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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1924
Page
8
The Department of Mines reports Ontario mineral production rose by 2.33 million dollars in the first quarter to 11,575,151, with silver the only major metal down. The note lists other regional and international items, including enterprise notes, hunting reports, and civic milestones.
A unidentified man about forty, with reddish hair and no hat, was struck and killed by the southbound Winnipeg express a quarter mile south of Aurora station at 6.25 am. A receipt for a Toronto to Orillia railway ticket was found, and coroner C J Devins pursued clues to his identity. Orillia police linked him to a fruit display theft case in Orillia and noted a potential name Herbert Riches from Toronto, aged 49.
Instructions describe cutting rhubarb into small pieces and mixing with lemon juice and rind plus sugar. Cook slowly about thirty minutes until clear and tender, then fill glasses and seal with paraffin.
New Jersey reports completion of twenty two miles of highway at an approximate cost of four thousand dollars.
Miss Hester Neston of Thorold visits Mrs. L. Spearn while Miss Bessie Scanlon of Toronto spends the weekend with the same hostess. Toronto visitors Collingwood Schreiber and Detroit resident Hugh Garside vacation locally. Several families travel to Port Carling Ottawa Montreal and Toronto for visits. Special sale at Clark's Store offers free asbestos holders with 50c writing pad purchase. Reeve Wm. Rusk survives a 16 foot fall at S. Lukes mill with only minor injuries.
Development at Minet's Point near Barrie accelerates as O M Poucher stages groundwork and buyer activity increases. G Brooks of Neepawa buys ten cottage lots and will erect ten cottages around Miner's Park, backing rapid expansion toward a 500 to 1000 resident summer colony with hydro power and a central hotel.
Hol ly residents celebrated the Twelfth in Orillia and Newmarket. A. V. Guest and William Hicks from Toronto drove here and spent Sunday with Fred Guest. The Werden party gathered at Knock Tuesday evening. Roy Hancock and baby from Colwell and Mrs. Beelby of Barrie visited Chas Campbell's Sunday. Mrs. Sproule of Utopia visited with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred ver. The girls beat Allandale 16 to 0 in a return game Monday. Jack Smith of Barrie visited Jas. Brown's. A. M. Quantz and family from Toronto visited over the weekend.
Among 2 500 000 New York City wage earners, 601 000 are women. Frank Keenan aged 68, veteran actor, to wed Miss Margaret White aged 22, a Los Angeles music teacher, in Honolulu. South Dakota gains 2 cents a gallon profit on retail gasoline and collects a 2 cent state tax per gallon.
Mr and Mrs Davison of New York presented Canadian National Railways with a six by four foot oil map of Jasper National Park. Painted by Richard Rummell, it was created with government and CN input and honors service on the Montreal to Prince Rupert route last summer. The map hangs at Jasper Park Lodge where CN operates rustic facilities attracting visitors.
The note lists a fragmentary mention centered on Abe and a character n with a short reference to Ale. The readable text lacks clear event details, dates, or organizations to verify a fuller news item.
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