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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
7
Market notes show wheat firmer at 78 to 70 cents for No 2 red and white. spring wheat steady around 72 to 74 cents. Flour and Manitoba flour firm, oats and rye steady, oats white prices around 32 to 33 cents, corn and peas steady with various freight adjustments noted.
The market shows steady dairy prices with strong butter demand and steady cheese. Creamery butter 19 to 20 cents, dairy rolls 15 to 16 cents, tub 15 to 16 cents, low grade 13 to 14 cents. Eyes indicate tight potato supplies with car lots at 1.25 and store stock at 1.50 per bag. Hay prospects improve with rains, No. 1 hay around 9 dollars, poor quality mostly unsaleable. baled straw unchanged with abundant supply and brisk demand.
Liverpool reports dull wheat and firm corn with mixed British and American grain prices. Futures mostly quiet with July and September values given. In Paris, wheat and flour prices show firm tone with June levels and steady forward quotes amid cloudy weather.
June 16 Toronto market saw firmer exporter cattle prices with exporters advancing due to firmer Chicago tone. Butchers remained steady despite bearish rumors, sheep and calves little changed. buyers sought outward bound steamers and speculators eyed possible England rise as Argentine embargo looms. Export ranges listed: Cattle Extra to choice 4.80 to 5.20 bulls 3.76 to 4.25 stockers 1.85 to 5?
Fragmentary market listings show values for feed stuff and livestock. Entries include feed components, ewes, bucks, spring lambs, and Zalves with assorted prices and weights, indicating a midsize auction lot.
Mrs H Hevenor of West Gravenhurst Ontario testifies Dr Williams Pink Pills restored her eight year old to health after St Vitus dance and helped her own muscular rheumatism. She says pills save doctor bills and recommends them for blood and nerve related troubles. Pills sold 50c per box or six for 3 50, with full name on wrapper.
A Canadian movement urges shoppers to demand goods made in Canada. The article laments lack of clear trademarks, noting inferior items misrepresented as Canadian. It argues manufacturers must brand products to build lasting Canadian reputations and counter imported perceptions.
Weakly children suffer from poor digestion and sleep. Baby's Own Tablets claim to promote digestion and sound sleep, helping older children too. Testimonials praise results and cost 25 cents a box, with mail order from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
A Sunlight Soap advertisement touts its ability to clean and brighten items beyond clothing, claiming the soap will stop dulling and make things shine and sparkle.
London dispatch notes rising personal crises among doctors in Great Britain. Statisticians cite two causes: higher national health and lower death rates depressing physician incomes, and a surge of university graduates producing more doctors than demand allows.
A London despatch reports that the Prussian State railways between Hamburg Hanover and Berlin will conduct a competition between steam and electrically hauled trains. Leading locomotive builders and electrical firms have been invited to submit designs for steam electric locomotives or motor cars capable of 100 mph on ordinary traffic. Tests continue high speed electric trains on the Berlin Zossen military line to boost Hamburg Hanover Berlin links.
The Governor General and Countess of Minto privately toured Massey Harris Works this morning, watching water powered manufacturing of Star Luna and other world renowned Massey Harris implements. They were escorted by company officials including C. D. Massey and L. Melvin-Jones amid cheers from workers.
A breakfast bread containing a large spider killed Miss Mary Stevens and her nephew James Smith in Gainsville Georgia. Three others became seriously ill as doctors blamed a spider venom contamination after the dough stood overnight and the cook confessed the spider was worked into the dough accidentally.
Prime Minister Balfour cited that Sir Scott the British Ambassador in St. Petersburg was asked telegraph full particulars after expulsion of a London Times correspondent. The correspondent claims the expulsion was for telling the truth about Russia's sow situation.
A White Star Line steamer Germanic cabin passenger from Liverpool reported being robbed mid ocean of about twenty thousand dollars in drafts and cash. Detectives investigate as purser and crew confirm the loss and searches of the stewards’ quarters. The passenger, Mr. Neill, arrived penniless in New York after borrowing funds to cover a 126 dollar duty on gifts.
A St. Petersburg despatch reports two hundred lives lost at Azov on June 9 after a gangway collapse as a pleasure party disembarked from the steamer Moskva.
A Ottawa despatch reports a woman and three children killed after an explosion of a lamp. The woman rushed upstairs with her six children and three month old baby, leaped from a second story window to the street. The fire spread quickly but was put out. several others were severely burned and hospitalized.
A reader asks how many kinds of typewriters exist and the editor’s reply in the next issue is witty two male and female. The joke hinges on gender phrasing and printer humor from a daily paper.
John J Burns of Darnley recounts chronic inflammation of loins and kidneys nearly crippling him in 1896. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills he regained walking, sitting, and sleeping comfort. He claims lifelong cure and endorses the medicine with strong personal testimony.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from wholesale druggists in Toledo and nearby firms, claiming internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. A humorous market scene follows with a wife remarking on a morning fish catch.
A reader notes Lifebuoy soap disinfectant is recommended to guard against infectious disease as a topic of casual page turning. A remark about word placement follows with a dialogue on how terms like love and matrimony relate in the dictionary.
The Wabash offers round trip tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo at under the price of a one way fare. Tickets on sale July 6th 7th and 8th good to return by August 31st 1903. Travel via Dotrote and the Wabash line may route through Chicago and Omaha with no extra charge on return through Kansas City and St Louis. Passengers can visit the World’s Fair buildings at St Louis. trains stop at the fairgrounds. Richardson, District Passenger Agent, northeast corner King and Younger streets, Toronto.
Captain W A Pitt of Clifton New Brunswick reports three fatty tumors on the head within the past year were removed or reduced by Mina Lini Ment without surgical operation or any indicated procedure. The letter reflects a personal endorsement and calls for consideration of the remedy.
Fragments indicate an advertisement style notice touting Minard's Liniment as a cure for colds and related ailments. The clipped text also references Britain purchasing from Spain over a four year span, suggesting a broad trade claim within the item.
An entertainment item notes Ciara's Labmentures featuring a dialogue about marriage and money, followed by an ad urging readers to plan summer tours. It promotes cheap excursions from Lackawanna to Atlantic City, Boston, and New York with current excursion rates to all resorts.
A boy named Freddy and his father visit a museum exhibit with a stuffed lion in a glass showcase that bears a wound. Freddy asks how the lion could be shot without breaking the glass, prompting a moment of curiosity about the display and its story.
Local reader fragments reveal a humorous dialogue about a liniment’s proprietor nicknamed the Old War Horse. The exchange shows a father explaining the label’s tone while a child questions the descriptor.
Stratford Herald notes a large pulp and paper mill being erected at Sturgeon Falls Ontario employing 500 and potentially drawing 2,000 new residents. It argues the mill would create a strong local market for farmers, local investment, and jobs, urging government and investors to back domestic production over foreign shipments.
The International Convention in Denver runs July 8 to 13 with travel via Chicago and North Western and Union Pacific Railways. Special tourist sleeper train to Denver tickets available July 6 7 and 8 return by August 31 1903. Reduced rates from Canadian stations. for details write B H Bennett 2 East King Street Toronto.
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