09 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 09, 1905
Page
1
Local news items report carpet and linen promotions at Peninsular Park Hotel and Park's stores, a recent resignation of an engineer in a tannery, a potential postmaster appointment, a stroke incident, charity church events, snow and road conditions, and upcoming Municipal and religious meetings. Also listed are hunting trips, ready-made furniture sales, coal and dry goods promotions, and several social notices from Barrie and surrounding areas.
A sale notice indicates action at 1 pm on Thursday November 9 at 44 John Street. Donnell will auction a home and related property following a foreclosure or debt settlement.
Mrs McCotcheon of Toronto visited Winnipeg this week as guest of Mrs Beecroft while Herbert Barr attended the funeral of Mrs Anderton. J L Stevenson returned from travels to Kalamazoo Chicago and the Canadian Soo. Mrs W Witten sails to New Jersey to spend winter. Sibbald family leaves Gravenhurst for Barrie. Mr Sibbald dies. P J Healey and Julia Carmier wed by Rev Egan at seven AM and travel to Boston and New York.
At the board meeting the Barrie hospital increased the superintendent Miss McLennan’s salary by 50 dollars and decided to expand nursing staff to ten. Nurses MacGillivray Stagg and Hamlin earned final examinations with graduation booked. Inspector Dr Bruce Smith urged permanent fire escapes and a new laundry nearby with proper machinery, noting likely hospital expansion. Wyne Tregwin of Pember the Hair King will appear at the Queen’s Hotel Barrie.
Relatives of the late Gordon Keenan have placed a handsome Italian marble memorial tablet in Christ Church. The inscription notes In Memoriam Gordon Keenan died Aug. 14 1905 aged 27, with lines about deliverance in sorrow.
A Friday meeting on November 3 formed a Hockey Club with officers elected including Hon. Pres. T. H. Fidditt, Pres. Mr. Dobson, Lec’y J. F. LeRoy, Manager Mr. Morrison, and committee Mean Wells, COT, Duncan.
Massey Hall promoter Stewart Houston arranges a four entertainment course at Barrie in November December January and February. Acts include Boyton Concert Co Ladell Concert Co Prof De Wit Miller and Danny the Great. Full course tickets are 1.00 with 0.10 for each reserved entertainment. subscriptions open at Robertson's Drug Store with seats chosen first. Course opens November 20 with Boyton Co. Also notes Brookdale stables add two commoner colts and Fort Hunter aims for next summer’s races.
Monday session includes debates on cement crossings at Dunlop Louisa and electric lighting at John and Innisfil, plus postal service improvements, telephone rates, and road works. Mayor urges prudent funds as Spencer site eyes new tannery plant and electric railway talks surface with Barrie entry still open.
Rev Dr McIidod will deliver a lecture under Young Marion on Scotland’s songs at the Presbyterian church on Tuesday November 28. Annie Don Cochrane of Detroit, a noted Scottish contralto, will render songs praised for range and quality by the Toronto Globe and the Mail and Empire.
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