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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
8
The Grand presents a varied program featuring melodious songs and silent films. Howard Wolfe performs guitar and voice with Italian cinema mood pieces and notable classics including Auld Lang Syne in a midweek lineup.
A collage of vignettes recalls an ill fated party of soldiers at Fort Abert, a rescue from a cliff ledge by walkers in boots, a fire at the Hotel Victoria in Richmond Yorkshire, and Miss Roen Basset who receives £210 plus a yearly five shillings for virtue. Also notes the Sacred Geese of Rome legend and Marcus Aurelius.
Regular meeting notes show trustees presentMilne Love G G Smith Bruatos Robertson Hinds. Property and Supply Committee authorized year supplies and Central School boiler repairs. Management report recommends a Sept 30 holiday for all students to attend the fair and special review of Biles Ross's room at Allandale School. Revisions moved to give three holidays Wed Thu Fri due to Teachers’ Convention. Several bills approved including repairs and caretaking and equipment purchases.
Barrie real estate listing advertises a cement brick residence with rental terms and a large 10 roomed brick dwelling. Includes a good building lot on Worsley, four mould building lots on Elizabeth and Frances streets. Address A. W. Plaxton, Boltelto r, Barrie.
A garbled text snippet explores improving an improvised piece, debating adjustments to pacing and presentation. The speaker considers arranging dialogue to slow the listener at key moments, preferring measured delivery over rapid chatter.
Birth announcements for Brown, Chippington, Gilchrist, McEachern, Murphy, Trask, Richmond Adams. including a marriage in Cookstown. Deaths note Mary Littlegages Littlebales formerly of Barrie and Gordon McLean of Barrie, aged 4, in Toronto.
A humorous sketch notes a western congressman famed for affability and blunders during campaigns. After a long two week tour he greets his daughter Attie Alberta with pride, then teases his own identity. Separate items warn against marrying for riches beauty youth or vanity, urging caution and happiness instead.
Wiltie, the ultire boy, pleads with the head of the finn during the ball game crowd. He stammers for permission to speak, while the employer urges speed and asks for a quick message about his business.
The text presents a fragmentary poem with cryptic lines about betrayal and distant tales under moonlit imagery. It moves through whimsical descriptions and odd names, including a reference to Miss Candor of Boston and a jesting remark about a man as a potential husband.
A fragmented item notes a subscriber matter marked by a notification statement. It mentions Metis and a limit within reasonable distance and indicates some failure to reach the target. The readable text is partial and lacks clear dates or places.
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