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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
4
An offer touts a Peerless incubator and brooder with a ten year guarantee and a two year payment plan. The salesman pledges to advise on production and secure direct buyers for poultry and eggs, promising risk free introduction to a lucrative poultry business through a free book titled When Poultry Pays.
A bold break in on a Friday night at 109 St George Street Toronto saw Mrs Riddell observe a man loitering at the door then moving to the rear before leaving. Jewels valued between five and eight thousand dollars disappeared from a silver heart shaped box and chiffoniere drawer. The thief appeared to have been waiting to measure for awnings. A list describes a large diamond sunburst with central stones a diamond R monogram bowknot and a pearl heart with a pearl necklace string.
D H MacLaren offers Hyomei as a remedy for cold head catarrh bronchitis pneumonia croup or any breathing ailment with a money back guarantee if it fails. The system uses a dry air inhalation that claims to destroy germ life and deliver balsam air to lungs and throat. Marshal Wilder praises Hyomei as easy to use and beneficial for voice and coughs. Hyomei complete outfit priced at $1.00.
K Ross of Cookstown reported about 15 acres of oats stolen from his granary in the past week. Thieves forced entry into stables. Mrs John Kerr, Kerr Langman and others were involved in related incidents with injuries and property damage noted.
Sannidale Council minutes record a full council meeting with the Reeve presiding. Key actions include committee referrals for a new bridge on townline Sannidale Tossorontio, division court office discussions, other local servicing, and notices to remove obstructions from W Oliver ditch con 8. Several payments and bridge projects across Suonsdale Not tawasaga are listed, followed by adjournment to May first Thursday.
The town has eight electric fire alarm boxes at Bayfield and Sophia Owens and North opposite R L Barkwick’s Penstang and Mulcaster Blake and La Pierre Berczy and Collier Bradford and Elizabeth West John and Bradford and a box on the Post Office north wall. To sound the alarm, break the glass, turn the key, and pull the lever. each box is numbered and the corresponding gong at the Fire Hall rings three times to prevent misidentification.
The Hanover Branch of the Women s Institute held a March meeting focusing on sandwich making with twelve members. Five recipes are shared for readers, including fillings with cheese, ham, egg, and walnut mixtures, plus methods for preparing each spread and layering on bread with lettuce or garnishes.
The TALMAGE SERMON service will stop as Dr. Talmage has gone to Europe and renewal seems unlikely. The April report lists class groups and students with an average attendance of 82 under teacher K. C. Morrison, including names like George Caldwell, Martha Brown, Beasley, and Emms.
List of students named on the Sbanty Bay April honor roll. Includes Winnie Ross Marta Megill Hildred Martin Bertha Packard Josie Williams Ernest Park Walter Malcolm Willie Packard Lettie Hart Henry Caldwell Edith Day Russell Orr Dong Jan Pue Cyril Peterson Willie Brooks Roy Maegill Emily Mills Laura Peterson Norman Wortley John McMillan Nellie Fillingham Bertha Simpson Marjorie Malcolm Alex McMillan Herb Fillingham Rosamond Paterson Heate ward Martin Parliament Ryne Ball Louis Caldwell Mabel Rands Rex Sutton Ezra Caldwell Irwin Wortley Thomas Rands May Robertson Harry Ball Harold Hawkins Minnie Sutton Laura Fillingham Walter Park Eddie Sutton notes urging parents to send children to school.
The list names students and staff connected to Vepsra School with multiple initials and surnames. It notes those who obtained the meat conduct marks and includes many family-linked entries across the I II Pt II sections. The readable fragments indicate an April report detailing recipients and contributors within a long roster.
The report references Guelph with twenty thousand dollars in tax arrears partly dating to a period of rising fares and a large railway or industrial run. A horse kicked a lantern at a Peebles Ohio livery stable, causing a fire that destroyed fifteen buildings worth fifty thousand dollars. The piece also notes unrest near Bee Lomond in California and mentions a general spread of rattlemakes.
A guide to debating decorum in the Ontario Legislature outlines strict speech rules. Members must address by title, rise in place, and use notes. personal remarks are barred and interruptions may lead to withdrawal. Quorum requires twenty members. penalties include custody for misconduct.
A gift intended for McGill will soon aid three generations of the Prussian Government by providing scientific works and publications to replace losses from a previous fire. The library of the applied science faculty held many German literary and scientific works, largely university publications that could not easily be replaced. Dr Frank sen, Imperial German consul, led efforts with the Prussian Department of Education to secure extra copies from German universities and elsewhere, achieving substantial success.
A quirky note from New Zealand describes the crow singing sweetly in the woodland, contrasts with the robin lacking song and a red breast, and mentions the native hen as a continuation of natural behavior observation.
The readable text is unclear and incomplete. It mentions testing questions and a vague reference to refined men and a pallet of oranges. No definitive events, names, or locations are discernible for a proper newspaper item.
A fragment notes a box-6 price tag of S150 tied to a product labeled Frui -tive in Ottawa. No full details on the item or seller are available beyond the price and partial brand name.
An Iowa court on Thursday ruled that a dying declaration is not competent testimony in a murder trial. The deceased was described as an infidel and the statement was rejected as admissible evidence.
Fragmentary claim praises Coltsfoote Expectorant as a long standing household remedy, stating it aided a bed cold nine years ago and has remained in use since, though the text is incomplete and unclear on details.
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