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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
2
A quiet hall scene unfolds as O Grady encounters Yolande near a cactus in a dim nook. He awakes to a sudden, charged connection, revealing Yolande as Lady Varley, the hostess, and his own vow of happiness upon meeting her.
Mr Strange follows Norah in a playful hare hunt through the McGillicuddy grounds. The chase ends with Norah and siblings catching the girl, while Strange, aging and delighted, is drawn into the energetic frolic despite weariness.
In a sunlit yearend scene Constantia hesitates as Mr. Strange shares a lingering, inward thrill. Norah and Jimmy push for tea and cake while Donna Dundas visits, raising Constantia’s worry over inviting guests and the risk of breaking social lines.
A circle of men on dry goods boxes recount a severe storm that swept the area a day earlier. One tale recalls a near miss during a thunderstorm while a man walked home after marriage, and a tree struck near him. He credits a tobacco plug with a bizarre link to his fear before vowing to quit.
The article explains the rapid transformation of spruce into paper, from logging near water routes to sulphite cooking and pulping, then forming into sheets for printing presses. It contrasts quick and slow cooking methods and notes the role of modern machines capable of producing paper at high speeds for newspapers.
The article praises King Edward VII as an exemplary public speaker with a clear voice and concise delivery. It recounts his early training under an elocution master, his nervous beginnings, and how he learned to project his voice and speak without hesitation. It notes his preference for brief, well-structured remarks and restrained gestures, contrasting him with others who favor sentiment or showy oratory.
A fragmentary poem line about light in the skies and hope blooming after sorrow. It mentions an honest man and a thief in a terse, incomplete dialogue, reflecting a distressed, lyrical mood.
Ontario health authorities defend reporting every smallpox case as the best quarantine. Dr. Bryce argues full publicity helps isolate the disease and clear districts, noting New York State’s July deaths and Ontario’s outbreak where fatalities remain under one percent. Army officers in Germany.
Fragmented OCR lists names, firms, offices and transactions across multiple Toronto notices. Mentions BARHISTERS, lenders, agents, and locations such as Wellington Hotel and McCarthy & Cal Vougall, with references to money to London and various undertakings.
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