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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
6
The text explains that the Mason and Risch piano achieves a clear full tone due to its agraffe system. It notes that the agraffe bar between the notes prevents string vibrations between pins and the bridge, contrasting with common pianos that use a metal agraffe bar.
A Mason and Risch advertisement describes a piano with a separate pryraise screw for each note in the trichord scale to isolate strings and prevent vibration. It claims alignment accuracy and exact hammer strike, invites readers to request Inside Information booklet, and lists The Mason and Risch Piano Co. in Toronto with address on West King Street.
Public notice lists low fare round trips from Seattle to Portland Tacoma Everett Bellingham Victoria Vancouver San Francisco Los Angeles and more with travel May 20 to Sept 30 1909 return by October 1. Details via Grand Trunk ticket agents. Local notices urge correspondents to help grow the newspaper and announce a new stock breeder and agricultural journal offering 500 dollars for its name. The journal will be edited by J H S Johnstone and costs 1 per year from Farm Pub Ltd Toronto.
A recount of royal visits contrasts King Edward's discreet biarritz trip with the German Kaiser and Empress who traveled with extravagant entourage and equipment. The Kaiser's party included courtiers, aides, physicians, cooks, and a lavish imperial kitchen, while Queen Alexandra's sister, the Dowager Empress, traveled with quiet dignity and minimal display. The Czar's planned travel mirrors this preference for dignity and restraint, though Russian desire for display remains noted.
Elsie was relegated to the dining room while May entertained a dignified suitor. She discovers a doll’s hollow head hides a curled hair roll and, in a burst of mischief, proclaims Dorothy swallowed her rat. The scene ends with a culinary boiler detail and a rumor of whip cream.
The piece extols Prince Edward Island as a fertile garden province of Canada, praising its crops and dairy, its cheerful farming communities, and its appeal to English visitors. It notes the island’s size, proximity to the mother country, and features a patriotic poem credited to Miss L. Hi Montgomery and Lawrence W. Watson. It also includes a vivid vignette about a singer named Texas in Prince Rupert and local indigenous traders amid Atlantic travel.
Winnipeg pioneer William Beech, arriving with two dog teams and winter furs, recalls Fort Churchill days. He predicts Hudson Bay will become a year round wheat trade route to Europe, arguing icebreakers can keep the path open longer than feared and that rail freight to Montreal would be cut by using the harbor route.
The Chinese Government has decided to follow Japan by establishing a Consulate General at Ottawa and a Vice-Consulate at Vancouver, signaling expanded diplomatic presence in Canada. The move, aligned with prior international posts, aims to enhance ties and services for Chinese nationals and commerce in the region.
Several new wireless stations are ready for the opening of navigation on the St Lawrence between Montreal and Quebec. The report notes a hundred fold total grain yield in Alberta reaching about two hundred thousand.
An article describes how a Gadadian Indian navigates forests by following painted bark marks and inclined wood stakes. It explains signaling methods for parties, including plant and fabric markers, to indicate routes, pace, and detours for hunters and traveling groups.
A century ago German dramatists faced strict censorship. Dr. Robert Heindl's Munich book shows Viennese and German censors policed morals, banning misalliances on stage and limiting Greek dress privileges in Iphigenia in Tauris, while demanding decorum in word and thought.
A government packing line uses a counting and tying machine for postal cards capable of processing 500000 cards in ten hours. The device pulls paper from a drum with two fingers, dips another, wraps the pack, and twines the paper before a thumb seals the package for delivery.
In a London mall discussion at table, a man declares always minding his own business while a companion jokes about a new confidential clerk. The conversation notes the clerk’s rough reputation, including prior intoxication episodes, and reveals the speaker’s claim that the clerk is his eldest son.
Simon had finally paid a long delayed DIM at the grocer’s, prompted by nagging reminders and his own cash on hand. The grocer, a longtime friend, thanked him warmly and hailed the payment as credit well earned. Simon replied he wished he had settled sooner next time.
Fragmentary OCR shows a magistrate scolding a prisoner in a jail setting. The prisoner defends a rough, profitable business while lamenting strained relations with police. The exchange hints at corruption and fear of ruin.
An editor reports a broken payment request after a creditor claims a bill was sent a month earlier. The fragment hints at communication errors and disputes over manuscripts, with uncertain outcomes and personal names embedded in the garbled text.
The Canadian Freight Association distributes an illustrated booklet to freight agents highlighting why shipments are lost or damaged and how to prevent it. It urges consignors to plainly mark every package with consignee name and full destination to ensure safe, prompt delivery.
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