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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
8
The readable excerpt lists several railway lines and times such as GRA 24 in Toronto, Muskoka Express departures around noon and early afternoon, Atlantic and Pacific Express, and a Mail line. The entries suggest a historical timetable with multiple routes and daily service windows.
A new Subscribers Directory will be issued for the District of Western Ontario including Barrie within a few days. Orders for new connections changes of firm name or other updates should be placed at once to appear in the book. A. Douglas Sept 14 1901 Local Man.
Broad coverage for business and farming needs advertised at moderate costs. Policies emphasize comprehensive protections with options tailored to farms and commercial operations. Contact local agents for quotes and policy details.
Barrie markets list prices for wheat flour oats peas and barley with measures per bushel cwt and bag. It covers wool hides beef mutton lamb hogs poultry butter eggs potatoes hay straw wood and other produce with varied units and ranges.
Simcoe County's big fair drew large crowds with many high quality exhibits. Merchants showcased impressive displays in the main building. Today features include the Old Boys arrival at 10:30 a.m., a 1:30 p.m. parade with the 48th Highlanders and 35th Battalion Band, a 2 p.m. exhibition opening by Dr. Beattie Nesbitt, and an 8 p.m. concert in the Opera House by the 48th Band and others.
Local notices record holiday travels and hospital stays including Allanda le E Ayers holidaying in the north and Art Ayers expected to leave hospital. Mont hly society items mention births, visits, church services, quotations, and a resignation at Mazeppa school.
A. W. Warnica of Painswick Simcoe county bought a binder from the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co and gave notes for 137 dollars. The company sues today for nonpayment. The defence argues lack of consideration claiming the binder wouldn’t work. Many witnesses testified about the binder and its capabilities.
An advertisement for Climax Iron Tonic Pills claims to cure dyspepsia indigestion and headache. It promotes a ten day treatment per box priced 25 cents and available at druggists or by mail from The Dr Hall Medicine Co Kingston Ont.
A historical account describes Fouquier Tinville era executions where misnaming led to wrongful guillotining. A guard forced removal of a suspect, a warder miscalled an old man’s name, and a youth alongside the mistaken victim faced the blade. In Bordeaux a 16 year old was executed for an eightieth party misidentification.
A motherly vignette about a child in kindergarten who cannot articulate a secret. Rachel announces she is mad after overhearing family members quarrel at home. The child’s simple logic links parental scolding and exasperation to her own mood.
A mix of anecdotal tales and street facts cites Lancashire colliers sipping at pubs during work, a mother mishearing a 5 percent wage advance, and a quip about a worker never getting a pay day. It then lists a global set of street length, width, and cleanliness records from Washington to London and Georgetown.
Texas. The area of Texas is equal to a belt of land 11 miles wide encircling the earth at the equator or to a strip of land more than one mile wide reaching from the earth to the moon or to a lane wide enough for the roadbed of a double track railway and long enough to reach from the earth to the sun.
Johnston says a seconds man fell from a tree while seeking safety during the duel. No other injuries were reported in the incident that occurred the other day.
A garbled OCR fragment references taxes, charges, and a fire danger with multiple personal names and places. It mentions Mrs Heard, Lawrence, Domning Gary, and several dated items, plus a tech institute and barracks. Overall it reads as a jumble of local notices and notices about payments and safety.
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