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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
2
Ward residents report best coal price at 6.65 cash from Park's and note numerous social visits. Local items include hospital news, visits from Toronto and Guelph residents, charity sales, and church notices. The piece also records a death and funeral service for Mrs. John Scott, aged 81, with family details and tributes.
Montreal June 26 William Ryder superintendent of telegraphs for the C B and Q told the Convention of Railway Telegraphers that a revolution in train handling in the United States and Canada is near due to telephone use in railroad dispatching. He cited Canadian Pacific success and Burlington trials begun December 11 as proving telephone systems improve two track operations and single track movement, claiming it is safer and more satisfactory than telegraph.
The Elma Dalston hosted the June 17 wedding of Miss Myrtle Hickling to Wesley Caldwell. Clergy R. Fralick officiated. organist was Gertrude Caldwell. Seventy guests enjoyed pink decor and a supper in a fern adorned dining room.
Thomas Herbert of St Catharines dies from heat prostration on Saturday. J Foy questions the prosecution over the alleged tack combine. Two children burned to death at Ardoch village in a residence fire. Reverend J Cranston of Collingwood granted two months leave to fill Dr Gordon's pulpit in Winnipeg.
Application for a consumptive sanitarium in Barrie was voted down by the Board of Health on Friday. Opposition cited perpetual franchise fears and potential influx of outside patients. Attendees included Medical Health Officer and H B Henwood, President of the Board of Trade, who aligned with critics while noting sympathy for local conditions. The group suggested a confined, town-patient focus if Mr Staton can arrange proper safeguards. Also reported, the Vegpre S. & Assocation held its fourth annual convention in Edenvale with talks on temperance and Sabbath school duties.
A fragmented OCR item mentions Galt and Geoworld with garbled names and phrases about building something from the alin by commas. Missing context leaves unclear person, organization, date, or location details.
The Divisional Court led by Chief Justice Mulock and judges Anglin and Hiddell unanimously reversed Chief Justice Meredith. They declared the town of Orillia by law focal opting invalid and quashed the ruling.
Mr. Justice Anglin determines the items described as axes belong to Orillia context, noting the above references and examining the related documentation. The decision documents the location and relevant legal framing of the case in Orillia.
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