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Newspaper

Barrie Examiner

Location

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 20, 1909

Page

2

Insurance Bill Amendment and Newfoundland Annexation Talk

The piece discusses proposed changes to the Insurance Bill enabling policyholders who become totally disabled to receive full policy amounts. It notes Sir Edward Morris as a proponent of Newfoundland joining Canada, and considers potential political and economic implications for the island, including tariffs, telephones, and a Winnipeg world’s fair funding debate. Also mentions crop prospects and unrelated testimonials about MINARD'S LINIMENT and household care tips.

Eoward Morris Newfoundland

Independent phones win in Ontario rail station access ruling

The Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners orders open access for local independent telephone instruments in railway stations. Previously Bell dominant, the move allows all local companies to install devices under rules and a nominal one dollar yearly charge, with officials handling official messages.

Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners Ontario Bell Telephone Company Bell Company Mohopolizing Company

Mi o na cures indigestion claims cure and weight gain

A reader advertises Mi o na as a remedy for dyspepsia claiming it cured Neil Murray from Huron Road Ontario after years of suffering. He says after ten boxes his digestion improved, vomiting ended, sleep returned, weight rose from 110 to 150 pounds, and he feels like a new man.

Examiner Neil Murray Huron Road Goderich

PAYGIGIAN TELLS HOW TO JRETS RHEUMATIC CARE

A local healer promotes strict patient habits and a blood tonic regimen to treat rheumatic conditions. He stresses daily routines, dry feet, warm clothing, and moderation in eating, claiming medicines alone will not cure and citing fluids like Cascara and Sarsaparilla syrups as key components.

Lalmont

Tramp Printer Tales From Early Office Days

A damaged reminiscence recalls a tramp printer who drifted through a 19th century office, swapping tales while the newsroom wrestled with scarce type. He drew pay, vanished a year, then reappeared to spin more Munchausen like accounts about offices and tosd roads, amid shortages of sorts and the daily press bustle.

Tosd

Indian Guide Sent 400 Miles To Return Moose Horns

Indian guide Mukoki kept his word and traveled 400 miles through wilderness to return a set of antlers to novelist James Oliver Curwood who had saved his life. Curwood learned of the horn parcel when customs detained it in Detroit. The author dedicates his new book to the faithful guide who carved a forest sign on one prong.

Savage James Oliver -Curwood Hudson Bay Wilds Mr. Curw Northland Curwood Detroit Hond Mukoki

Burroughs Claims Perpetual Motion Discovery in Ontario

James Burroughs of Wallaceburg Ontario says he has built a perpetual motion device that has run in his shop for twelve months without stopping. He keeps the workshop locked and refuses tests, while patents for the invention have been filed in Ottawa and Washington.

James Burroughs Wallaceburg Ont Ottawa Washington

Rush to the West Drives Spring Settlement Boom

Eastern Canada sees a spring surge as hundreds of settlers depart with carloads of effects toward Dominion lands. At North Portal sixty cars pass customs and veterinary checks with many horses detained in quarantine, while Emerson reports similar movement. Many settlers aim to improve lands rather than seek new homesteads, paying to do so.

Canada Dominion Lands Office North Portal Emerson

Casa Barco House Boat at Algorta Spain Inspiring Bridgelike Home

An extraordinary dwelling near Bilbao in northern Spain is shaped like a steamship’s bridge and called Casa Barco. Likely built by a retired sea captain seeking the sea life he left, the quirky home invites visions of a sailor pacing the lofty bridge and issuing orders to a steersman.

Algarta Bilbao Spain Wide World Magazine

Army surgeons placed in medical corps, not lancers

Mrs Snaggs and Mr Snaggs debate the role of army surgeons with sarcasm about doctors joining the army to build bridges by balloon. The exchange questions where surgeons belong, clarifying the medical corps as their proper unit.

Mrs. Snaggs Mr. Snaggs Lancers

Overcoats For Labourers In Essex Parish Aid

Fifteen aged farm laborers in Henham Essex received new overcoats as aid. An earlier farmer Henry Smith left an estate with annual rent to fund provisions for laborers in several parishes.

Henham Essex England Essex ‘Agricultur Iet Henry Smith Fuiltrd

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