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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
2
The Excelsior Business College touts a well earned reputation for the best in all lines with up to date equipment and an efficient staff. It claims a strong foundation and a sure start for students focusing on office work, noting a 30 percent attendance rise and offering a 36 page illustrated circular.
Discusses why consistent, well produced advertising is essential. Warns against cheap circulars and irregular bursts, arguing that reliable, frequent ads build trust and recognition. Compares regular small ads to one large ineffective blast, noting readers’ short memory and long term impact.
Innisfil council meetings approve bridge construction over G T H track and 13th con line closure for four days in early June, fund road scraping, and various road maintenance payments. Reeve to transfer $500 from savings to current account. by law 331 final readings for drainage project noted. council adjourned to meet at Churchill.
Flos Council met at Phelpston on May 30 with all members present. Passed payments include James Middletop 13.37 for culvert pipes, D Bennett 13.00 bonus for wire fence, Mrs Christie 1220 for bonus, Mrs Kell 12.20 bonus, Geo Dawe 33.25 pulling stumps, 26.75 cutting down bill, Geo Stephan son 70.00 part salary as assessor, Robi Elliott 250 livery hire, Thos Mahoney 5.00 repairing culvert, Jos Magann 7.00 ditching, 8 Barton 10.00 councillors’ meeting. Ordered grant of 1000 for laborers to fill gravel on Marley road. Petition for Elmvale school section east of Elm Vale granted and bylaw prepared. bylaw passed commuting-statute labor on lands fronting roads at 75 cents per day. Council adjourned to Elmvale June 27. Clerk C. Burrow.
A colonial-era notice extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pains claiming it calms distressed infants and relieves diarrhea and inflammation. The item cites a prescription from physicians and nurses, pricing at 25 cents per bottle and a worldwide druggist distribution. The same column mentions Mrs Cocking receiving a silver berry spoon from the Pene Tang W C T U and reports local farm notes, a Jersey cow yielding 305 pounds of milk weekly, and a curious tale of a tame stray house pet amid children and a piglet in a pasture.
The article details early use of gunpowder from Hindu and Arab sources, noting 275 AD mention by Julius Africanus and sieges from 683 onward. It traces powder's spread to Europe, England in Elizabethan times, and its role in Crecy 1346, with references to Arab, Greek, and Iberian usage, plus a Chamberlain anecdote about a nursery rhyme.
A glacier breaks free and sails across the Arctic Ocean leaving a trail of similar ice masses. Eskimos name the sight the duck and ducklings as plants spring to life on the ice and on newly formed soil. Buttercups and dandelions take root from windborne seeds, while poppies fail to bloom in the short Arctic summer.
The text urges adopting a prosperous appearance to secure aid and avoid rejection. It warns against mistaking appearance for wealth and suggests small, practical home economies. It notes a person who uses a magic cloak to signify capability and seeks the best outcome.
A reflective piece extols time as irretrievable, arguing money, property, and relationships can be regained or rebuilt, but the moment that has passed cannot be restored. It laments wasted days and ages that fade with the sun, urging prudent use of the present.
An anxious young playwright asks if three acts might improve his work. A critic doubts the idea, noting the curtain timing. An office boy confirms his employer is out, overhearing the boss growl about incoming cards and blues.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a teacher and students, with garbled dialogue and scattered proper nouns. The readable bits hint at classroom interaction and erroneous names such as Bear Pride and Storysitek. Overall content is incoherent and cannot determine a concrete event or item.
The Bermuda population has many old maids, especially in wealthy planting families tied to the Virginia company era. An old law lets daughters inherit landed shares only if they do not marry, depriving them of dowries and prompting delay or avoidance of marriage.
An essay notes rustic homes use logs with bark to blend with nature and warns against excessive rustic decor. It then traces medieval organ development from a tenth century English instrument with many bellows to later keyboard and pedal innovations around 1490, shaping its range and playability.
An old Kentucky indictment alleges defendants unlawfully killed and destroyed George Pigg's personal pig without consent. The slain pig was mate to others owned by Pigg, leaving him with fewer pigs and violating the peace and dignity of the commonwealth.
A playwright challenges a star over a rifle in every scene. The star replies that the weapon is essential to convey the territory and keep audiences engaged despite potential sensationalism. The exchange highlights tension between artistic integrity and crowd-pleasing spectacle.
An experienced physician warns that excessive muscular development is unnecessary and potentially dangerous. After athletic training ends, the system adapts slowly to new conditions, causing digestive and liver troubles. Lungs degenerate with sedentary work, and caution is urged regarding continued intense fitness. Mrs Brandnew seeks etiquette guidance.
Alfred Muller Norden, renowned Viennese composer now in America, has received four commissions from Leber and Fields to write a new piece titled An English Daisy and other works to be staged here soon. M. Witmark and Sons have issued two descriptive melodies The First Meeting and Sweet Remembrance, praised for melody and originality. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets advertised with E W Grove’s signature on the box. East Simcoe Farmer Institute elected directors for the year including D. M. Harvie, R. A. Lachmann, Wm. Bacon, and others. Geo Raikes named president-elect, with E W Kitchen as secretary-treasurer.
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