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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
4
Barrie Examiner issue reflects Liberal stance on tariff reform with Laurier addressing North Simcoe electors. Mentions Canadian tax savings under preferential duties, contrasts Liberal and Conservative taxes, and states Conservative charges about national railway projects amid campaign rhetoric.
A fractured passage attacks opposition claims of government overreach and graft. The speaker denies corruption charges against Sir Wilfrid Laurier and colleagues, urging voters to reject treachery and baseless accusations while defending Canada’s leadership.
A lengthy editorial argues independent Canadian electors should judge Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Liberal government by records, not party loyalty. It praises past Liberal policies, cites 1896 immigration and transport projects, and questions current administration on civil service reform, tariff policy, agriculture, and governance merits awaiting voter decision at the ballot.
Oct 7 marriage united Marel Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs P Clark to Alex S Getty of Toronto. Clark returned home after a summer in New Ontario. Oct 12 visitors Allan Partridge from Toronto. Local notes mention apple turnip and potato picking with a good crop and Percy Hasmeatone’s bee condition improving.
Angus Methodist church celebrated anniversary services last Sunday led by Rev. St John of Coorstown with morning and evening sermons. Afternoon program included a talk titled Foxes and how to kill them. Thank Offering reached $111. Choir provided music and many parishioners attended.
Oct. 12 update from Lefeo y recounts Miss Maud Tefler visiting Toronto with Miss Sheldon and Mira Acdns King. Joss freetas $08 and Sterling Bank staff recalled to Toronto. Mrs Jaz Wilsons family returns from the lake as Bradford Fair looms.
Mis Martin visits relatives at Crown, Miss Chappel hosts at Crown Girls, Mrs Graham receives guests. Edith Anderson from Rugby visits relatives at Wyevale. Geo Guz and Edgar join kin at Shelburne. W B Pr at home for Mendings and Benson’s event draws attention. Savane Pair noted.
Oct 7 report notes farmers face difficulty with dimcate in places. Miss Edog tz visits cousin Miss Wencb. John McKnight attended Elm Fair on Tue and Wed. Mrs. one Sunday with her mother and sisters five graduates attend Hegiate Institu. John, pastor, led the day. Miss Gertie Hill and brother Wilfred perform. Miss fils rises as a notable singer with harmonious selections.
Oct owns a busy Elmvale week with weather and fair reports. Joseph Erwin and relatives visit Toronto. Miss Armstrong attends a Teachers' Convention. a Woman's Institute meeting is planned. Prizes win at Cookstown and Elmvale fairs. Mr and Mrs Culbert visit from Bond Head. Rev Humphreys visits Schomberg. Miss Lollie Heary returns to Toronto. band earns praise with gigs in multiple towns. Stolen A. Corbett attends Boston Fair. Richard Hill of Illinois Townsby dies after long service. six sons and several daughters survive. A memorial service and cemetery interment are noted.
100 acres in Een Township offering timber and brick barn with modern improvements. Includes possession on short notice. Also 50 acres in Ore Township with clay roams, frame house, stone cellar, barn and large implements. Exchange option for town property and other farms nearby. Contact Brown at Canadian Express Office Box 7 Barrie for lists.
Town parcel in Barrie with rights of way and full frontage, suitable for two or three stores or a dwelling, offered en bloc or in separate parcels. Terms and details by Stewart & Stewart and Geo. McDonald, solicitors, 13 Owen St. Barrie. Dated June 17, 1908.
The market show included celery pumpkins onions and chickens with prices ranging from 15 to 80 cents per unit or pound. A single farkey was listed at 15 cents per pound and pigs and other porkers were seen at about nine dollars per head while hay brought sixteen dollars in a tense scene observed by bystanders.
A fragment discusses remarks by Minaris Lintmest on neural cardinal Gibbons altering Dr. MacPhail's claim that American women are idle and unhappy. It notes that some very wealthy individuals may be idle and unhappy while others live quietly and virtuously, and contends that accusations of idleness against poorer classes are unfair.
Market report from Ebarraie shows daily price quotes for meat, poultry and dairy items. Beef hides and wool prices listed with per pound figures. potatoes hay and other farm produce noted with weekly values. Market section highlights assortments and regional trade activity for that day.
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