This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
6
Ad claims Fruit-a-tives are the world’s finest kidney and bladder remedy. It promises to purify waste, relieve pain, cure headaches and rheumatism, and aid uric acidosis. The text pitches the product as a general tonic and offers a price of 3.52 with druggist contact.
In London Ontario on May 17 a colt born to farmer Alex Shaver of lot 26 con 2 Westminster ward died soon after birth. The animal had close-set eyes, a protruding nose area, and an unusual head shape. It fed on cow milk instead of its dam’s milk.
A chicken farm is set up on a hotel roof in New York, with about 250 hens kept there. Earlier attempts failed when chickens were brought to the top story and grew homesick, so incubators hatched them on the roof to provide a perpetual roost.
The Sons of England Canterbury Lodge Collingwood plans an annual excursion to Niagara Falls on Monday June 18 with tickets from Meaford to Brentwood and inclusive meals. Tickets from other stations valid two days. Round trip fares vary by origin: Stayner $2.05, New Lowell and Brentwood $2.30, Angus and Utopia $2.15, Colwell $2.10, Allandale $2.05, children half price.
The excerpt notes two critical growth periods for chickens. The first occurs at two to three weeks old when rapid growth of wing feathers and plumage demands proper nourishment. A few weeks after this period, another stage follows.
Guidance on raising chickens during critical growth stages. Emphasizes extra care in feeding tonic nourishment bone meal and trace minerals, plus clean water. Stresses selecting robust chicks, monitoring for weak legs, and ensuring adequate shelter, warmth, and materials for proper size feathering and health.
Our English correspondent notes hog shortages across Canada Britain Holland and Denmark driving high pork prices on London markets. Farmers urged to double select bacon hog output while warning against quitting the business due to short term low prices. History suggests eventual over supply, but farming firms can profit by staying in and adapting rather than abandoning hog production.
For more than twenty years Mr. J B Masaer of 3822 Clinton St Minneapolis Minnesota was tortured by sciatica. One application of Champlain’s Pain Balm relieved pain, restored sleep, and led to a permanent cure. A 25 cent bottle is sold by all druggists to prove its efficacy.
Fragmented OCR text references farming tasks and stock ideas, mentioning plowing for corn, manure, and a large figure of 6,000,000 turkeys in the United the Stock Journal. It reads as a garbled note on agricultural practices and livestock, with unclear continuity and context.
Fragmentary text suggests discussion of relief for women’s pain. Mentions cape and radio peakyeantaite compound and a plan of nature. Unclear details due to damaged OCR.
Thousands of Canadian women report relief from monthly ailments using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Wellington Ontario woman praises its regularizing effect and relief from severe menstrual pain. The notice urges troubled women to try the remedy and write for free guidance from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
The Weekly Sun argues that farmers lack political voice and face declining influence as capital concentrates in farming. It warns that future farmers will struggle to secure their rights unless rural public school education rises to match other classes, aided by effective organization and stronger educational standards.
The article notes dairy herd records with cows yielding profits of 8.60 and 51.40, discusses exhibitor plans for fall shows, advises about horse care in barns, highlights a rose bush as a daily welcome, and stresses seed selection. Simon Puckerin planted fodder corn on June 28 1905, yielding a tall stalk and a large nearby crop.
The city replaces its council with a five member expert commission arguing citizens lack time and skill to govern. They claim honesty alone fails and experience is required to manage major municipal affairs, including a hospital project costing 1,845,000 and broader reform.
Mrs. E Wensley of Collingwood returned from Australia after visiting her daughter for a year. She travelled via Vancouver and North Bay on No 64, delayed over two hours due to a bridge fire. She found Australia hot, dry, and dusty, preferring Canada, though fatigued by the journey and planning to continue to Collingwood.
A historic testimonial touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as superior to all others for bowel complaints. It claims universal success, safety for children and adults, and pleasant taste when diluted with water and sugar. Sold by all druggists.
A three member Presbyterian missionary party traveled home aboard the steamer Athenian, arriving in Vancouver on Sunday May 6. Rev and Mrs Taylor and Miss Goodfellow spent six and a half years in Central India, now on furlough. Mrs Taylor is from Collingwood and married just before departing. Miss Goodfellow is a Collingwood native connected to the Congregational church.
Fragmentary OCR text lists names such as Clark and George Reave, bailif, with garbled phrases. It appears to mention people and titles in a legal or civic notice context but is too corrupted to identify a clear event, date, or place.
Dr Borgnac of the Sorbonne warned at a tuberculosis exhibit that the widespread spread of tuberculosis in Europe and America over the last century may stem from exhumation and broadcast of mummies from pharaoh tombs. He cited long alive germs and deadly bacilli proven in Paris experiments, noting keepers of mummy cases also risk infection.
Midland reports a population around 3,900 with assessed value near 1.301 million dollars. OrilliaCatholics seek a 40,000 church, Collingwood opens a new YMCA, and a $2000 gift goes to Sick Children’s Hospital. Burglary in Collingwood yields little loot. Mormon Church plans to hand commercial holdings to a 25 million syndicate. Train service expected between Toronto and Parry Sound by July end. Marathon winner William Sberring to receive 600 dollars yearly from Dominion Government. Pickering College fire may prompt Newmarket rebuild with 15,000 in subscriptions. Owen Sound population 10,765, assessment 5,385,306. Brooke suburb population 1,127. Local banker George R. Tinning visiting from Macleod, Alberta. John S. Willoughby retires from Cookstown store to join Sterling Bank. Temiskaming Northern Ontario Railway orders nine passenger coaches for fall delivery. Canadian Northern Railway increases rolling stock. 559 carloads of settlers’ effects carried to Northwest in April. OrilliaBradfordCollingswoodAuroraNewmarket representatives set Intermediate group No 30 schedule. StaynerMeafordThornbury groupings viewed as unsatisfactory for local interests. M. Coughlin’s Flos farm well now muddy after San Francisco earthquake. Apple orchards around Orillia deteriorating. calls to improve with assistance from W B A Prey and Leem area.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.