea. Shear
Misa Dobson
F. H. Mealhan
G. T.R
Great Northern Railway
C. P
New York Central
McGuigan
Archer
Y. P
Orillia Missionary Convention
Zacchens
Marie Ieee Thompson
Taylor
Bowen
Pearce
Rinch
Morton
Jas, Biach
Morayshire
Scotland
James Riach
Vespra
Parnie
Jonisfil
Mc. Riach
Enock
Oro Station
aNaus
Battle Market
Bem Be’ Wood
Per Buckle
Basel
W. Buckle
Fleming
Midhurst
Mrs
Re 3. Fleming
Fraserk
Louis Fraser
Mary St
Graham
Can
A. Graham
Crown. Hill
Alex. Graham
Minard
S. Liniment
Perm
Sasineas
Gollege
Taranke
Mplandid
Tve
Weite
F. Wel Saw
Yonge
Gorrach
Rorenko
Alotha
Bei Henry Ballict
Argent
SUN Life OF Canada
Jowest
Western
Perth Mutual
Wellington Mutual
Canadian Fire Insurance. Co
Easy, Rotes
Dominion of Canada Sickness and Accident Policy Co
Madame Cochrane
J. Davine
Toronto St
Seetee
Garcia and Pot Walker
Ireland
Madam Divivier
Paria
Cannel Coal
Meaes
H. Knight
Jas
Cheesman
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