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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text references capitation and multi million dollar figures with scattered terms including Canadain and Dolled Suites. No coherent event or entities to anchor a name or place. Summary limited by readability. unable to extract a clear news item or outcome.
The clipping notes weddings and visits in Sunnidale and surrounding areas. It mentions Mr and Mrs, two months old child, a box social in New... and various local names like Miss Eliza, Miss Robinson, and Ada Reymer.
On New Year’s Day the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Dan welcomed the marriage of their youngest Sophia to Mr Dan. A small quiet reception followed the ceremony with a few friends present. Bride wore a blue silk blouse and white embroidered dress. Clergyman Miss Sturgeon officiated.
A parish record notes the wedding reception where gifts were presented to the newlyweds Mr and Mrs Kae. Attendees included Mr Kes Sr Mr O Daff Mr Switcher and others as guests departed for an evening train to Toronto. Samuel Switcher and family welcomed visitors back in the city after holidays.
Local notes report Minards Liniment praised for grippes and inflammation relief. Community movements include residents leaving for new jobs, school reassignments, and a fatal fall incident at Crogan residence. Skating and sleighing noted as good. Ottawa assault sentence. San Francisco appeals court vacates ex mayor Schmitz extortion conviction.
The Barrie Presbytery gathered to discuss Knox College future with talks favoring a new site facing the University Grounds. Rev Grant and others urged selling the current unsanitary building, raising funds, and erecting a modern facility. officers were appointed to organize the Knox graduates’ association and arrangements for the London Presbytery call and induction actions.
Orillia cast 912 ballots in a Local Option referendum, the largest tally yet, with the measure winning by 195 and a fraction, surpassing the three fifths requirement. Temperance forces mobilized but opponents claimed a bigger turnout than expected, hotelkeepers threatening legal action as officials prepare next steps.
The article discusses court actions over invalid election procedures, noting mostly blank ballots with a few spoiled ones, insufficient polling places, and a 200 voter subdivision rule. It cites a judge’s stance on by laws, potential appeals, and mentions Frank Cochrane being banqueted by the North Bay Board of Trade. It ends with a call to raise funds to finish a smelter plant and a line about Minard's Liniment.
A Scranton Times report claims a simple at home treatment for rheumatism using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syton Sirdaparna. The method, prepared at home and taken after meals and at night, is described as harmless though the piece notes cautious uptake by physicians.
Fragmentary OCR notes include medical roles like physician and surgeon, references to London and various surnames Browos Black Dunlop Terleph one rod, with unclear structure and incomplete phrases.
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