24 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
1
It proclaims the product as not a beverage but a concentrated malt extract with virtues for nursing mothers and children, and for sleeplessness nervous exhaustion and indigestion. It claims unmatched nourishment and sells at 25c a bottle with special dozen pricing at specified outlets.
A fragment shows Dr R Vivian listing telephone contact and office hours from 11 to 17. The snippet implies a medical practice notice with a basic schedule and address details left unread.
A red and white yearling steer and a pure yearling were reported missing from premises on Lot 17 Concession 6 Vespra around June 1 1901. Information leading to recovery will be rewarded by Fred Carson, Barrie P.O.
Headquarter for Cow Ties Stall Fixtures Rope Halters Axes Axe Handler X-Cut Saws Splitting Wedges Steel Striking Sledger. Full line of Weep Heating Stoves. No trouble to show goods.
Otton and Son Fotors list phone number 134 in a short business notice. The snippet notes contact detail for the firm likely dealing in local services or products. No further context or actions are provided in the fragment.
Special bargains for the next 30 days to make room for Xmas goods. Dinner Sets 97 pieces in colors blue green helio trope or assorted, prices from 6.98 to 8.49 per set. Five China Dinner Sets 100 pieces offered at 13.49. Toilet Sets 10 pieces in pink green brown priced at 1.98.
Display of fancy parlor lamps at 89 each and up to 10.00 each with special prices on hanging lamps and all lamps. Large assortment of fancy glassware silverware stationery Comacs soaps brooms tinware graniteware. Special line in pompadour combs olls toys see our se 10c 5c 20c 25c tables.
Snowfall nears an inch while shoppers save on fur coats dress fabrics and rubbers. The Curling Club meets at Vespra House. the Royal Victoria Hospital fundraiser dance. auction of Jno Hood furniture. ploughing matches in Innisfil and Stroud. Barrie Boating Club plans winter quarters. His Royal visit souvenirs praised by the Toronto Star. local rail and theatre news including a 700 dollar bar upgrade at the Queen's and a Heintzman tuner visit.
The semi monthly Barrie Town Council discussed a by law to raise 3000 dollars for firehall additions and a small mentioned 10000 bonus for a ready made clothing firm with tax exemptions. council approved an oyster supper for the Citizens Band on Halloween funded by members, and adjourned after noting reports from the board of health and committees.
Fritz and Mance were discharged after facing P M Ross as suspects when the Duke of York passed through. No evidence found, revolvers and knives were confiscated. F C Blanchard of Norfolk Conn stole gloves at Harry Ellis store and was jailed two weeks. He claimed to seek pulp mill work in Soo then Orillia, later found with stolen gloves. Also notice of wholesale boots and rubbers at J C Irwin's.
The American Girl play at the Opera House tomorrow night presents a study in types with a mix of pathos and satire. Ross Bolter, the American hustler, appears to brighten the plot as he dispels the villains' schemes, with George F. Hall delivering a strong portrayal. Other acts and blanket sale notes follow, highlighting product cuts and prices.
The Cheese Board meeting yielded only one sale, 175 boxes from the Uptergrove factory sold to Wm. Davies Coat 9. Other offerings from Newmarket and Avening and several creameries remained unsold as salesmen declined at asked prices. Russelltoen Creamery offered 10 boxes of butter but no sale occurred.
A local retailer named Irwin advertises affordable under clothing for men and ladies. Medium weight goods sell at 25 and 35 cents by grade, 40 to 50 cents for higher grades, and imported natural wool items offered at 1.25 to 1.75.
Adjt Barrows thanks donors and participants in Barrie Salvation Army Harvest Festival effort aimed at raising about 75 dollars for the special fund. Gratitude extends to the Examiner and two local papers for printing dodgers and notices, plus liverymen Mr Rhyndress and Mr Proctor for loaning horses for special duty.
The article notes it is time to organize the hockey club for the coming season. Weather is poor but readiness is emphasized. Prospects look strong with most of last year’s players available plus new additions W. J. Martin from Lindsay and Dennison from Perth who played point.
W R Roland of the Globe Hotel Collingwood reports striking gas at a depth of eighty feet in the hotel yard. No injuries are mentioned and the discovery is described as a natural gas find during digging work adjacent to the premises.
Judge Macwatt of Sarnia visited town on Monday while Miss Maude Hayward plans a Victoria visit this week. Numerous locals attend Pan-American events, church meetings, and greetings with friends in North Bay London and Buffalo. The monthly Ladies Auxiliary at Royal Victoria Hospital meets next Tuesday at 4 pm.
Last Saturday drew larger crowds than several weeks. Grain receipts exceed this season’s average though lag behind last year. About eighty to eighty five loads of grain sold with wheat 65 to 66c, oats 34 to 35c, peas 68 to 70c, barley 45 to 46c, rye 47 to 48c, buckwheat 41 to 47c. Red clover 4.00 to 6.90, alsike 6.00 to 6.90. Apple crop failures lift prices. potatoes good and sold well. Hog prices 5.25 to 5.50 reduce future hogs. pork packing firms gain. Poultry plentiful and quickly bought. Butter 16 to 18c lb, eggs 15 to 17c dozen.
Edouard D'Oize brings a versatile performance of Bephegor the Mountebank to the Opera House next Tuesday. The actor, famed for Hamlet Othello Stylock and Richelieu, draws praise for dramatic depth and comic timing. Tickets cost 25 35 and 50 cents at Robertson's Drug Store.
Special sale offers cut prices on cashmere and wool hose gloves underwear blouse cloths handkerchiefs corsets blankets flannels cloths and tweeds at J. C. Irwin's with discounts from 10 to 30 percent.
At Geo Dodds residence on Bayfield street last Wednesday afternoon May Dodds eldest daughter became the wife of Joseph Malkin. Rev J J Redditt officiated. The bride wore a blue traveling suit trimmed with black satin. Bridesmaids were Mary Malkin and Edith Dodds with Wilbert Dodds as groomsman.
A scan of social notes lists Mrs W Guite visiting in Toronto, John Clark and wife visiting Belleville, and various locals in Essa Street Cookstown and Yair. The items include visits, recoveries, travel to Chicago, and attendance at church services, plus a Taylor safe sales note and a long Methodist Church anniversary report with sermons, addresses, music, and supper events.
On Wednesday October 30 Jas Kavanagh will hold a sale of farm stock and implements on west half of lot 8 con 6 Vespra. Sale at 12 o'clock noon. G R Ford auctioneer.
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