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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
8
Buyers crowd Marrin's sale praise deep discounts across men and women shoes. The store touts thousands of pairs, with ladies oxfords from 4.50 to 2.70 and men’s styles from 5.00 to 2.25, all at substantial reductions to clear stock. Names of brands and leather types reflect a broad, aggressive clearance.
Cu pairs Men s solid grain horse hide Bluchers bals regular price 2 25 Sale price 1 85 v pairs Men s Uris calf Blucher bals regular 2 50 Sale price 2 00 girs Men s Heavy Blucher bals regular 2 00 Sale price 1 50 60 pairs Men s Medium Weight Working Shoes at 1 50 On sale at 1 20.
Dispatch describes May fares for Canadian Northern Ontario Railway with single and return tickets between all points. Train schedule from Toronto Oniung Station to Bala Park and Parry Sound, boat transfer at Bala Park, Muskoka. new Muskoka booklet available at Q N O Ticket Office. Also lists personal notices and society notices with May dates and names.
An observational portrait of Calcutta’s evolution from a palace-lined metropolis to a modern city. It notes Chowringhee and Dalhousie Square, electric trams, harbingers of urban growth, and a multilingual society where Bengali dominates vernacular speech, with a thriving press and schools prioritizing Sanskrit Persian and Arabic.
Lord Kitchener told Calcutta's Native Council that military charges for India remain fixed despite hopes tied to the new alliance with a great northern power. He cited security needs and the Commander-in-Chief's scheme as reasons to preserve spending while praising recent efficiency gains. In Ilfracombe, magistrates fined an itinerant fish vendor five dollars for cutting off eel tails before formal killing, ruling a conger eel in a hawker's cart as a wild animal in captivity. A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals case questioned handling and nerve-sensation during the act.
In John Kerr’s Other Memories Old and New a supervisor recalls the 1862 Scottish education code focusing on basic reading writing arithmetic. An example shows pupils misunderstanding the word caressed leading to the phrase made of fonded, revealing gaps in vocabulary and comprehension in reform era classrooms.
A French tenor Roger refused attention after a 1,200 franc engagement and sent back the payment plus 800 francs for disturbances. Beecher officiated Huntington’s secret second marriage fee of 1,500 dollars, then a public ceremony with 1,000 dollars more, and quipped to the groom about Mormon wishes.
Receipts totaling 189 dollars will be divided between the provincial and parent Bible societies for Toronto work. Collectors across wards I to VI raised funds, including 86.38 by Geo F Seace in Ward I and 55.05 in Ward III. Volunteers are thanked for canvassing door to door and readers are reminded only subscriptions of one dollar or more appear in the annual Toronto report.
Creditors of Moses Blackstock late of Barrie Ontario are required to send particulars of their claims to the undersigned, Lillie Blackstock and Donald Ross executors, by a specified date under the Ontario law. Claims must detail amounts and basis, or risk exclusion from asset distribution.
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