Local News Notes and Advertisements from Alliston
A collage of town items and ads: Hydro by law update, new baby carriages, sun and seeding notes, cemetery ad, Maple Leaf paints and glaze, massage therapy, spring oil cloth and linoleum, Tarahera race news, Red Cross knitting tea, Nellie Shanahan dress shop move, Prestolene piano polish, Johnston named to Win the War Commission, hay farming plan for fire team, Camp Borden engineers and 7000 troops, tulips hyacinths daffodils display, Park beds bloom, four flying machines at Dyment Farm, flight speeds, cigars sale and coupon program at United Cigar Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliston
Dougall Bros
Union Cemetery Co
W. A. Lowe & Son
Marguerite Turner
P. O. Box
Barrie
Dougal Bros
Tarahera
Seagram
Red Cross
Jno
Claxton
Nellie Shanahan
Crother
Garrett’s
N. B. Johnston
Montreal
Market &Parks Committee
P. O
Camp Borden
Seey. Young
The
Horticultural Society
Parks Commission
Dyment Farm
United Cigar Store
Sarjeant
E. L. DeGeer
Missing ladders marked J.D.R. found at Ross and Mary
Two painted ladders marked J.D.R. were reported missing from the corner of Ross and Mary Streets. A reward is offered for their return and the items are identified as belonging to J. D. Rodgers.
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J.D.R
Ross and Mary Sts
J. D. Rodgers
Social notes from Grimsby to Bear Point and beyond
A roundup of personal mentions records Miss Frankie Warren holidaying in Grimsby and families at Bear Point. It notes visits to Toronto Niagara Falls and Buffalo, a Bradford Street gathering for Mrs James Vair, and upcoming engagements and movements including Miss Mabel Miller to Vanguard Saskatchewan and Miss Helen Shaw's betrothal with a quiet late May wedding planned after a family bereavement.
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Frankie Warren
Grimsby
B.C
Jas. Speers
Bradford St
D. T. Rees
New Orleans
James Vair
John Lawlor
Philadelphia
Wim. Lawlor
Beadford St. Ls
Mabel V. Miller
Vanguard
Sask
Vanguard Hospital
Miller
Royal Victoria Hospital
Barrie
FE. Birdie Shaw
Hawkestone
Helen R. Shaw
Reuben D. Leigh
G. O. Leigh
Red Cross Concert Delightfully Presented at Barrie Opera House
A large Barrie audience applauded a Red Cross benefit concert last Thursday with Madame May Wilkinson as soloist. Under Dr Arnall the chorus of about sixty voices offered pleasing numbers, and J G Scott led the orchestra in Tramp Tramp with a clarinet solo. The event raised about 200 for Red Cross funds.
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Opera House
May Wilkinson
Barrie
Arnall
Lohr
Cowan
J. G. Scott
Scott
Red Cross
For Sale Brick House at Sophia and Eccles Streets
For sale brick house on the corner of Sophia and Eccles Streets with furnace plumbing gas lighting electric light attic cistern and a lawn plus four young apple trees. Owner moving to the city. Apply on premises 121 Sophia Street or W. Buchanan 289 Markham Street Toronto.
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Little Lake
W. Buchanan
Sophia St
Barrie
Markham St
Toronto
Sophia and
Eccles St
Press Feeders Wanted In Canada Printing Plant
Young men or women with experience in press feeding will get steady work at good wages. Learn the trade in a top Canadian printing plant. A pressman candidate qualifies for higher pay in high class half tone and color work. Apply by letter with experience to Box R Examiner dated 19 24.
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Canada
Egg Saving Contests Highlight All Comers Victory
In Storrs Mountain Grove and North American Egg Saving Contests of 1916 White Wyandottes defeated every rival. Advertisement offers Regal Strain stock from Martin's best pens at 1.00 per 13 units. Contact A. F. A. Malcolmson, Barrie Ontario, phone 447.
Rumor Ties Toronto Woman to Possible Kitchener Death Contact
A Toronto woman received a letter from her son, a prisoner in Germany, claiming Britain would greatly value knowledge of who is with him in prison. The remark revives speculation that the note may refer to Field Marshal Kitchener, aboard the ship sunk after being picked up by a German submarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Germany
Britain
Kitchener
New Ladies Middies Displayed in Fine White Quality
Advertisement notes white middies for ladies with prices stated as 1.50 and 1.25. The ad emphasizes superior fabric and fit for current fashion.
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Gilintenseee Boasaries
Mires Virenoso
Births for May with Local Families
On May 18 Edith Milvina Campbell born to Pte and Mrs Jno Campbell of John St W. May 22 a daughter to Mr and Mrs L Camer on 9th Line Vespra. May 22 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Wm C Miller of Allandale. May 13 a son to Mr and Mrs Samuel Reynolds at 34 Centre St Allandale. May 20 a son to Mr and Mrs Chas Taylor at Innisfil St R V Hospital.
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Reynolds
Wim. Armstrong
Centre St
Allandale
Samuel Reynolds
Clear View Farm
Big Bay Point
Taylor
R. V. Hospital
Chas. Taylor
Innisfil St
Obituaries: Robert Dickey and Ruth Robinson die aged 74 and 91
Robert Dickey of Flos died in the R. V. Hospital on May 18 at age 74. Ruth Robinson, widow of the late George Robinson, died at Dalston on May 18 aged 91 years 8 months 14 days.
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Dickey
R. V. Hospital
Robert Dickey
Flos
Robinson
Dalston
Ruth Robinson
George Robinson
In Loving Memory of Edythe R Ball
Memorial note honors Edythe R Ball beloved wife of J W Ness who died May 238 1911. Lines speak of rest sorrow and eternal dwelling while family promises reunion and tender farewell in a fitting obituary style.
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Edythe R. Ball
J. W. Ness
Typhoid and Milk Supply Policy in Orillia and Barrie Trends
An editorial compares Orillia’s typhoid outbreak, with 140 cases in three weeks, to Toronto’s 181 in 1916, noting a loophole in Orillia’s milk inspection and a farm outbreak spreading via milk. It urges pasteurization as a safeguard, cites Barrie’s milk bylaw, and discusses costs for a central pasteurization plant and potential council action.
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Orillia
Toronto Star
Toronto
Barrie Board of Health
Barrie
Little
Board of Health
Read the Adlet Column Ad for W.A. Lowe Paints
Get ready for Spring with paints from W A Lowe Son on Elizabeth Street. The Adlet Column promotes decorating supplies and seasonal color ideas.
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W.A. Lowe & Son
Elizabeth St
Card of Thanks for Pte. T. R. Speers
Mr. and Mrs. James Speers express gratitude to friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of their son Private T R Speers.
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James Speers
Pte
T. R. Speers
No Jury Called For June Sessions In County Court
Crown Attorney Cotter announced at June Sessions that neither grand nor petit juries will be called. Bail for all detainees will be renewed until December to let farm workers continue work without interruption.
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Cotter
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Eavetroughing — Consult
P. J. Moran
Bayfield St
Charlotte St
M. McArthur
Collier St
Phone
Reid Press Limited
Hamilton
Ontario
Orton’s
Lew Howe
Lewiston
New York
Harry Twiss
Owen St
William Street
Box M
Eixamjer
E. A. Harris
Vairville Conservatories
A. F. A. Malcomson
D. J. Barclay
Stroud
Montrose Cottage
Clapperton St
E. A. Russell
Bryson
Bryson’s Store
M. E. Lennox
Cook
Ovenden College
Ross St
Dunlop St
Mary St
Gendron
J. A. MacLaren
Chambray House
Union Stair
Sutcliffe
Memoriam
Hinds Bros
Chase & Sanborn
Illacaroni
Telepho
Cookstow
Thor
Tos Hall
Agricul
M Chie
Wea Mae
Allis
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