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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
5
Market report listing prices for flour barley rye buckwheat and various seeds. wool beef hides tallow calf skinned hides and meat products. poultry dairy eggs butter potatoes and general market notes with per unit prices and ranges. Includes bread flour wheat and byproducts with per awt and per lb figures and seasonal small variations.
Butter and eggs stood as the sole offerings at the Saturday market with limited lines. Buyers paid 18¢ per pound for prints and eggs brought 1¢ per dozen. city demand for butter keeps prices high though big dealers foresee a near-term reduction to align with export levels as supplies rise. Ten or twelve suckling pigs sold for $5 a pair, and a few bags of potatoes brought $1.25 each.
The week’s page blends ward news from Severn Bridge and Allandale with social notices. Reports include movements of residents, a death and funeral, meetings at churches, hospital fundraisers, and upcoming community events. Also listed are school progress and new hires on the GTR, with neighborhood concerns about sidewalk safety on Button Avenue.
Churchill, E Ferguson, L Hooper, C Hirsehey. Pott, A McDonald, H Webb, C O'Donnell, F MacPherson partake in a second close at St Marys with attendees listed in order.
Obituary notes Kenneth McLennan born September 15 1831 in Dingwall Scotland who emigrated to Allandale Canada in 1873 and worked for Grand Trunk Railway until retirement. Survived by widow two sons Angus and Kenneth and five daughters. Funeral held Thursday amid storms. ministers Rev Dr McLeod Rev H D Cameron and Rev J W Churchill lead service with Psalm 23 and tributes from church and Royal Victoria Hospital staff.
May 4 notes show D. J. Fraser visiting nearby Bradford friends. Dr. F B Allan of Toronto stayed a couple of days with his parents. Robert Boyes visited Fisher's Corners on Sunday. The Presbyterian Sunday school plans a church basement entertainment on May 25, with much effort to ensure a grand event.
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