Savings Bank Pipa at $1 and Upwards Feature
The Savings Bank department notes deposits from $1 and up with interest credited quarterly. Accounts may be opened by two or more persons and withdrawals may be made by any signer or the survivor.
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
2
The Savings Bank department notes deposits from $1 and up with interest credited quarterly. Accounts may be opened by two or more persons and withdrawals may be made by any signer or the survivor.
Barrie students from St Josephs Convent pass University of Toronto exams in music. Highlights include Miss L Cline Miss B Quinlan Miss H Armbrister and others across theory and piano categories with several first class results and credits.
The Summer School for Sunday School workers and Bible students will run July 22 to 30 in Trinity Parish Barrie. Lecturers from Montreal and Toronto cover Old and New Testament outlines Pedagogy and Child Study and Sunday School history. A registration fee of 2 dollars per student or 5 dollars for an entire staff.
Outlook for the apple crop reports varying yields across Ontario and other regions. Ontario districts like Hastings and Northumberland show light winter apple crops, while Ottawa St Lawrence Valleys may see average to good sizes. United States crops are expected average. global conditions hint at generally favorable prospects amid some adverse factors.
An ancient advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Gate. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and Watnine, Kinnan & Manes as endorsers and promotes internal use for mucous surfaces. Wholesale druggists sell for 75 cents.
London July 8 Rev Herb Pedley of Montreal urged the Congregational Council to choose between uniting with Methodists or Presbyterians or forging a middle path balancing organization and freedom. In New York 2800 children enroll as 16 have been arrested so far this year, up from 1725 last year.
Local items report a garden party at W H Wallace's with music and a $123.55 proceeds, a Barrie marriage of Miss Bessie Hog gins and Mr William Elrick, visits among residents, a non fatal mishap when Mrs Thomas Martin was trod on by a milking cow, and a farewell at Crossland School. Miss Richardson resigns after three and a half years, receiving a gold monogram bracelet and slippers. pupils and parents praise her work and memories of her tenure endure.
The list shows percentages for pupils across the class. Names include Clara Y-Roy Blackstock 41 Sadie Gibson 87 Flora Dutcher 12 Jack Broley 10 7 Cecil Binley 00 Ethel Fell 34 Torrence Black 43 Harvey Speers 13 Elwood McDonald 22 Frank Fall 13 with several absentees and unspecified students.
The text presents garbled references to infections and diseases with terms like catarrhal bronchial and pneumonia. It mentions an entity Amplyotheme and a concern with disease elimination, but the overall meaning and specifics are obscured by OCR errors and fragmentary phrasing. No clear individuals or organizations can be identified.
At Grand Trank offices confirmation of a long term agreement with the Northernep Company of Ontario Limited to form a Grand Trank Railway System line of steamers on the Georgian Bay and Great Lakes. The fleet includes eight passenger and freight steamers and two freighters with the Huronic as flagship. A new 6000 ton vessel with 425 first class passengers is planned for next year, plus a second similar ship under consideration to complete a modern up to date line to Lake Superior.
Gentlemen Last Aneust my horse was cut by a barbed wire fence in eleven places. Three small cats healed but others became foul and rotten. A doctor advised MINARD'S LINIMENT and in four weeks every sore healed and hair grew in fine condition. John R. Holden witnessed Perry Baker.
Much regret is expressed at the death of Robert Oliver who died at his Main street residence on Thursday morning July 2 in his 65th year. Born in Caledon he moved to Sunnidale where he farmed before retiring three years ago and becoming a citizen of Stayner. A pioneer of Sunnidale he helped transform the township from forest to cultivated fields. He was a Presbyterian and supported Reform municipal politics.
Fragmented OCR shows street barriers legal notices and medical listings for surgeons with offices in Barrie and Alliston. It notes a long serving Sannidale councillor and reeve, respected for integrity, survived by wife daughter Annie and two sons William and Malcolm.
The page lists train numbers 38 47 and 25 with times 11.15 p.m. 2 90 p.m. and notes Nog 46 47 48 49 run daily including Sundays. It mentions Leaves Allandale for Penetang and references Leaves Allandale timetable inclusions.
Barrie Presbytery met at Barrie on July 7 for an induction at Midhurst. Attendance was light. Among business items was a transfer of Rev. Alex Sheppard from the Congregational church by leave of the presbytery.
Fragmentary notice from Little Britain Ontario by T G Irwin references digestive and constitutional troubles. Mentions payment of 50s and 91.00 and Dr T A Slocum. Context unclear and names a remedy or investigation of a medical or charitable nature.
General Assembly heard Mr Sheppard accepted the call with induction set for July 21 at Midhurst at 2.80 p.m. Rev G J MacKay to preside and others to preach address and speak. Rev R V McKibbin, under call to Severn Bridge, accepted and will be released for induction in September at Severn Bridge with presiding officer and speakers. A resolution referenced Dr Findlay’s death and a fund was approved to cover commission expenses, with a committee named.
A fragment advertises office stationery printing at low prices and urges placing orders with Rev. Dr. McLeod Rev. G I Draw Rev. W A Amos and J J Brows for a September Presbytery meeting details. Mention of Presbytery adjourning to Barrie on the third Tuesday in September and liquor ballot fines of 50 and 75 with costs.
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