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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
7
The text describes 18th or 19th century French salon culture with ladies embroidery and cards. It notes embroidered bags, patch boxes, rouge pots, and scent, plus men carrying decorative satchels. It mentions cutting pictures for screens and lamp shades, charades and word games, and Mme Doublet de Person issuing nouvelles. A chronicle of authentic news and rumors circulated in salons.
A dated study guide on the power of speech from Rev Dr Linscott for the International Newspaper Bible Study Club. It probes whether the tongue can be trained, asks how much harm words cause, and compares speech to a rudder or bit controlling a horse. Includes notes on mercy, hypocrisy, and moral poison. End references a 1909 lesson on Hebrews and a Georgia Railway strike context.
A distinguished London physician, in a recent lecture, urges moderation in heavy foods and slow eating. He advises mild exercise before bed, avoiding strong laxatives, and endorses old fashioned vegetable laxatives like Carriana Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla for gentle relief.
An Irish hawker hawks fresh herrin in a northern town barrow scene. A skeptical woman questions the fish, the hawker boasts of a birth and death certificate scam, and a London reply notes the price at fourpence cannot be done.
Ermyntrude teases a shy, airy suitor who, despite many chances, lacks courage to declare love. As they sit, a playful remark about a man’s arm length matching a lady’s waist prompts a mild, curious response and a playful proposal to test it with string.
An apprentice discussion unfolds as a boy asks what apprenticing means. The father explains it as binding one to another by agreement to teach a trade while the learner watches and learns. Gaddie and Mrs Peckham weigh in on lineage and inherited traits, tying work ethic to family dynamics.
Report details Afghan tribes on the northwest frontier resisting British influence for over a year during the Mohmand expedition. Smuggling of rifles and ammunition into Afghanistan continues via the Persian Gulf. An attempted murder of the Amir at Jellalabad is linked to a conspiracy led by Sardar Umar Khan, with ringleaders executed in Kabul and Jellalabad.
A Gananoque Ontario resident shares a dramatic open letter praising Mi o na as a rapid and lasting cure for dyspepsia. The narrator describes constant stomach burning belching weakness headaches and dizziness prior to treatment and states the first box brought relief while the second cured all suffering. A local figure, D H Mac Laren, notes a money back guarantee if Mi o na fails to relieve either trivial or serious stomach trouble.
Household hints cover cleaning tips for curtains and stains plus tips for food warmth and ornament care. Advice includes bleaching curtains with various ingredients, removing grass stains with coal oil, soaking gum with kerosene, and drying ornaments to protect gilt.
A fragmentary digest lists household tips such as cleaning gilt frames with egg white and camel brush, removing paint with turpentine, and preserving bacon fat for frying. It mentions alums to stop nosebleeds, tender ham soaked in milk, and cautions about eatable foods, ink restoration, and items from Port Arthur to earth tremors across France, Portugal, and Canada, with modest regional notices including a gunpowder explosion in Selkirk Man and hospital uniforms.
In Dalton Michigan the town suffered complete destruction from advancing forest fires. Reports indicate extensive damage to homes and property with emergency crews coordinating containment efforts and assessing losses. Local officials urged residents to stay clear of affected zones while investigators determine fire origins.
A severe lightning strike damaged the new Saskatoon postoffice and fire hall, delaying operations. Wright Bros report intact ellery orders and prompt repairs amid ongoing investigations into the incident.
A collection of domestic hints describes preserving meat with proper wrapping, lemons stored dry in sand, and rubber bottle cleaning methods. It also covers furniture polish mixtures, reviving wilted greens by warm water, and adding kerosene to soft water for woodwork cleaning. News items report a fatal fire at a private school in Kentucky and a riot near a New York school, plus a Tolstoy pamphlet case involving Selden in St. Petersburg.
Arrangements with publishers offer a one year Busy Man's Magazine and Barre examined periodical for $2.50 until Jan 1, 1990. Regular price is $2.00. The magazine reproduces leading global periodical content with Canadian articles and timely topics. Kingston may erect a tuberculosis hospital with government assistance.
In Chicago at a Roman Catholic church two thieves were stopped by priests while attempting to steal candelabra. The incident ended without further harm and authorities investigated the church security.
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