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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1922
Page
4
A broker advertises numerous properties in Barrie including six to eight room houses, doubles, brick homes, bungalows and large lots from 1200 to 5000 dollars. Also offered are farms from five to 400 acres and commissions for selling other properties with reasonable prices.
A man with a shiny badge reading Booze Inspector strutted outside the police station and attracted Chief R. King's attention. Magistrate Jeffs questioned the impostor, who admitted he bought the badge at Elmvale Fair and was told to remove it immediately.
Athletes from Orillia Lind say and Midland Collegiate Institutes travel to Barrie for the M. B. Tudhope Cup intercollegiate meet. Barrie champions defend the cup after last year’s win. Program starts 1 30 at Agricultural Park with events 11 to 12 in morning. evening banquet planned by local school.
A citizen notes that newspapers, horse chestnuts, and peach stones can serve as fuel substitutes. He also suggests tightly wrapped leaves in an old newspaper make a good blaze in a grate or stove.
The Field Day at B C I highlighted top performances across age groups. Winners include Gordon Foster and Arthur Walker in junior and intermediate running events, Kenneth Johnston leading senior dash and jumps, with many athletes posting fast times and distances.
Hundreds of wagon loads of white sand were removed from a hill at Allendale to straighten Essa Road at the town limits. The work, harder to dig than expected, reduced a twenty foot deep pile with a sixty yard sprawl. Over one hundred wagon loads daily were used to fill the new surface as clay and gravel are applied for traffic. The highway will be about eighty feet wide, eliminating the dangerous curve and snow drifts.
George D. Hubbard, president of Barrie Kiwanis Club, attended with Mrs. Hubbard and returned impressed by the Kiwanis ideal of building youth programs. The convention urged English French unity and better Canadian understanding while reporting flourishing clubs in the district. New Barrie club listed among the districts. Officer slate included Stewart E. de la Ronde as Governor and Edward Tanguary as Lt Governor among others. Next year’s meeting set for Quebec City.
W. A. Lowe and Son advertise a large stock of mattresses and springs available for viewing at their premises. The Barrie Examiner subscription is offered at 2 dollars per year, inviting readers to call and subscribe for all the news.
The bucksaw promises to be a popular instrument of labour this autumn.
A wartime slogan used to rally citizens is criticized as a traffic hazard for motorists and pedestrians. The piece notes the phrase in public discourse and its unintended risk on roadways.
Yorkton Enterprise advises business leaders to adopt the motto Start Something This Fall as a timely push to begin new ventures and energize local commerce.
A father's failure to engage with his son is warned as a growing liability that may incur future consequences.
American comedians forbidden to joke about prohibition. No mention of the Ford car, leaving hope they may continue.
A columnist notes the annual poultry fad in Orillia where buyers seek airfoil like birds marketed as planes, described as all wings and machinery with little meat. The piece highlights the humorous and curious nature of the purchase trend.
The Reformer advocates open municipal meetings with press access while noting rare cases require withholding information. Simcoe County leads Eastern Canada in wheat, averaging 90,000 acres sown with 20–30 bushels per acre. Crown Hill's Premier Drury yielded 50 bushels, with Simcoe producing about 2,000,000 bushels annually.
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