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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
6
Boeckh brushes are celebrated as the standard of Canada, with United Factories in Toronto identified as manufacturers. The copy extols Boeckh Brushes as upholding the highest ideals in brush making.
A garbled set of observations spans cultural bias about Moroccans and Baro Americans, a fumbled comic setup by De Sitter and Crittick, a testimonial for Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Mr. Barber of Irwinville, a desert well for travelers, the Birmingham jewelry harp industry decline, and a claim about England’s oldest chemist shop in Knaresborough with an undetermined age beyond 1720.
Barrie council proposes a by-law to issue 2000 in debentures for heating and ventilation upgrades at West Ward Public School in Barrie. The plan funds twenty yearly installments at 4 1 2 percent interest, with a yearly levy of 159 76 on rateable property, election day June 16, 1908, and details of ballots and polling sub-divisions.
An advertisement asserts Mi y na cures all stomach diseases by soothing the mucous membrane and restoring digestion. It promises weight gain and a removal of disease germs, claiming a guaranteed refund by Her bert G. Rizhe and noting various global references and unrelated claims about ships and convents.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective internally. Warns against mercury based preparations and cautions customers to buy only from reputable physicians.
An Australian arrival in England brings Sir George Augustus Jer vis Meredyth of Greenhills Kildare back to pursue his hereditary title. A former shoemaker sailor cab driver and police officer, he travels with his wife to Ireland to assert rights to a baronetcy created in 1660, though Burke’s lists the title as extinct.
The Old Lord Wemyss provoked laughter and astonishment in the House of Lords when he sat with his hat on during a speech about volunteers. The incident recalled a prior episode with Edward VII and the Prince of Wales. The Prince calmly moved away as Wemyss gestured wildly, later attempting to repair the moment. Irrigation is noted as widespread in India and Egypt, with growth in Australia and South Africa.
The readable text hints at discussion of smoke, consumer concerns, and fire control devices. It mentions tubular fire components and a possible reference to equipment or product design. No clear entities or events are identifiable.
County council sessions discuss inspector notes, health from Canada trip, and a souvenir token. Reports cover education, court house alterations, jail and hospital details, and road and bridge upkeep with proposed payments and repairs.
A garbled OCR snippet mixes municipal finance debates with stray verse, theatrical lines, and stray dialogue. It touches a county issue on financing a House of Refuge, interwoven with archaic poetry and a comic exchange about a dementia tragedy. Readers encounter disjointed scenes, partial names, and ambiguous context.
Mrs Mary Dimmick of East Capitol Street Washington writes of suffering from womb illness and a life saved after following advice from Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts. The letter extols the low cost and high value of Pinkham’s plant remedies and notes thousands of similar testimonies on file.
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