16 May 1907
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
1
A garbled excerpt touts Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic and restorative for women. It claims widespread cures reported nationwide, with doctors and nurses noting its benefits for female health issues including irregularities and flatulence. The text names scattered locations and individuals endorsing the remedy.
Empire Wall Papers presents a broad selection from European, American, and Canadian factories. The ad claims the best quality stock and coloring with guaranteed satisfaction. It emphasizes affordable prices that suit both poor and wealthy buyers and promises low-cost effects.
A poem by Helen M. Merrill explores Canada winds from west to east and north, blending imagery of violet scent and wild birds with vast polar landscapes. It contrasts seasonal springs with grey mists, gray skies, and frozen horizons, ending on the idea of the Canada wind as a swift, binding force from the secret sea.
Prof. Frank D. Adams of McGill University told the Empire Club in Toronto that Canada's mineral output has surged from 22 million in 1886 to about 70 million in 1906 and perhaps more in the near future. He argued growth will continue or even accelerate, noting potential for yet greater discoveries and analyzing coal, copper, iron, and silver districts to show continued strong prospects.
Two-score English volunteers sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel arrive in Montreal en route to Saskatchewan. They lack formal degrees, but are earnest workers pledged support with gear and a stipend as they live on prairies, visit stations, and prep for ordained ministry in three years.
A Port Arthur police report chronicles a 74 year old tramp from near Edinburgh who travels from Montreal to Vancouver with worn canvas bags as boots and two pairs of overalls. He quit work four years ago, subsists on discarded food, and travels city to city, often sleeping in shacks along the rail line. He says he has no destination, only a wandering course toward the west.
General Booth leads a proposed Ontario plan to reserve 10 townships in the northern clay belt for agriculture. Some 230000 to 250000 acres would be offered to settlers at under fifty cents per acre, with ten year payments and government surveys funded by a wartime style subsidy. The Army would supervise gradual settlement with 160 acre shed locations and expert staff assistance. An experimental New Ontario farm would anchor the venture and settlers would work on pulpwood and railway construction to earn income.
An Edmonton Bulletin note recalls Deer Lodge near Lord Strathcona's Silver Heights, built in 1859 by John Rowan and once home to Speaker James McKay. The fire destroyed the historic structure valued around 10 000 dollars, ending a chapter in early Western Canada fur trade and politics.
An Empire Review article by A C Brown Jow argues that the mothers of working men deserve pensions. He asks what the State provides for English mothers and the relief a pension would bring to wives with low wages and large families, noting the social value of support in old age.
A dog train of four huskies arrived in Edmonton after a 300 mile, five day trek from Peace River, led by Alexandre Dezzerlais. The furs include coyotes, foxes, otter, lynx, mink, marten, weasel, and moose skins valued up to about 500 dollars. A separate consignment from Peace River Crossing, linked to a young Englishman, shows cross fox, red fox, lynx, and marten. Moose and bear sightings are noted as a harsh northern winter continues.
An 1865 or 1963 tale recalls two Russians dining above Chevet's shop who hid gunpowder in a white barrel. The plot aimed to murder Napoleon III during a Comedie Francaise visit, but the contrived infernal machine was discovered by the waiter. The conspirators escaped, leaving a guarded secret.
Luella Quinlan six years old of Peterboro died from burns received while watching a bonfire. Prince Foshim of Japan will cross Canada on a royal train similar to that used by Prince Arthur of Connaught.
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