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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1922
Page
9
Arnold and Sloane advertise real estate options from 6 to 8 rooms, including cottages and brick houses with water and electric light, large lots, stables, henhouses, and land. Prices range from 1300 to 3500, plus a 50 to 250 acre selection of farms at reasonable rates.
A look back at Elk Lake Ontario and its silver rush to Gowganda. The Golden Stairs portage linked Elk Lake to Gowganda, famed for rough miners and colorful figures like Dick Fairies and Bad Bill Bates. Today the trail survives mainly for rangers and occasional prospectors, with butter tins marking the old camp sites.
Vespra Council met on Oct 16 with full attendance. Officials discussed a $1149.19 payment for Colonization roads and a request to improve Marl Creek crossing. Accounts were reviewed including road works, culverts, juror fees, and indigent care. meeting adjourned to Nov 20. Collingwood Shipbuilding Co. secured a 3000-ton steel steamer contract.
Notice is given under the Trustee Act for all persons with claims against the Estate of Elizabeth Beckerton of Barrie Simcoe spinster who died at Ivy Essa Township about October 1 1922. Claims must be sent by November 23 1922. Executors will distribute assets thereafter. Dated Barrie October 25 1922. Duncan F McCuai g Solicitor for the Executors.
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks visited Lake Louise and Banff during a Vancouver to Montreal rail trip with Mary’s mother and the Fairbankses The group praised Canada’s scenery and Victoria and discussed potentially making a Canadian film if a suitable story could be found.
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