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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
6
A renewed agreement with the Toronto Globe allows delivering the Globe and the Weekly Globe for a reduced total of $1.95 per month until June 1. The rate will nearly double after that date, with many subscribers already taking advantage of the bargain. Those who wish to subscribe to both papers must act before the deadline.
A fragment discusses Lydia E Pinkham and the perception of her remedies. It asks whether American women continue using the product as claimed and references a comparison between past and present advocates. The text mentions inviting correspondence and wonders about ongoing demand.
Sunnidale Municipal Council met May 7 at New Lowell with full attendance. The Reeve led petitions to open Sunnidale and Vespra town lines south of McKinnon Bridge. Council discussed surveying costs, appointing pathmasters, and granting town line improvements across Con. 1 8. The New Lowell Football Club was allowed hall use for a concert. various accounts and grants were approved.
A profile of Premier H. H. Asquith as Chancellor and PM, detailing his calm debate style, patient pace in the House of Commons, and the daunting burden of empire, contrasted with a calm exterior and decisive oratory that persuades and unsettles opponents.
A traveler, after a reckless voyage and a Bahia to Madeira detour, reached Liverpool in poor health, then recovered aboard a returning steamer with belongings seized by authorities. His tale includes a perilous near loss and a month of rest before resuming homeward steps. The episode highlights a dangerous moment at sea and subsequent recovery.
Eyewitness account describes the Viceroy’s courage in Cairo as soldiers blocked the square. Arabi Bey, summoned under guard with fixed bayonets, faced orders to disperse while leaders debated retreat to Abdin Palace. Negotiations with mutineers followed and troops withdrew peacefully to barracks.
The Dartford Workhouse infirmary recall a tale of two aged brothers known as the pealey Heath misers who lived in squalor for thirty four years. On Good Friday 1906 the elder died, their cottage sanitary conditions shocked doctors, and deposit notes and scrip totaling sixty thousand were found. Relatives appeared, and James Ivor was placed in the infirmary where he died recently, leaving a possible large fortune. Pirates hoard nearby washed from the coast as storm and sea eroded the shore revealing gold rings and coins valued at about nine hundred dollars to one fisherman, while villagers rushed to the scene with picks and spades.
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