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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
4
A readable fragment from the Barrie Examiner dated Thursday July 30 1908. The page likely contains local notices and brief items of interest within Barrie and surrounding area. No full articles are present in the provided text snippet.
Editorial notes Ontario hog numbers drop to 1,974,183 from 2,049,666 as feed prices rise and pork prices fall. Authors view the decline as temporary, citing strong Western crop prospects and a booming national economy that could bring good times by fall. discusses parliamentary Hansard output and debates on cattle embargoes and disease policies.
Ontario and Manitoba clash over Hudson Bay boundary delimitation, with calls for smaller provinces. Reports from Thornton note various social visits and local events as the Tercentenary celebration in Quebec looms, including travel plans and health updates among residents and visitors.
July reports fruit yields strong in the region while farmers busy with haying. Alberta Campbell and Miss Smith visit relatives in Alberta Manitoba and Cannington. Mrs Webster hosts Miss Smith as Rev MacLean faces new parish move. Mis Mary Campbell of Toronto visits aunt Mrs John Woods. Wendal Graham of Toronto visits aunt Mrs Jno Sandereon. Mrs Strawbridge Lizzie Patterson of Pittsfield Ma e and Mrs Dodds of Chicago visit their parents Mr and Mrs Alex Patterson. Miss S Day of Hillsdale enjoys a vacation at home with Miss Ethel Williams. The St Thomas S S excursion to Orleans on the steamer Geneva was successful with good crowds.
Mr and Mrs Boake of Thornton hosting guests. Mrs Hastings in hospital reported improving after pneumonia scare. July 27 Lillian Davis entertained guests. Martha Ellis of Toronto holidaying at home. Laura Lennor visiting Toronto. Rev W F Carpenter on holidays. Maitland Fletcher improving. Local residents attending Sumner Sunday Jockhood in Barrie praised for worth.
July 27 report notes farmers busy harvesting fall wheat barley and rye. Iwo loads of berry-pickers traveled to the back plains last week bringing home large quantities. Misses Bertha Reynolde Pearl Wilson, Ella McLaughlin, Laura Coughlin, and Mrs W Jardice carried on with visits and time with relatives and friends in Midland and Penetaha.
July 28 items describe a holiday car trip through Collingwood Redwing and Feversham. Mrs Joseph Swan of Barrie visits Henry Clifford. Miss Goldie and Lloyd White Coulson enjoy holidays with Mrs N M Hart. George Baldwin adds an extension at Mrs Drury’s home. Rev D H Corrie conducts services from Hillsdale. interment at Craigbarat. Community offers sympathy for bereavement. Burgess family of Barrie hosts visitors. Wilson Ewart Brown and Vernor Hickling celebrate passing Hillsdale entrance exam.
July 27 social notes list guests visiting from Toronto Midland Collingwood and London hospitals. Local transport changes note Bell Telephone pay station moving to Hooey Albrecht's after August. Community events include Lefroy baseball final Fifth Line 18 Stroud 8 and Morton’s Park excursion details. Sympathies conveyed for Archibald family.
The Corinthian Lodge recalls its early days in Barrie, from crude wooden benches to a well furnished hall. It notes growth from two lodges in Simcoe County to eighty, with longtime members and the enduring principles of Masonry guiding present conduct.
Ontario Masons and friends spent a day at Big Bay Point with about one thousand attendees. Activities included a morning ball game Barrie defeating Allandale, a 9 to 6 afternoon baseball match between Corinthian and Kerr Lodges, and a night dance with Barrie Orchestra. Notable players and officials from several lodges were listed. losers paid for a barrel of flour for the hospital.
Fragmented sale notice lists 0 acres in Vi Sea and Umber land exchange options. Mentions cash payment and a general agent J. Hs SHOWN for Western Real Estate Exchange, with vague contact cues.
Sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned for supplying coal to public buildings throughout the Dominion are due Monday in Ottawa. Tenders must be on the supplied form and signed with full signature, accompanied by a cheque to the Minister of Public Works equal to 10 percent of the tender amount, forfeitable if contract is not entered into or work not completed. If not accepted the cheque is returned. The Department reserves right to reject any tender. By Order R O Desrochers Asst Secretary Department of Public Works Ottawa July 16 1908.
The renowned picnic was a huge success in every way. Committee members included Geo Monkman D F Macwatt Alex Cowan John Rogerson G G Smith D H MacLaren J B McPhee J O C Smith Donald Ross P Love R Manuel 8 Wesley F M Montgomery J C Irwin Jas Shrubsrle and A Wilkes.
The Barrie Examiner issued 87,882 copies in the year ending December 31 1907, an average of 1 677 weekly. This demonstrates to advertisers the reach and value of their investment in the focal paper most readers trust.
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