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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
5
The ad touts a two week sale on clothing including suits toppers and overcoats with savings from three to six dollars per item. It highlights dependable fabrics, large assortments, and a strong millinery push led by Miss Patterson with direct imports from England. Orders encouraged early in the week to ease trimming workloads.
A Riverside advertisement promotes weekly payments for cotched linoleums and tapestries to replace floor scrubbing. It touts savings on doctor bills, adds a selection of ladies balls raincoats skirts blouses and men’s clothing with a note that business is strictly confidential.
The Barrie House Furnishing Co operated by D G Davidson announces extended hours with open evenings for customer shopping and inquiries at its Elizabeth and Mary Street location. The notice highlights convenient after hours access for local shoppers seeking home furnishings.
May 4-H notes report Moore and John Divall losing horses last week. Mrs Lake of Sutton West visits daughter Mos Spicker. A cresbee at Mrs Frank Kaiser’s home notes Geo Bansier’s farm sale and Wildie Barns' move to Pretty River Valley. Seeding and fishing cited as farmers’ work. Several locals, including Miss Emily Moir and Maggie McConkey, are mentioned with visits and travel. Park’s wallpaper shop advertised as newest and cheapest.
The 1907-8 valuation of goods passed rose by 15,745.85 over 1906-7, while duty dropped by 665.36 and manifests fell by about 20. Cash-book entries varied by only three. Noting the Grand Ink Railway, Barrie Carriage, Barrie Tanning, and leading dry goods and boot and shoe merchants as top revenue contributors, space limits deeper comparison of free versus dutiable goods.
The Barrie Examiner reports a yearly circulation of 87 882 and a weekly average of 1 677 copies. It notes fines and jail terms for G T R trespassers, store improvements by J W McWaters harness maker, and a rough fight on Essa Street leading to fines. It previews The Little Trooper at Grand Opera House and Ontario election coverage by THE NEWS Toronto. County Engineer Jupp recalls road repairs costs and notes jail population and indictments including David Perrault. It mentions prisoners sent to Kingston, jewelry burglars, and turkeys theft cases, urging county council attention to jail work. It ends with subscription rates and local society items and a note on seeding and community notices.
An outstanding Crossland Skating Club banquet was hosted by Joseph Ryther at his Kueter home Monday evening. Elaborate decorations featuring flags and globe lanterns welcomed about 75 guests.
A Barrie store announces a genuine going out of business sale clearing its entire stock of boots and shoes plus accessories at heavy cash discounts. The event features 83 percent reductions on heavy and working men’s footwear, a special cost price offer for boys and girls, and runs from April 18 with no on approval terms. Large bill distributions promote the sale. A separate description recalls a formal social event with grand table displays, music, toasts, and festive attire attended by Miss May Harber, Miss Serati Martin, Miss Julia Sexton, Harry Priest, and others, concluding with a spirited gathering and song.
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