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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
5
Corticelli Silk is promoted for dressmaking and family sewing as the best silk for hand or machine use. It claims smooth needle runs, even size, full length and strength. Consumers are urged to ask for Corticelli and refuse substitutes, noting Corticelli costs two more than inferior silk and is preferred by dressmakers.
Executors offer a valuable farm property near Bunddale two miles from Stay Sper. The farm includes acres with cleared land, bush area, a never failing creek, and essential buildings. Nearby schools and churches, plus a new Ontario edition of the Toronto Daily Star praised for its clarity and coverage.
Notices from Allandale recount visitors from Collingwood and Toronto, a funeral in Tottenham for Harry Wilson, and the death of Mrs. N. Dyment at Rowanhurst aged sixty six. Births include a daughter to Thomas Clayton at Craighurst and a son to JF Dunn in Barrie, with several local obituaries and weddings noted across Barrie, Collingwood, and London Ontario.
Total polled figures list Tudhope ahead in multiple divisions including Orillia Town 85 and Penetang 149 with a 459 majority for Tudhope across the district. Medonte and Oro township results show Tudhope gains and local majorities amid a broader tally. A Health Officer letter counters smallpox rumors, stating no cases since February and a three month incubation is impossible.
Grain on market near double the weeks prior with season wind up. Wheat 75 to 78 cents, peas 7 to 9? cents, oats 46 to 47 cents. Potatoes and hay posted steady, with hay at $10 per ton and expected drop on new crop. Butter 1 to 1.6 cents per lb, eggs firm at 12 and a half, chickens 40 to 60 cents each, turkeys 10 to 11 cents per lb. Hogs $6.60, cattle easier.
Market prices for wool, tallow, sheep skins, beef, mutton, lamb, hogs, chickens, turkeys, lard, butter, potatoes, straw and wood. Includes live hogs and a note about poisonous creatures in fields with Perry Davis Painkiller as a precaution.
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