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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
5
Superior investment notice promotes safety saleability and regular income. Investors are invited to purchase at prices yielding around 5 6 and 7 percent. For details contact J H Bennett at 57 Dunlop Street Barrie Ontario or call 112 to receive full information at no cost.
The Barrie Union Cemetery asks lot owners to pay annual care assessments to S. McAdam, Sec Treas, at 41 Dunlop St Barrie Ont. Unpaid amounts from 1913 onward become a charge against the lot and must be paid before use. Rates are 2.00 for one lot, 1.00 for each additional or half lot 1.00. Across 1917 payments due by July 1 with option to endow for perpetual care.
The Barrie Fair directors consider a special vegetable prize class for those who never won before and note strong interest in vegetable growing. Mendicant concerns include speeding motorists, conscription debate, and local sports schedules amid calls to use land for farming. The Oshawa Reformer and Huntsville Forester publish town league schedules. Local voices urge practical use of city waste and farming over idle sport.
The Peterboro Examiner proclaims death in service as the greatest sacrifice and glory for a man. It mourns fallen soldiers while praising them as exemplars of honor to their kin, country, and Christianity, following a long line of predecessors.
The Provincial Board of Health directs Orillia Council to enact pasteurization of milk. Some aldermen oppose, and no action has been taken amid two typhoid outbreaks traced to contaminated milk. The Packet warns of serious responsibility if recommendations are ignored.
The Oshawa Reformer argues for turning to turnips to boost food supply and reduce meat demand, while urging road pavement and lower wartime street expenditures. It warns that avoiding slaughter of calves and lambs could ease prices and support the dairy and livestock industries, with plans for permanent pavement after the war.
No. 5 engine is fastened securely to the frame beneath the tub area to stay out of the way and ensure safe operation.
It is regretted that no work has begun on fixing the grounds around the public library. If nothing is done, the area will leave an unfavorable impression on library workers attending the institute next month.
The Haileyburian notes merchants should form a joint delivery system to cut costs. Fifteen delivery wagons cost at least 1500 dollars monthly, or 18000 yearly, with overlapping routes and repeated trips. A two-rig system could save about 1300 dollars monthly, reducing living costs and prices.
The suggestion to buy a scarifier and repair Elizabeth Street and Dunlop Street is debated. While such work may improve the streets, it is seen as repairs that will need repeating in the future.
The Collingwood Bulletin quotes monthly reports by Miss Somerville stating the school nurse is fitting into the system. It notes faithful officials like Barrie’s and Miss Dawson as of untold value to the boys and girls of today and the men and women of tomorrow.
The text notes widespread calls for wealth conscription alongside man power. It cites U.S. plans to raise 750 million via a graded income tax starting at 1.5 percent for incomes above 3000 dollars and rising to 33 percent for over 500,000 dollars. It also cites Britain taxing incomes from 650 dollars at 1.2 percent up to 26 percent for 20,000 dollars and higher rates for larger incomes.
Timetables list service corrections for May 29 1917 covering routes between North Bay Toronto Gravenhurst Meaford Penetanguishene Barrie Hamilton Muskoka Wharf and Winnipeg with daily patterns noted including days and times and exceptions such as Saturday or Sunday service.
Canadian Pacific timetable lists trains to Coldwater Midhurst Craighurst and the Soo with arrival and departure times including through train 9 07 p.m. for northbound service and southbound connections to Toronto. The fragment mentions multiple stations and times such as 14.40 a.m. 11.58 a.m. 2.40 p.m. and early morning Soo arrivals.
A prescription for removing freckles claims high success and a money back guarantee. It urges use of ethine double strength with immediate visible results and lighter freckles fading after initial applications.
Barrie post office cut off for Crown Hill Greniel and other routes at noon. Midhurst Candles and Painswick have specified morning and afternoon deadlines. Toronto stations set at 7 am 4 50 pm and 7 pm. North Bay Meaford Penetang also listed with open and closed mail times.
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