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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
4
The Barrie Examiner notes ongoing efforts to suppress tobacco for youths and quotes Mr. Aylesworth's bill proposing a ban on selling cigarettes, papers, and tobacco to anyone under sixteen. It stresses inspector duties and public cooperation to curb underage use. The piece also covers Ottawa’s obstruction, the Hague arbitration appointment, postal rate changes, and banking act reforms.
Local society announcements list visitors and travels among Thornton residents and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. Thos Peacock, Mrs. Beelby, Mrs. Gilpin, Miss Flinn, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Symes, Miss Eddie Blackstock, Mrs. Blackstock, Rev. L. H. Allens, Miss Maud Simpeon, R. Stewart, Mrs. James Boake, M. J. Boake, Miss Bello Patterson, H. A. Barburt, Mrs. Chas Blackstock, Rev. J. Humphreye, Rev. F. L. Barbaro, Rev. N. St. John, E. Pusley, James Spronie, John Jamieson, Rev. Albert Owens. Read as scattered social notes and upcoming moves or trips within the community and to Toronto, Detroit, Schomberg, and Thessalon.
Local notes report band picnics at Thompsonville and Brentwood, weather damage from a Friday storm, baptisms at Willow Creek, and visitors from Detroit Toronto Meaford and Halifax. A Winnipeg wedding and a June strawberry festival highlight community events with several births and visitors noted.
June 22 notes record a Knapp Muir wedding at Allandale with H Knapp and family visiting. Miss Maggie Muir and Miss Edith Muir of Cleveland holiday with parents. Apto resident Jos O Neill ill, hoped to improve during sister Mrs M Coughin s visit. A McLaughlin barn struck by lightning, other barns damaged but no fire. Wallace Richardson and Belle Carson married June 10, Irwin Knapp and Belle Muir wed June 18. they plan to live at Knapp s mill after trips to Collingwood and Bloomfield. Friday storm caused fences to fall, fruit trees blown, roof off H Pratt s barn.
The report notes Jane Allan of Churchill securing a mason work contract for a seniority terrace to be built with cement blocks and Roman stove finish. Nearby items mention Mrs. J. Bisio and Mrs. L. Potts touring Guelph and Toronto, local visits, and a W I meeting at W. Hisey's. Also updates cover farm crops, a baptist minister’s nephew, and a Sunday School picnic at Stoney Beach with multiple groups planning a lakeside outing.
The community reports a lively summer ahead with baseball and lawn tennis practice. Two lady evangelists hold Methodist church meetings this week, while hay and grain crops are expected to be affected by the dry spell. Sandy Cove announces its annual picnic for July 1 as barn raisings and road work mark the week.
Heavy frost on the night of the 15th damaged gardens while a Friday electrical storm briefly brought rain. Crops need showers as another storm brought only a few drops. News includes Mrs George Snider visiting, Thos Higgins winning a suit against the C P R for 150 over sheep killed on the track, and local social notes. The Presbyterian excursion to Bala underperformed, wild and garden strawberries are poor, and storms damaged Higginss silo and fences. Local sports report Midhurst beat Guthrie 2 0 with Craighurst players listed. Ladies Aid picnic planned at C M Aickling’s.
Property listing by BROWN General Agent for the Western Real Estate Exchange of London. For sale a 10 acre farm near Barrie with access to a rood cellar and floors, two stations nearby, and bargain terms. Exchange options exist. contact Canadian Express Office, Barrie.
Department of Railways and Canals Canada advertises tender for deepening and improving a canal at Cook's Bay Lake Ontario to the East branch toward Bradford Road at Holland Landing. Tenders due July 15, 1908. Plans available June 22, 1908. Requires adherence to printed forms and signatures, with a bank cheque forfeiture rule. Public ad payment only with department authorization.
Barrie on June 24 1908 lists new fall wheat prices and assorted grains with per bushel or cwt rates. Included are oats barley peas and clover seed. meat dairy and fatstock figures cover beef hogs butter and hides with weekly market notes and grading.
A letter from Dr Ernest A Allard of St Paul Quebec and Dr Slocum of Toronto endorses Psychine and Oxomulsion as effective remedies for throat lung and stomach ailments. The note thanks the products’ producers and urges readers to ask their druggist to provide them at 50 cents to 1.00 dollars.
Midland ratepayers protested at a meeting over actions challenging the mayor and council election. Dominion Day prompts Grand Trunk to offer return single-fare tickets across Canada to Detroit and Port Huron, Buffalo, Black Rock and Suspension Bridge, valid June 30 to July 3, 1909. Tickets available from Grand Trunk agents. Leeds and Grenville coaches urge a rural highway auto ban before 8 am and one afternoon daily. Minard's recommended. Robart Scitor, 70, of Chatham, must serve 10 days for debt owed the late Peter Rutherford. Executors sue per the will.
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