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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
4
The Barrie Examiner 1901 issue lists pricing at $1.00 per year in advance or $1.50 if unpaid. Remittances should be sent to J. A. MacLaren, publisher, Barrie, Ontario. Publication date labeled as Thursday March 21, 1901.
March 18 farmers busy gathering ice for summer. R Thomas shipped a carload of box wood and George Peacock sent several carloads of wood recently. Miss Longhurst of Barrie visiting locally. Mrs Newel in Brentwood with ill daughter Mrs Trott and family. John Cross left for Walsh to attend his son Alfred Cross ordination. George Peacock plans moving to the old homestead on the seventh line. Harry Postle slowly recovering from long illness.
March items report Mrs Wm Caldwell returning home after visiting Whitchurch Ontario and Mrs Elith Blackstock visiting Miss Ethel Syme before returning to Thornton Ontario Ice drawing remains the order of the day Rev M Kelly preached a strong sermon last Sabbath Miss Nellie Thompson returns from an extended visit and Miss McCallum of Orillia visits Mrs J Cockburn Temperance Society lively again Oliver Dyke plans leaving Edgar soon Dr Clutton returns from Stratford Ontario Fred Bonney attended the C I event last Sunday night
March 19 Geo Quantz of Josephine attended with la grippe last week while Hartford Lennox goes to Barrie Collegiate. A party hosted by W Scott drew many youths Friday. pleasant time reported. David Hirons and Miss Bertha Dickey visited Barrie Saturday. W A Herron at Shanty Bay Sunday. Geo Money stayed in Utopia. Miss Olive Hobson and Mr Mrs Parr in Colwell. Birthday party for Miss Mary Tracey Monday brought many friends. Rev T G Scott of Angus preached Sunday morning.
The undersigned agree to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle if it fails to cure cough or cold. A 25 cent bottle is guaranteed to prove satisfactory or money refunded. Names include Joan Woops D Vd MacLaren and Geo MonkMan.
March 19 Elmvale notes W J Lockhart buys Kerr street cottage for residence John Peacock named agent for Fleury implements and Deering harvest machines taking charge of recently vacated Drysdale shop Faith Polkinghorne visits Stayner Bank hires Charlie Sneath Hipwell visits Allandale family. A serious accident at Saurin injures eight year old Draper boy after a colt strike.
A detailed account of fog thieves in London who target vans and carriages during foggy afternoons and evenings. Led by organized gangs, they use traps and distractions to steal furs worth £700 near Farringdon Street and later plunder river cargoes from wharves and barges on the Thames, aided by the river’s confusion and limited police reach.
Joseph C. Lane writes to the Examiner challenging the Hospital Board's statements on costs and care. He argues average weekly costs are misrepresented, compares private and indigent ward charges, and questions endowment plans, charity, and local spending on hospital projects. He notes local figures like Judge Ardagh and mentions Huntsville Sudbury and Barrie as benchmarks.
Letter to the editor refutes hospital mistatements by Mr Lang with figures on weekly patient cost of 6.53 and annual expenses, notes free care rules, describes endowment and new building aims, and includes by law text about Barrie town commissioners and municipal acts in 1902.
Notice outlines polling sub divisions with deputy returning officers for Barrie, Ontario. It fixes voting hours from 9 am to 5 pm on Friday March 29 1901 at seven polling places and lists officials at each site. The document also notes summing up of votes on March 30 and final approval contingent on elector assent after March publication in The Barrie Examiner.
Citizens defend hospital expansion and contrast with neighboring towns. A Barrie management committee rebuts poll clerk claims and urges support for a new hospital building, noting other Ontario towns spent ten to twenty thousand dollars in recent years. The letter urges participation, charity, and reform through elected board members.
Local ad offers 75 pairs of men s plain rubbers sizes 6 to 11 at sale price from regular 70 cents, plus 50 ladiesVici Kid slips with one strap and hand turn sole in two shapes for dress or house wear sizes 24 to 7, all at sale prices.
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