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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
4
A Barrie newspaper notice from October 3, 1901 lists payment terms: $1.00 in advance or $1.50 if unpaid, with remittance addressed to J. A. MacLaren, publisher, Barrie, Ontario, for Tax INER.
County Council held a special meeting to address the costly Nottawasaga assessment appeal. Solicitor Creswicke outlined the case, with a motion to invite Nottawasaga to confer on equalization and end litigation, while debates over timing and approach continued through a Friday session.
Debate on meeting to confer on township equalization failed. county solicitors to block judge hearing if Notte Wasaga rejects before Oct 7. Motion lost 13 to 2. original order carried. Committee on County Property reports gaoler’s gaol accommodations sufficient, rejects Inspector Chamberlain’s upgrades as wasteful.
Min esing reports guests from Windermere Muskoka visiting Mrs R S Fralick. Local residents Geo Johnston and J B Johnston move and return from travels. Dr W C P Bremner visits parents while others attend Pan American excursion. Mrs A A Armstrong returns from Toronto funeral. Large turnout at D C Baptist social with Miss Hancock in Chinese dress recounting experiences in Tianjin and Taku bombardment.
September 30 report notes Rev Mr Bailey preached his farewell sermon yesterday. Miss Maggie Scott remains on the sick list. Miss McClain of Thornton visits Miss Lizzie Laughlin. Eddie Paton and John Paton of Toronto visit their brother Wm. Paton. Miss Annie Lucas returns from a visit with friends in Gibson.
An 19th century advertisement touts Pyny-Balsam as the swift cure for bronchial affections coughs and colds. It claims prompt soothing healing and cures, attributing production to Perry Davis' Pain-Killer proprietors.
Miss Janet Jamieson of Barrie visits Dalston while Miss Rowat of Hillsdale stays with Miss Grace Jory. Clifford Robson, son of T A Robson, fell from a wagon and broke a leg but recovers. J M Baldwin harvested 10 acres of peas yielding 24 bushels per acre. Harvest Home supper for the Methodist church raised 80. J K Emms built a new kitchen and A Debenham adds a kitchen for Mr Beelby. G T Baldwin opened Sunday with his brother and Mr Robertson of Guthrie.
An ad claims Scott's Emulsion builds blood and muscle strength, easing debility and restoring lacking energy. It emphasizes freeing the user from a pervasive sense of helplessness through a tonic, nourishing formula.
Miss Annie Lucas returns home from New Lowell as Annie Dean and Pearson Dean visit from Gibson. Amos and Stephen Dean at the Pan-American fair. Ethel Dean visits Penetang. Richard Dean and Eva Williams wed at Wyevale manse. Lillie Reid trains for a Mission Band concert. Two new daughters born to Mrs Geo Lawson and Mrs J Dean. Moon shiners steal melons. garden thefts noted in Tiny and Flos. Sept 30 updates report Mrs R Barns hosting. Children’s Sunday praised amid rain. Barrie Fair decor praised. Dugald McFadden ill, still at Pearson Dean's.
A. E. Hodgson of Milton takes charge of the dry goods department at Vair, Vickers & Co. in Milton. Jack Armstrong departs after a brief tenure, to be missed by locals. W. G. Roebuck marries Miss Mildred Torrance at Elmvale Presbyterian Church, with a reception at J. L. Torrance’s and a wedding trip to Toronto and Buffalo.
The store touts its reputation for selling only better quality shoes with up to date styles and warns against shoddy makers. It promotes values on several ladies boots and slippers, highlighting modest prices like 1.35 to 2.00 for various styles and sizes.
The notice describes the north half of lot 14 cont. 4 Innisfil comprising about 100 acres with 90 acres cleared and well cultivated. It notes good buildings and ample water supply. For more details contact M B Johnston, Churchill P. O.
The piece notes the couple received many costly gifts as a testament to the esteem in which they are held, with friends offering their best wishes for the newlyweds.
Charles Lawrence, longtime president of the Great Northern Exhibition and W. Simcoe Farmers' Institute, died after a buggy accident near Collingwood exhibition grounds. His horse panicked at a passing hand organ, throwing him and causing fatal neck fracture. He was 18 years in leadership of the exhibition.
A newspaper notice argues cankers in the mouth and throat stem from impure blood not stomach troubles. It touts Climax Iron Tonic Pills as the sole cure, selling for 25 cents a box at druggists or by mail from Dr. Hall Medicine Co., Kingston, Ontario.
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