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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
8
The firm announces it has the widest fur assortment for the season and offers direct access from Canada. Shoppers can compare values confidently, with guaranteed lowest prices and reliable sourcing from a major fur organization.
Charcoal is presented as a fast economical kindling to start coal fires saving coal. It promotes keeping fires going with easier启动 using paper and charcoal. The Beaver charcoal stove is advertised as fitting into coal or wood stoves, using existing dampers and drafts.
CROSSLAND Oct. 20 Mr. and Mrs. Cidney returned to Toronto after a week with Miss Mae Harbor. Geo. Hickling plans to erect a house this fall. UTOPIA Oct. 19 Mrs. M. A. Miller injured at the Allan dale wreck is improving slowly. Mr. and Mrs. J. Bell returned home after a lengthy stay at Lavender and Honeywood. ORO STATION Oct. 20 Fred Kirkpatrick guest at Geo Crawford’s. Mack Elson came home from the West. Beatrice McMino left for Detroit.
A forest fire north of the village has kept a firefighting force occupied since Thursday. Local residents Mr Shaw and Mr Wise report substantial losses of cordwood. Mrs John Fleming arrived from Toronto to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs George Lamere, while Mrs Walter Barth returned from Parry Sound after visiting her sister Mrs Crompton. Evangelista Kelly and McKendry closed three weeks of services with eleven converts and daily children's sessions on temperance. The evangelists have moved on to Hillsdale for more services.
An old advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The copy promises internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, claims to restore strength, and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo.
In Craigvale on Oct 20 Mr. F. Burton of Barrie visiting Mrs. W. Wright. Miss Mr. Harper has returned after a brief visit. Dr. and Mrs. McPhedran plan a month of visits before leaving for missionary work in India. In New Lowell on Oct 19 Mrs. B. Ketchin stayed in Toronto. Miss Mary Hollingshead returned to Toronto. Miss Wynes returned to Toronto. Mrs. Paton and Mrs. McLeish among visitors. The bunb Gres damage timber. rain is needed. threshing near done. potatoes fair. Madam ill. Wm. Orr not expected to recover.
Oct 19 notes from Lefroy list visits and returns including Miss Sampson from Puntroon and Mrs Telford from OrWlia. Reports of Derby Bradford Fair turnout and community events. Dr McPhedran to India. fires and rain hopes. weddings and obituaries noted.
Ivy notes that Sunday Schools attended the county convention in Alliston last week. Our Temperance League attended the convention held at inswirsday. Reginald Arnold arrived home from the west on Saturday looking hale and hearty. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons of Flos spent Sunday in the neighborhood.
Barrie Public Library lists new acquisitions since the latest publication. Titles include Farnham Life of Francis Parkman McKemie Manual of Kibis Huovbird A Woman's Way Across Labrador De Morgan Alicea for Short Marchmoot Strong Man's Vow MacGrath Cure of the Mask Bernes Clutch of Circumstance Tracy Wheel of Fortune Peck Sword of Dundee Montgomery A P of Green Gables. At a Library Board meeting on Wednesday evening Miss Hattie Britth was appointed Librarian to succeed Miss L. King.
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