Beecroft's General Banking Offer
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
4
Notes cashed or collected at the most favorable rates as T Beecroft, Manager, promotes a general banking business.
Barrie Ontario September 12 1901 notes include timid illness, visits by Mrs Sternbes and others. A typhoid fever victim, malarial fever cases, and Bright's disease death of Mary Hills. Anniversary church supper planned for Sept 29 30. Social rounds mention Misses Robinson Hills Campbell and many local residents visiting Toronto Grantham and Brockville. A new baby girl and visiting friends reported.
The Vespra council met with all members present. Reports from township engineer M. Gaviller on Swaley Creek drainage and assessment were filed. Pathmaster request by A. B. Culloden granted. By laws passed on late tax charges collector of rates 1901 and on Swaley Creek. drainage improvement by law introduced for publication. court of revision set for Oct 4 1901 at Mid husrt Town Hall. Accounts approved totaling small sums for raid work gravel and printing. Meeting adjourned to Oct 4.
Sept 7. News of President McKinley's shooting shocks Nantyr residents who emphasize kinship with the U S. Local farmers report ready raspberries and strawberries, silage corn, and a promising pear crop. Thos Ness rents a farm, Robert Dickey plans to move to the States, and gooseberries yield high. pear trees number about 125 in a new orchard. Fall wheat sowing and expanded pea ground signal growing activity.
Advertises a cold cure promising relief in one day. Claims a money refund if not effective with W. Grove’s signature printed on each box, urging customers to try the remedy as a guaranteed treatment option.
Mrs J E Wallwin of Midland and Mrs Isaac Wallwin visited Toronto fairs last week. Agnes Limbie visits her aunt at Jackson's Point. Ede Todd of Barrie joined Mr and Mrs Isaac Wallwin. Lambie and A Coles wheeled to Innistil Sunday. Harry Maing attended the Toronto Exhibition. Mr Corrigan and Miss L Corrigan visited here Wednesday. F Wingrave and J Bishop of the B C I spent Sunday at home. Mr and Mrs L Maddie of Stroud spent Sunday in our midst. H Smith of Utopia visited Miss R Cronan Sunday.
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a cure for pale anemic or flat chested children. It promises to brighten cheeks, aid growth, and improve health with a pleasant tasting oil. The ad urges readers to send for a free sample from Scott and Bowne of Toronto.
A Poultryman argues New Yorkers do not want fresh eggs at premium prices. He describes a chain from farmers to collectors and retailers showing eggs arrive two to four weeks old in practice, and reveals buyers balked at 40 to 45 cent per dozen foes while craving fresh eggs at low cost.
An Atchison Globe item notes relatives refuse invitations without stated reason, reflecting a social dynamic of hesitant kinship and formal invitations in the local community.
The study of over 40,000 ears in England and France finds ears continue to grow into old age and rarely match between ears. Adult ear shapes show heredity, with size and contour aging markers. Criminology notes link ear traits to criminals, while wrinkles near the ear mid-thirties mark time. The feature links ear evolution to distant ancestors.
An advertising item touts Scott's Emulsion as a weight gain aid claiming to build up weight and rich blood, promoting thinning as de wasting and promising renewed vitality through a health product.
Taking effect June 15 1901 the Barrie railway guide lists passenger train departures and arrivals to Gravenhurst North Bay Muskoka and other points. Services include express mail mixed freight and accommodations with times across the day from early morning to late night.
Practical at home tips for washing and skin care include ammonia in bath water to soften water and remove stains, soft leather for face rubbing, a dash of eau de cologne or toilet vinegar for refreshment, a rosewater borax lemon lotion for tanning, oatmeal on the washstand to keep hands white, almond meal bran and starch in bath water to soften and whiten skin, and bags of oats or roots to float in water for milky bath effects.
Parents are urged to explore special lines of school shoes for misses children and youths, featuring oil pebble button and lace boots, box calf buttons, oil pelts, and waterproof grain lace boots. Varying sizes from 8 to 18, prices highlighted, store promises highest grade leather and best workmanship for durable school footwear in Barrie.
A woman with a poodle enters a suburban train smoking car and refuses to move. A cigar smoker snatches the cigarette away, then the lady darts the poodle through a window, declaring she hates tobacco and the dog. The scene draws curious onlookers in a Chicago Tribune quote.
The passage features a boastfulColonel praised by a daughter and a navalman remarking on perseverance On yachting thousands are spent to win a small cup with heavy stakes and expenses far outweigh potential prize money The piece notes yachtsmen invest heavily to win modest trophies in the sport
The speaker Joseph H. Choate called the New England Society of New York dinners at Delmonico's gatherings of an unhappy company of pilgrims who meet yearly to drown sorrows and sufferings of their ancestors and to contemplate their own virtues in history.
H R Nesbitt Lefroy Hotel endorses the Aylmer Double Cylinder Well Pump, asserting it cannot be replaced for less than $100 and offering a $0 days trial to responsible parties. Stanley Spillett, general agent at Nantyr, promotes their Spray sap as easy for a child to operate and invites inquiries.
A man questions weather bulletins and the prophet explains that forecasts are predictions not guarantees. The exchange underscored the probabilistic nature of forecast data and the inherent uncertainty in meteorology.
A Detroit Jour brief records a milkman's quip about spring water offering no perceived advantage in dairying. He notes that the average milk buyer cannot tell spring water from other varieties, reflecting casual skepticism about pseudo advantages.
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