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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
3
Fragmentary notices from Barrie include solicitors firms such as Ault and Cowan McCarthy Peplee and McCartney and P dunlop street. Medical figures and practitioners are listed along with addresses and professions. The legals reference loans, fees, and municipal matters with partial names and places.
A sermon text by Dr. Talmage proclaims Christ as central in every biblical facet from the Lamb of God to the bread of life and the rock that gives water. It contrasts faith with modern skepticism and highlights how New Testament figures are seen as parts of a single divine narrative.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a periodical promotion for a health oriented product or remedy claiming lightness and wellness. Mentions “Favorite Prescription” with no alcohol, references to Mrs Ree and various ad-like phrases. indicates mailed materials and stamps offer from Buffalo, New York.
The piece argues against controversialists and skeptics, urging readers to seek Christ in Scripture. It emphasizes Jesus as the source of salvation, life, and peace, portraying truth as the gate to the Bible’s glories and the believer’s deliverance. It contrasts superficial reading with entering the temple to find Christ, the bread of life, the resurrection, and the light of the world.
A devotional line cites Jesus as the burden bearer not bearing the burden, not fighting the battles, and not claiming the victory. It underscores the paradox of triumph through Christ while implying human toil is not His to bear.
A Smalden despatch reports 70 killed in one engagement as British forces break through at Basra with over twenty Boers killed including two commanders. At Vet River the Gordon Highlanders routed a large commando and the 8th Hussars killed many retreating Boers. Casualties total around one hundred as Boers withdraw from Zand river with horses and Mauser rifles in retreat.
Despatches from Pretoria report Afrikander women angered by Boer reverses offering to form a corps to guard railways or join front line trenches with male relatives. They petition Kruger to allow women to go to the front and fight alongside the Republics' forces.
Despatch from Cape Town notes British losses at Brandfort are heavier than first thought. British battalions quartered at farm houses and riding districts, all men taken as prisoners, horses seized. A stricter policy aimed at preventing guerrilla warfare in the rear, with horses commandeered and farms housing guns destroyed.
A farmer from Donagh, PEL, suffers from severe back and thigh pain attributed to lumbago caused by hard farm work and exposure. After trying many remedies, he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for full relief, noting he has remained well months later and wishes he had tried them sooner.
Fragmentary notice reports a government action to purchase Dutch books for a man at St Helena. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but reference to official purchase and location remains the core fact.
Arthur McIntyre aged 13 of 299 Markham Street shot and killed his father Peter McIntyre, freight manager for Ontario Richelieu Navigation, at Milloy's Wharf office after an argument over a trip to St Catharines. The boy claimed self defense saying he drew a revolver to frighten his father. Crown asks for murder charge. The youth, described as bright, well behaved, and balanced, was remanded.
London dispatches from the War Office relay Lord Roberts's cables showing the Boers retreating after a stand north of the Zand River. British cavalry and heavy guns pursue along three routes as the enemy falls back across the river. casualties are not yet tallied.
London dispatch reports a crossing of the Zand River by British forces with mounted infantry two batteries and pom-poms driving Boers from bridges. Gen French on left and Gen Hamilton on right screen the advance as Boers retreat destroying bridges. Churchill places 2000 Boers at Zand river with several thousand more evacuating.
The report indicates a decision regarding Agespateh Leum Aliwak North with details trimmed from the original text. No further context or clear events are provided in the readable portion.
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