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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
6
The Mason and Risch piano action is described as rapid accurate and durable. It is called the most sensitive piano made with scientifically designed parts that work together without friction, enabling instant response to every touch without lost motion.
A Mason and Risch advertisement touts the piano action as free and easy with rapid repetition, durability, and perfection. It invites readers to mail a coupon to Mason and Risch Piano Co Limited at 32 West King Street, Toronto, for an illustrated booklet explaining the construction and benefits, with no purchase obligation.
The passage urges readers to contribute weekly rural budgets and publicize local news. It invites suggestions for unrepresented areas and individuals who can help, emphasizing the newspaper correspondent's dual service to self and community. It also offers odd culinary tips and fabric care instructions.
Regimental orders issued by Lt Col G J Bruce directing the Headquarters Staff and all corps of the 35th Regiment to assemble at Market Square Barrie on Sunday 30 May at 2.00 pm for Divine Worship in Queen's Park. A Squadron Mississauga Light Horse and the Veterans' Association are invited to join. Major D H MacLAREN adjutant.
Feature on a ruling prince who governs a tiny domain near Monte Carlo with strict control, funding scientific exploration aboard the Princess Alice II, and pursuing aerial navigation while allowing only foreigners to gamble. Also includes an advertisement letter praising Prult-avives kidney medicine from Quebec.
A tale recalls Chinese punishment by drip water endured by Col. Fred Burnaby in Vienna, where he finally quit at the four hundred and twentieth drop. Also reported, the British destroyer Swift achieved thirty-six knots in Clyde trials after wing propellers upgrade, claiming pace as the fastest ship afloat. Built by Cammell Laird & Co. Birkenhead, Swift is an unusually large experimental destroyer intended to combat other destroyers.
The piece traces virago from Latin origins to English usage, noting Plautus described a servant maid as a virago as merely a strapping woman, while Romans used it without pejorative force for goddesses. It contrasts the Latin sense with the modern English taint discussed in London Notes and Queries.
A fragment quotes a milkman asserting a bean milk exists and is produced from soaked soja beans. It claims it is used in tea, coffee, and ice cream, mentions a Japanese origin and steps like soaking, boiling, adding lime and phosphate, then boiling to obtain a white liquid. The passage is garbled and contains erroneous phrasing.
To clean coral ornaments boil them for a few minutes in a soapy lather. Rinse in clear cold water. Lift carefully out and leave to dry. To deter birds from seed and flower bed growth, hang between two short posts a string with a fringe of paper.
A Yarmouth based employer reports a lumber woods accident where Fran ciois Leclare was crushed by a falling tree. He was treated at home with Minard's Liniment, three bottles used to deaden pain, and recovered enough to return to work.
A fragment notes that brushes last twice as long when stored bristles down after use. Turning them bristles up causes water to soak into the wood and rot the bristles. It also advises salt water for moth control and sprinkling salt on carpets during and after cleaning.
Graniteville Vermont resident Mrs CHAS ARGLAY endorses Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for nervousness and heart ailments. The letter claims the remedy restored health during menopause and invites publication to help other women. The ad touts long standing cures for female complaints and stresses its reputation.
A historic article describes using large bags filled with oil to calm rough seas and ease ship handling. Oil bags, refilled every two hours, release oil through holes to suppress breakers, with kerosene noted as less effective unless mixed. Paint oil and rapeseed oil also cited for smoothing operations in gales and heavy seas.
Herbert G. Ponting describes the ascent of Fuji and the dawn lit landscape of Japan in Metropolitan Magazine. Pilgrims kneel atop the blue ascent as the sun rises, while rivers, castles, and the sapphire lakes Shoji and Motosu frame the scene.
A playwright argues gestures are inherited from simian ancestors. He explains how gestures signal abhorrence, affection, no, and yes, linking body movements to primal origins. A parent and child dialogue defines a hypocrite as a man who thanks God publicly yet resents insinuations of personal responsibility.
Dialogue fragments show Mr Saphedde praising enthusiasm as a force while Miss Causique cautions that zeal alone does not advance progress. The exchange captures a tension between spirited energy and practical reach in a literary or conversational style.
A fragment from London Tit Bits shows a father asking his household what to do if the papa should die with company present. The dialogue suggests dismissal of an ugly nurse and bringing back the pretty one, reflecting a snappy era humor tone.
A garbled cartoon caption shows Mrs Hostess amusedly explaining how a mysterious meat was added to sandwiches. The brief dialogue hints at a playful domestic kitchen scene with Pareon-Oh and a pun on neatness.
Mr. Justice Maclaren of Toronto praised Europe’s frontier peace example where neither side kept war vessels or land forces, urging nations to settle disputes without war. He contrasted civilized individuals with barbaric nations and urged restraint in international differences.
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