04 Oct 1923
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1923
Page
1
Published weekly from Barrie with rates for Canada Britain United States. Notices urge not to cancel to avoid service interruption and advise remittance by registered letter money order or cheque payable at par in Barrie.
Mary Hobbs helps her mother and father at the Rochester area farm before seeing an airplane land in a mowing field. An aviator asks for five gallons of gasoline and leaves Mary to fetch it, taking care of her little brother Johnny while she rushes to the Four Corners to buy fuel, fearing for the child’s safety.
Mary races up a hill to stop an airplane they fear has taken Johnny. The aviator, who intended to kidnap, lands, learns of the mix up, and returns money and a note praising Mary for loving her brother. He departs to the County Fair, promising more if Job misbehaves.
After several months illness George Trask father of Joseph Trask Allandale died Sept 23 at 150 West street Orillia north. Born June 25 1847 in Dundas he moved to Simcoe County about 41 years ago and later to Orillia. He worked at Bell organ factory in Guelph twenty five years and returned from sickness January 13. Survived by widow Jennie Mount and sons George Joseph Victor Jacob and daughters Amelia and Rene. One son John died earlier. Sister Mrs John Wright Mara. Funeral attended by relatives from Southampton and Ethel Trask. He was a member of the Sons of Scotland. News Letter. Subscribe for The Barrie Examiner.
Weekly market notes report potatoes dipping to 1.50 a bag and hens at 30 to 33 cents per pound while butter holds at 40 cents. Grapes and tomatoes show strong sales but fruits vary. home grown produce appears in baskets and pecks. A Sunbury crime column records Leo Boney receiving eight years for a $15 robbery.
A compact roster lists lawyers, solicitors, notaries, adaptors, and physicians with offices in Barrie and Toronto. Included are Alexander Cowan, Plax ton, Ross, Duncan McCuaig, Radenhurst and Hammond, and doctors H T Arnall, W A Lewis, R E Ives, Little duo, Mortimer Lyon, with contact details and hours.
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