North Simcoe school report notes salary reforms and gaps
G K Mills reports in North Simcoe on the year’s key event the minimum salary scheme. The measure boosted teacher pay and highlighted school equipment needs, though opposition led to retreat. Attendance is low due to westward settlement and labor scarcity, with 1906 rural boards adding libraries and calls for new schools at Minesing and Penetanguishene reserves.
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G. K. Mills
North Simcoe
Nottawasaga
Teachers’ Organisation
Ontario Educational Association
Vespra
Flos
Fevelve
Minesing Station
Penetanguishene
Corset Models Claim Smart Designs Improve Figure
The article extols corset models as the sharpest in art and science, noting a wonderful triumph. Prices range from 12 to 9? cents, promising figure improvements and advanced construction.
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Qian
Woman's Daring 600 Mile Labrador Journey Heroic Widow
Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard Ian completes a 600 mile unexplored Labrador crossing with three native guides and an Eskimo boy, mapping the Naucaumpe and George rivers. Her voyage honors her late husband editor of Outing Magazine, who perished on a prior attempt. She set out June 27 1905 from Northwest River Post, reached Lake Michikamau August 2 and George River Post August 27, surviving raging rapids and witnessing caribou migration while visiting Montagnais and Nascaupee camps. Her outfitting included two tents, canoes, provisions, rifles, pistols, and a 32 calibre revolver. She plans a book detailing the expedition.
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London
Leonidas Hubbard
Ian
Mrs. Hubbard
Mr. Hubbard
Outing
New York
Wild
Labrador
Lake Michikamau
George River Post
George River
Great Rivers
Montagnais
Elson
Susan River
Mishikamau Lake
Webster's International Dictionary Ad Highlight
An advertisement promotes Webster's International Dictionary as up to date and richly illustrated with 2380 quarto pages and 5000 illustrations. It emphasizes easy reference learning proper pronunciation and meanings and states no home should be without it.
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Webater
Regimental Camp Notes and Local Obituaries
The 35th Regiment returned home Saturday at four and the Mississaga Horse followed three hours later. Gen Otter praised the Simcoe Foresters in General Orders. No. 1 Company won the County Council Cup for general efficiency. Cant. MacLaren's company led, with Collingwood second. W. J. Lang won best marksman, and Lt.-Col. McPhee received farewell. Major Bruce takes over, with several promotions noted. Obituaries and local notices include births, marriages, and a long obituary for Mrs. Craw, with funeral details and community tributes. A corner stone lay and school promotions are recorded, along with storm damages in Thornton.
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Mississaga
Otter
Simcoe Foresters
No. 1 Co
County Council
MacLaren
Collingwood
W. J. Lang
Hillsdale
No. I
Ferguson
H. E. Jory
McPhee
Bruce
Fred Sneath
D. M. Grant
D. H. MacLaren
Dr. McCarthy
Notice of Burial Ground Property Sale in Union Cemetery
The notice invites relatives and representatives of deceased persons buried in Union Cemetery to express interest in removal of graves before June 1907. Sealed tenders were to be received by the chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ault, in May 1907, for the purchase of the property.
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Sneres
Eds
Jess
Det
Eiaw
Tnion
Enna
Sai Saud
Ray Tanner
AULT
Trasteca
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