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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1924
Page
2
Published weekly with prices for Canada Great Britain United States. Returns address updates required for changes. Cancellations policy explains continued service if no notice. remittances by registered letter money order or cheque at par. Editor J A MacLaren Manager W C Walls.
Barrister Stowell Baynes investigates the murder of millionaire John Tallantine at Dalrymple Court after Tallantine hoped to trace his wife and daughter Pearl Drummond. A damaged telephone wire and a mysterious daughter Anna Dalrymple point to a web of deception and danger involving Lady Dalrymple and servants.
Barker and Baynes visit Dr Smith at Holly House to learn about Tallantine's death. The doctor describes a nocturnal strangling in Tallantine's sleep with clear finger marks while noting the lack of signs of a struggle and hoping for better identification of the murderer.
Cherries appear for first season at 40c per 6 quart basket while strawberries are scarce and priced 10c per box to 2 for 25c. Gooseberries 20c quart box and spring chickens 40c per pound. Green peas sold unshelled 50c per gallon, lettuce heads two for 15c, and various vegetables with mixed quality and plentiful beets and carrots.
A dense page of professionals and services including doctors Burns and Burns and Dr Jean Johnston offering nervous and child health care. Legal figures Boys & Murchison COWAN Plaxton Ross and Radenhurst Hammond advertise as barristers solicitors with loan offerings in Barrie and Toronto.
Orval Ruby of Toronto died when his large touring car overturned two miles west of Hawkesstone near the 8th Concession Oro and the Provincial Highway at 11 30 p m July 9. Three Orillians in the car escaped serious injury. coroner ruled no inquest.
A joked exchange unfolds as a new boarder admits arriving late and finds the landlady saved him the tenderest piece of chicken and gravy. The old boarder reacts with envy, underscoring the humorous household dynamic.
Doctor listings for Barrie Ontario outline physicians surgeons and specialists with offices on Collier Street Dunlop Street Elizabeth Street and Bradford Street among others. The text also lists piano teachers organists choirmasters and a bandmaster with contact details and hours.
An advertisement touts the Curatrus Easy fit retentive shield for ruptures with supportive appliances for men women children and infants. It highlights the Pulsator shield for naval rupture and Anatomik supports made to order. The ad urges readers to call, promises no cost to investigate, and notes rapid replacement of old steel springs.
A coupon grants a free demonstration of appliance samples. T Y Egan of Rupture Appliance Special ist at 1057 College St Toronto will visit Orillia July 21, Barrie Wellington Hotel July 22 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Collingwood Globe Hotel July 23 with a one day limit.
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