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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
5
Readable catalog items list ladies Gibson tie shoes in canvas duck and kid leather, with colors gray green blue tan white and sizes 2 to 7. Describes flexible soles Goodyear welt construction light weight and special low prices around 1.35 to 4.50 with various finishes and styles.
Advertisement offers men’s low shoes in patent Coltskin and Russian Tap with various styles, plus Don gola Kid Lace Boots with toe cap and extension sole. American made, described as the swellest ever shown and best yet for Bariig’s young men. Special prices per pair 4.00 and 3.50, with sizes 1 to 5 and 1.25 per pair for another item.
A cluttered local item list notes railway heading in Ward, visits in Toronto and Meaford, summer holidays, weddings, anniversaries, and community events. It lists families and individuals such as Miss Raby Cowie, George Wilson, John Blevins, Mrs. Sady McMorran, Rev. W. A. Amos, Rev. Canon Murphy, and others with travel, church, band, and social mentions across Allandale, Niagara, and surrounding towns.
On Wednesday the mill whistle blew at 4 30 marking a fire incident believed to be accidental, caused by celebrations for a wedding. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid opened weekly ice cream parlor events. At Mr Kellys home, his eldest daughter wed Mr Staboy of Collingwood, Rev R Sturgeon officiating. The couple departed for their new home that evening. Various locals visit relatives, attend church functions, and endure a damaging lightning strike and wind. Rev Wheatley departs Stayner. Rev Peacock succeeds him.
Report describes the unloading and release of about 12 buffaloes into Lamont Park on a Sunday afternoon. Spectators watched as herd moved from chute to enclosure, with cowboys guiding horses around to manage the stampede. The park spans four miles square with lakes and islands, planned elk introduction, and woods said to harbor elk. The herd has grown to ten from an initial thirteen, with several having previously visited eastern zoos. The caption notes the buffalo and elk presence will boost the park’s fame and future expansion.
Winnipeg reports from bankers boards and merchants in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta indicate the coming wheat crop will reach about 120 million bushels. Acreage shifts show declines in Manitoba and rises in oats and barley. Saskatchewan and Alberta wheat area up about 30 percent. Saskatchewan govt may boost all crop acreage by around 40 percent. Hay crops expected short though weather improves. money collections improving.
The Circle extols Damascus as a garden of roses with damask roses linked to Syria’s old rose and a poet praised as the greatest of Persia who wrote the epic Shah Nameh in the tenth century.
In our garment display we stress Wrappers with a wide range up to size 44. The store highlights complete stock and exceptional value across all sizes.
Seven men moved a steel boiler through a Staten Island soap factory yard when the boiler stack touched overhead power lines. Four were killed instantly and two more later remained unconscious.
Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta acreage data shows wheat five million thirteen thousand five hundred forty four acres oats two million three hundred seventy eight thousand thirty acres barley six hundred sixty three thousand eight hundred eighty three acres fax one hundred five thousand fifty acres
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