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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
5
The CPR plans a Midland branch of Dominion Express Co and a telegraph office with a motor car route between Coldwater and Midland. Manager R H Jupp is urged to quickly repair the county roads or risk damages.
A fragmented notice recounts a trip to Algonquin Park and mentions Mrs Frances Ball’s unexpected illness and death. It notes she was born in Ireland, lived near Barrie, and was a respected Anglican member. interment occurred yesterday at Union Cemetery with family ties listed.
Obituary note records the death of John McGowan aged 79 at the home of his niece Mrs Weaymouth in Barrie on April 27. The item references local notices and includes a brief aside about a county engineer Robert Sapp and a humorous invitation to a midnight road drive, plus unrelated promotional content about Rheumo for muscular rheumatism.
Upper Lakes Navigation steamers depart Port McNichol on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays with calls to Sal MARIE TORT AR Sault ERUR and FORT TLETAM linking routes. The Manitoba steamer sails from Port McNicol Wednesdays with a 10 30 p m departure from Owen Sound. May 10 marks the start of the steamship express schedule.
The minister of education in Japan presents a broad canvas of reform. It emphasizes moral education, comprehensive teaching staff, and specialization within technical subjects. Western contact spurs thoughtful ideas and practical aims for modernizing schooling and training.
A New York man has patented a sifting device for dispersing insecticide powders on low growing vines. The cylindrical can uses a perforated lower portion and a regulating device to control poison dispersion, aiming to reduce labor compared with liquid sprays and cover an acre per hour.
A jumble of fragments on frankness as direct speech, cherry orchard profits cited by J T Bealby on Kootenay Lake, portable refrigerators, dry batteries, and notes on oceans, munitions spending, and Mindanao depths. Mentions Bealby’s 25 acre ranch and yields. sparse claims of yearly fruit value and average returns.
A fragmentary note discusses infant development and music, mentioning a New York settlement and a child’s learning through songs. It references riddle games, a lack of teachers, and a desire to pair reading and singing with play, highlighting parental guidance over formal instruction.
A Wisconsin inventor patents a bell attachment for pianos featuring a side auxiliary keyboard that swings beside the main keyboard. When played, keys trigger bells instead of piano notes, with left hand on base notes and right hand striking the auxiliary keyboard to produce bell tones.
Windbreaks from trees or narrow timber belts reduce wind velocity, raise perceived warmth, and protect crops, stock, and buildings. A two-row evergreen belt is shown to cut wind at 200 feet to five mph, boosting comfort and forage while reducing snow drift around yard areas and feed stores.
Local arts and community notes cover a YMCA concert drawing large crowds, a forthcoming Allendale concert on May 27 28, and the Grand Opera events. The piece also lists new residents and job changes, church resignations, and railway grain movements signaling a busy spring season in the region.
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