22 Nov 1923
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1923
Page
1
Secret Service agents observe Lambert operatives in a Paris cafe. Kestner infiltrates a Montparnasse studio to access a high security safe linked to the counterfeiting ring, tracing a plot spanning Europe with plans for large scale America bound forgery.
Rev Dr C L McIrvine of Grace Church Winnipeg preached in Barrie urging character building through daily life. He cited Joseph, Lincoln, Livingstone and Canada’s stand against slavery, stressing right principles, will, and hard work to unfold one’s life and fulfill dreams. He noted Grace Church faces a $400000 deficit with $360000 secured and canvassed Methodists for support.
Eggs surge to a record 70 cents on the Barrie market last Saturday amid a glut in other items. Turkeys and geese scarce while pork, chickens, and ducks fetch about 14 to 25 cents per pound. potatoes 1.00 to 1.25 per bag. butter 42 to 48 cents. Cauliflower scarce. cabbage plentiful. variety of vegetables in ample supply.
The piece highlights California as a premier winter tourist region with favorable climate scenery outdoor recreation and motor roads. It promotes Canadian National Railways routes through Jasper Mount Robson Vancouver Victoria Seattle Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles with agents ready to provide travel information. It also offers kitchen tips on brown sugar storage and enamel cookware lids to prevent rust.
Barrie residents Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rainey and family spent last Sunday with Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. Hamilton Young in Stroud. Mrs. Reynolds hosted visits from Gilford and other local households over Thanksgiving weekend.
Miss Muriel Sharpe stayed with her parents over the holiday. Miss Sadie Wend of Toronto visited here for the weekend. Mrs L Mayes and Inez visited daughter Mrs G A Spencer of Beeton. Locals attended a fowl supper at Churchill and reported a good time. Miss Collard spent the weekend at Gormley. W Sturgess plans to build a new barn.
Kestner expertly picks a vault to expose engravings, art prints, and a cache of cash. In a desk he finds bundles of American money including tens and one hundreds, hinting at a larger theft mystery to unfold.
A dense directory style notice lists barristers solicitors notaries and conveyancers in Barrie Ontario and nearby Elmvale with multiple offices and contact details. It also enumerates doctors surgeons and physicians including Drs Arnall Lewis Johnston Little Lyon Ross Simpson Turnbull and others with office hours and locations across Barrie and surrounding towns. The column includes money to loan offers from several firms and office addresses in Owen Street Masonic Temple Building and other sites.
Maud Claxton L T C M teacher of piano and vocal pupils prepares for Toronto Conservatory exams up to A T C M degree. Studio King Block phone 426. Percy Hoadley organist and choir leader Collier Street Methodist Church teaches piano organ voice and theory at reasonable terms. 46 percent Clapperton 81.
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