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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
7
A homespun garden piece argues roses belong in the rear or side of the yard with hardy varieties favored for longevity and foliage. It contrasts front-yard plantings and notes roses’ resilience despite care gaps, then shifts to Cayetano the bullfighter who slays a charging bull with a coat sleeve and a quick strike, breaking its back.
A quirky wallunch of captions and bits from a Viennese context. It mocks medical vanity with tales of a doctor who treats every ailment with potions, quotes oddities about martyrs and Rome, and a note on chimney swifts adapting to human chimney nests. It also features jokes from a parson, a lawyer, and a physician about troublesome clients and unusual domestic scenes.
A dated testimonial style ad for Williams Pink Pills for Pale People claiming to cure rheumatism indigestion and other ailments. The narrator details long suffering then relief after using the pills and urges readers to obtain by mail order from the Dr Williams Medicine Company Brockville Ontario. The piece emphasizes blood health and vitality as the remedy.
The article notes the seventeen year locust invasion has reached the Smithsonian grounds in Washington and expects arrival across Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and possibly other states. Experts say the pest will cause little damage beyond young nursery trees and shoots while birds and plows help control.
An advertisement praises Baby's Own Tablets as a cure bypassing digestive and teething ailments in children. It asserts rapid relief from fever, sleeplessness, indigestion, vomiting, and cramps, and claims the tablets are safe for youngest infants when crushed or given whole. The copy promotes ordering from Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Brockville Ontario.
The snippet lists soap products and ailments such as eczeme and coarse hands, alongside fragmented phrases and names. It references Sunlight Soap and mentions varied, garbled lines about people, teams, and gratitude, with no clear narrative or cohesive event.
A reader extols Dodd's Kidney Pills, praising relief from kidney ailments and sleepless nights. The letter celebrates the medicine as a proven remedy, recounting relief from nerve and health issues and urging others to try the product through the newspaper's smallest page feature in Mexico.
An incomprehensible passage describes a traveler, a Kentiezann figure, and a tense exchange as a narrative voice hints at fear and suspicion. The garbled text suggests a moment of confrontation and hidden motives amid a dreamlike setting.
A fragmented 19th century essay argues that refined domestic skill is a profession of its own, demanding intellect and spiritual sympathy. It contends housework elevates moral life, yet warns against equating housekeeping with homekeeping and calls for broader, noble female pursuits beyond domestic duties.
The article traces the rise and fall of bicycle popularity from its crude beginnings to a peak three years ago when cycling became a craze. It notes a decline in black days followed by renewed interest, attributing the revival to modern bikes becoming affordable and practical for people without city travel options.
A native of Tatia crafts a Glock shaped entirely of bread after three years of work. The unusual piece draws attention as a curious kitchen marvel. A servant and Mary Jane exchange dialogue reflecting strict teetotal attitudes and a lively, informal scene.
Fragmentary item notes a 1732 opening of the first French colliery and mentions a land rank related election rule. The text is garbled, but hints at debts protection and overdue lawsuits. No clear names, places, or outcomes are recoverable.
Fragmentary OCR offers scattered claims on cures and medicines, carriage licensing, and commodity notes. It discusses private carriages per 1000 people, value comparisons of copper, gold, silver, marble, and crystal items, and a broad size remark contrasting the United Kingdom, its colonies, Italy, and global earth’s population.
Captain Pr Dessandin of the Schr Storke at St Andrews Bay praises Minard's Liniment as superior for everyday ills and accidents, stating he would not venture to sea without it despite its price, noting long family use and high regard.
Fragmentary text discusses merchants shaping reputations and pride in bargains while detailing a Glasgow mayoral figure named Mfr.dumea View and legacies. It lists specific bequests to employees including cash gifts for cashier £5,000 and various clerks and female workers, plus substantial legacies for domestics and staff.
Fragmentary note cites England prosecuting under seven unit limit and Germany setting 12.18 as liability threshold. Mentions Miar's Lament Cares Dani in unclear context. No clear event or entities beyond these references.
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