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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
8
Public flocking daily to Marrin's sale reports great satisfaction with drastic price cuts across the stock. The store pledges ongoing slaughter in prices until goods are gone, listing numerous women and men’s shoe specials from $2.25 to $3.90 and discounts up to 50 cents per pair on lower lines, with many styles in leather and latest fashions.
Advertisement lists 60 pairs of solid grain horse-hide Bluchers at regular 2.25 sale 1.85 plus 40 pairs Uris calf Bluchers regular 2.50 sale 2.00 and 75 pairs Heavy Bluchers regular 2.00 sale 1.50 with 60 extra pairs Medium Weight Working Shoes 1.50 sale 1.20. Describes bulk sale terms and pricing.
Tonisfil Council met in Crainvale on May 7 with all members present. Communications and accounts were tabled and referred to committees. Notices included consent to James Whan to open streets on lot 25 and sign plan, plus several paid accounts and notes on adjournment locations. Births listed include Boggs and Kenny families. McLean obituary note ends the item.
Minutes show Rev W A Amos leading talks on school safety after recent fires. John Dickey seeks $50 salary raise. Finance reports $198.28 accounts and $5 non-resident fees, $500 tuition. Miss Roberta Hogg hired for Kindergarten at 450 yearly. class size 31 last week. growth expected. Contagious disease reporting debated. tenders for flowers up to 12 dollars requested.
Ferguson was re nominated by the South Simcoe Conservatives at Beeton on Thursday. A E Scanlon R J Hill and Wm Wood were proposed but retired. The Cardwell Sentinel criticized the nomination process claiming ballot tricks and ballot stuffing occurred at recent Conservative conventions. Fraser of Rottenham was not allowed to be mentioned and considered running as an Independent.
Local items report a retiring Barrie retailer planning wholesale clearance of 10 000 stock of carpets and furniture through May. A tea sale in sealed lead packets and floor finish promotions are noted alongside a Salvation Army music festival and a horse cart incident. District church meetings and rail freight rate hikes are also included with figures on The Barrie Examiner circulation.
A five member Town League committee chaired by Art Pas was appointed on Wednesday May 6 to manage the league. The schedule lists games from May 18 to June 29 at East End Allandale Bankers and C Y M C, mostly at 6 45 p m with Allandale home games at their grounds in Allandale and others at Agricultural Park.
The 3 year old son of Courtown and Lady Berkeley broke down and will be sent to the Barrie farm for a year. He did his work Friday, hailed as a northern favorite and Woodbine rail bird pride.
Trainer Johnny Dyment laments Courtown II's leg injury after a trial on a muddy track. Lorne Thompson rode for the trial when track conditions were cited as a factor. Courtown II showed no lameness at first but the off front leg swelled and was placed in a tub without improvement. The Campo River-area note highlights the setback to a promising horse and to Dyment’s Canadian circuit plans.
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