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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
3
A garbled interior exchange depicts a floorwalker and staff debating department locations for razor straps while other figures like the Prince, Queen, and pupils drift through a scene. The fragment hints at tensions, interruptions, and a ceremonial tone amid a noisy department store-like setting.
Ontario debates drainage act amendments to curb costly appeals, notes beet sugar prospects with trials at Welland Newmarket Aylmer and the need for capital and plants. It covers fraudulently obtained deputy clerk appointments smallpox vaccination remount stations and memorials including Queen Victoria statue plans.
Despatch from Pretoria reports authorities are taking strict precautions to prevent bubonic plague or other infectious diseases. Isolation hospitals for Kaffirs are being erected and the town is being cleansed. Refugee camps are used for Boer refugees, with dirty houses and torn floors used for firewood. Enteric fever is abating as rain and cold weather persist.
Despatch from Coldbrook Massachusetts reports Mrs Lizzie Naramore killed her six children ages ten years to ten months with an axe and a club during a fit of insanity. She then attempted suicide by razor but was found alive, saying she killed in four rooms and placed each body on a bed.
A despatch reports rising anti British sentiment among French and German troops in Tien-Tsin. Discontent grows over a prohibition banning foreign soldiers from British settlements and visiting low wine shops. British officers and ladies face menace and assault. marines replace Indian sentries as French officers struggle to command their men.
Despatch from Bloemfontein reports Boer Commandant Yourie escaped encirclement near Thaba N'Chu and fled south leaving 200 prisoners 5000 horses and 140000 sheep. Remounts and pack animals reach Pretoria from Naunwpoort as Delarey campaigns against Col Cumberland in Western Transvaal with skirmishing and food shortages. Plumer's men encamped in Pretoria preparing northern operations.
Market roundup from Toronto and North American cities with quotes for wheat corn oats barley rye and buckwheat plus flour oatmeal and dressed hogs. Prices show steady to firm trends across grain products with regional differences. hogs and provisions remain steady and demand steady in Toronto with various cuts priced and futures noted.
Despatch from Toronto reports Mrs Alice Summers of 43 Arthur Street was arrested for stealing lace valued at $25 from W. A. Murray Company. She hanged herself in her cell Sunday afternoon, premeditated, after a week of alleged disgrace and refusal to eat. Trunks with dry goods worth about $1,000 were seized as property now linked to Batson Simpson Murray and Botsford stores. Her 16 year old daughter visited earlier and she warned she would not live long in gaol. The matron Miss Ironsides found the body.
Despatch from St. Petersburg reports M Lagowski's attempted shooting of Pobiedonestzeff and rising unrest. Ministers Muravieff Sipiaghin and Kroupatkin received threatening letters as czarist authorities convened at Tsarskoye Selo. Factories workers parade Nevski Prospekt. 800 Cossacks clash with rioters near Obuchower Metal Works, with deaths or injuries rumored.
A Standerton despatch reports General Dartnell's column reaching Intombi drift where bodyguard troopers held outposts. Boer scouts approached, outposts failed to detect them, and surrender was demanded. Scouts opened fire killing three guards before a larger British force forced the Boers to surrender. One suspected oath-breaker and spy who edged inside the lines may face deser tion.
The House heard Mr. German introduce a bill to repeal a clause that released police magistrates in cities and towns from making returns to the county clerk. The session also covered railway employee increases, grain carriage rates, Doukhobor concerns, and laws to legalize the union label.
London War Office despatch from Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria March 25 describes Babington's force including Shekelton's column defeating a Boer force of about 1500 near Ventersdorp, capturing guns and transport at Vaalbank. Troops showed dash and suffered light casualties. Boers reported many killed or wounded. Prisoners taken.
From London dispatches comes a bleak view of growing war talk between Russia and Japan over Manchuria. Japan’s Ha yashi and diplomat Ito signal unyielding stance to prevent any Russian advance in Korea, while Britain leans neutral yet ready to offer moral and commercial support to Tokyo.
John I Roadhouse an employee of Warwick Brothers was crushed to death while cleaning a printing press at close of day. Crawling under the machine to reach an interior part he was struck by a revolving bar when the press started for a proof. He died at the Emergency Hospital. He was 32, married with a widow and insured for $2000.
A Constantinople despatch says Turks massacred three Bulgarian families in Aghamahalleh near Seres, fourteen miles northeast of Salonica. Details are scarce and the outrage has caused deep shock. Reports also tell of a village near Monastir with Muslims and Bulgarians being burned.
A Cape Town despatch reports a fierce clash between British forces and Scheeper's Boer commando in the Jansenville district about 125 miles north of Port Elizabeth. Forty-five Boers were found dead and about twenty wounded after a hot rifle and gun battle.
Barrister solicitor notary conveyancer money to loan on favorable terms. Wills probated estates administered accounts collected. Offices listed: McCarthy block Dunlop street Barrie and several Barrie firms including Ross Block Barrie and Bank of Toronto area. Multiple lawyers including McCarthy Boys Murchison Estey Brockovski Ross. Branches and varied loan rates from 4 to 5 percent on farm property.
LENNOX ARDAGH COWAN BROWN solicitors notaries conveyancers announce offices in Hinds Block Dunlop Street and branch offices at Gravenhurst Lennox Ardagh Cree more and Ailiston. MONEY TO LOAN Banting clerk will be at Court House Barrrie Saturdays. DR J C Smith physician surgeon office and residence Owen and Collier Browns Block Barrie Browns Block Dunlop St Barrie.
notices describe a surgeon specializing in diseases of women and ear nose throat work at Toronto General Hospital and Emergency Hospital. office location details given in McCarthy Block near Dougall Bros. Furniture Store with two doors east.
Dr W D MacLAREN, Barrie dentist, plans weekly visits to Cookstown every Wednesday. He will see patients at re -Ress Block east of the Post Office in Cookstown.
A brief item notes the storefront at Henderson's Hardware on Owen Street with reference to an office nearby. The readable fragment emphasizes location rather than event. No dates or actions are provided.
Johnson and Sarjeant coal dealers offer all coal types imported direct from mines. also Seth and Shingles white and grey lime plasterers hair sever pipes fire brick fire clay flataer of paris cement etc. at 23 Elizabeth St near Wellington Hotel.
Despatch from Lord Kitchener reports Philip Betha, brother of Boer commandant-general, killed on the Doernberg. His two sons were wounded. Boers of the Orange River Colony have disbanded and scattered. De Wet is near Heilbron.
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