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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
8
Market table from Barrie lists commodity prices for fall wheat flour shorts and bran, coarse grain oats buckwheat and peas potatoes wool beef hides tallow lamb skins calfskins sheep skins meat poultry dairy and general goods. Dressed hogs and live hogs prices shown with hens and turkeys butter eggs and wood and straw listings.
The notice advertises Redpath's granulated sugar at 20 pounds for $1.00 and discounts on tins of apples pineapples peaches plums herring pork and beans and octagon pickles. It urges timely purchases this week and offers price comparisons for sugar per hundredweight.
A well attended Barrie curling club gathering at the Barrie Hotel adopted the secretary treasurer’s report praising a record season with excellent ice and enthusiasm. The club plans a joint stock company to build a rink costing about 3000 with sites and plans committee chosen. A send off oyster supper at Vespra House honored Noah Grose departing for Owen Sound.
CaRR On Saturday March 23 a son to Mr and Mrs Robt A Carr Painswick DIED McFAPPEN In Barrie on Sunday March 24 Florence beloved wife of Thomas McFadden aged 25 years 6 months
Col O'Brien of Shanty Bay becomes Commissioner to the Glasgow Exhibition with a salary of 2500 dollars, 5 dollars daily living allowance, and traveling allowances. April Ladies' Home Journal highlights golf by the American woman champion, Gibson's dramatization of Princess Aline, W A Fraser short story, and extensive fashion and home topics from Curtis Publishing Co. Philadelphia. dollar1 year.
The Salvation Army revival continues until Good Friday April Sth with two daily meetings at 3 pm and 8 pm. A special service April 5 features enlistment of soldiers commission of local officers and appointment of workers. Lieut Col and Mrs Margetts visit April 4 Barrie for a service at 7 pm. Watch for Klonayke views by Ensign Perry. Easter War Cry 5 cents with 200 copies available.
Congratulations to Mac McLarty of Oro Station who earned a top diploma at Excelsior Business College Barrie. He left for the Sauit on Monday amid the best wishes of many friends.
The article explains that a cold stems from poor circulation and causes chills. It claims Dr. Humphreys' 77 induces blood flow to extremities, warms the feet, breaks the Cold or Grip, and sustains energies during recovery.
The passage discusses uncertainty about gout despite study and cites an odd anecdote about Mr. Small as the inventor of a cash register for married men's trousers pockets. It contrasts ignorance with speculation and notes reputation of Fer via Mrs. Small.
St Paul Dispatch notes a sequence where a tailor makes a suit, followed by a lawyer, and then a nonsuit in a court case. The quirky progression highlights how legal actions and personal attire phrases intertwine in a local report.
The Atchison Globe recounts a quip between Stroller and Joe Rose about a post dinner tramp, with a believer that rich people envy less than imagined and a proverb about selling by weight implying others have scales.
A nostalgic look at suburban city rail travel and its riders. The piece describes card games in smoking cars, cigar and newspaper buffs, business plans formed on trains, jokers and cheerful companions, and occasional wrecks seen as colorful incidents in the commuter’s life.
A French investigator traced why gold coins from different eras vary in color. Early 10 and 20 franc pieces display a pale yellow due to silver content in the alloy, while Napoleon III coins are richer. Modern coins are warmer as copper is reduced and sealed minting preserves surface copper, improving wear resistance and tint.
The article notes that night locking is lax at the White House with few doors secured and policemen guarding main entrances. It contrasts with Lincoln era practice when night closures were stricter, with housekeepers locking inner and outer doors when staff left.
A moral exhortation praises love as a great gift to humanity. It argues love brings sunshine to the moral universe, brightens dark places, gladdens sorrow, and lifts spirits above daily cares. The divine power of love is described as a golden key to a true life.
In a Detroit Bree Press item a convalescent ignores advice and relapses. The doctor chides, and the patient pleads that he was not well enough. The piece underscores patient stubbornness and medical warning.
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