18 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
1
The scrambled text references a 1902 connection to Montreal and a New York and Parisian fare, noting a store in New York and deliveries. It contains garbled phrases about prices, goods, and delivery timing with no clear events or names.
A patchwork of notices and items from Barrie area: council talks on a 510000 fire improvement proposal, school cert presentations, election candidacy hints in Cookstown, and upcoming harvest events at Trinity Church. Also local social notes on attendance at the Escalator Business College, a memorial for John Thorpe, and various social and cultural mentions including theater and church plans. Drowned in Lake Simcoe report appears among the clippings.
Monday afternoon a well preserved man about 55 to 60 years old was found dead on the shores of Lake Simcoe, a mile west of Hawkstone on Mr. Allingham’s farm. He wore a light coat and trousers, a soft hat, and had no money or papers in his pockets. The body showed advanced decomposition. no injury details given. J. H. Plummer retires as assistant general manager of the Bank of Commerce after many years of service.
A round of social visits and local notices across Collingwood and Toronto. residents like Miss Isabel Luidingw and Rev J. Redditt visit relatives, and S. McTavish reports on hospital and nursing courses. Ontario embalmers elect officers as Miss Fletcher returns from New York. wedding and school events are summarized with local names and places.
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