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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
6
The notice promotes a special rate combining the Globe and Weekly Globe at $1.45, urging subscribers to act before June 1 when the price will nearly double. It cites many readers taking the bargain and encourages others to subscribe now through Baer. Mrs. Pinkham invites women to write for health advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
A late 19th century fashion note describes potpourri boxes as elegant dressing-table adornments in gold silver ivory tortoise shell and enamel with filigree lids and delicate perfumes. It notes the revival of potpourri boxes and mentions rose attar and myrrh scents, then switches to ruching fashions on collars and practical tips for securing it. It also includes a moral exhortation to wives about earning husbands’ trust and a brief remark on fashionable foulards.
A reflective piece on the value of sincere praise and encouragement. It argues that kind words can lift those in despair, while true friendship reveals itself through actions and belief in others. The author urges warmhearted conduct and steady effort to live up to our ideals.
The text compiles laughing lines and stray sentences from various sources including Chicago News and Harper's Weekly. It features snippets about Freda waking, a tramp tale, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens in Parliament, and brisk one liners from periodicals with playful wordplay and social satire.
The late Thomas Guilfoyle senior partner of Guilfoyle Bros. died Monday evening at 59. Born in Queen's County Ireland he came to Canada as a child and lived in Sunnidale Stayner Lefroy and Angus before joining Collingwood as a merchant with his brother James. He guided a long career, remained active in public life and religious as a Liberal Catholic, and is survived by two brothers James and John and two sisters Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Lynch.
In the past week three days saw 1 120 000 bushels of grain shipped down the Welland canal. A separate note confirms marriages in Manitoba by American clergy and Salvation Army officers will be illegal in the future. White House announced President Roosevelt signed the bill restoring the motto In God We Trust to gold coins after its earlier removal. Minard's Liniment Lumberman's Friend.
An incomplete transcription describes a monetary claim of 918.00 and a serious threat, noting a difficult carry and doctors' reactions as described in the damaged text. The fragment implies tension in a medical dispute without clear names, dates, or outcomes.
A youthful housekeeper can host a dinner solo by wearing presentable clothing, inviting six guests, and keeping preparations simple. Plan a menu that can cook and stay ready, prepare vegetables in advance, and serve fruit or other easy courses to avoid demanding late cooking.
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