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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
4
Partially legible OCR notes show monetary figures and references to J A Maclaren Pebliter of Tax Exaultenn in Barrie Ontario. The fragment mentions one dollar amounts and suggested reasks on Monday.
District Doings from The Examiner report holiday services in Vespra Parish with St Pauls Midhurst Christ Church Vespra and Ferndale Mission. Local residents share Christmas visits from Dick Spiller to Cross family and others from Toronto Barrie and Welland. notes of illness travel and school events. Christmas programs and a pioneer death.
A fragmented item notes residents including Campbell, Morrison, Arch Hobt Handy and Sandersons visiting Toronto and Argyle Manitobe. It mentions Christmas tree events at the Methodist church and St Thomas on Friday night, with families anticipating holiday gatherings and returns from work in the lumber woods.
The Methodist Christmas tree entertainment drew praised music by the Minesing Orchestra and Quartette. Old Santa distributed gifts to children while the Sunday School presented Miss Mary Chapman a parlor lamp for services. Proceeds neared $30. Miss Annie Richardson plans holidays at home and will return for the new year. B Anderson and John Kida attended the Johnson and McKay wedding at Rugby. locals joined a box social at Van Vinck.
Rev R J Sturgeon of Burk's Falls was inducted at New Lowell on December 18 with Moderator Mr McLean of Churchill and elders from Angus and New Lowell churches in attendance. Rev Wilson preached, Rev Cranston spoke to the minister, and Rev Dr Craw addressed the congregation. The service impressed attendees from Angus Stayner and Creemore, and parishioners expect prosperity under his ministry.
A series of holiday visits and travel notes from Craigvale and nearby towns. Miss Spall of Collingwood visits cousin Miss E Robertson. Bert Vice of Toronto spends Xmas with family. George Wright returns from the West. Bert McCraw and H Corbett visit relatives. Cy Dearing stays with former acquaintances. J Reynolda returns from the West. Wright and Reynolds sisters enjoy holidays at home. Albert Robinson of Toronto spends Xmas with Robert McConkey relatives. Tom Mulholland returns home for Xmas. Melville Hoover visits Midland. Mrs McConkey travels to Toronto to see a seriously ill sister. Miss Maggie McConkey visits friends locally.
The school holds a Xmas program and album presentation for teacher Belle Ewart, who announces a transfer to a nearby school. Pupils commend her firm yet kind management and Christian ladylike conduct, expressing affection as she departs. Also noted is a note on The Dyment Securities Loan and Saving Company with details on capital and rates.
Dec 24 brings wedding bells and holiday visits as Ben Peacock stays home for Christmas. Miss Edna Hughes visits Thornton friends while Miss Mabel Rainey begins teaching Strand School junior department in 1907. A Local Option meeting is planned at Orange Hall Craigvale on Dec 28. Methodist Sunday School social follows Dec 26. Public school closes for 1966 with readings, recitations and a debate on country life versus city life, won by the country side. A Lady's Companion is presented to Miss Peacock by grateful pupils. Letters of appreciation from Strood scholars are read.
Auction-like notice lists For Sale items including horse Star Frame Bowen, watered Rowel and creck, 1 acre plots and secret moats. Mentions a cement cellar with furnace, a blacksmith shop, and various town and property listings. Includes J N Brown as general agent of The Western Real Estate Ex. Barrie address.
Fragmented notices recount a school parting for Alma Thompson and Miss Cavanagh, with thanks and gifts. The text records a death, a funeral in Midburnt Cemetery for Mrs. Billington, and several Christmas holiday updates from Midburnt and nearby towns including Arthur Bell in Toronto, Alex McCraigh in Penetang, Alf Nash, Annie Adam in Barrie, and G W Spencely visiting Toronto. The Christmas Tree at St. Andrew's Church yields about $50 in proceeds, and the St. Andrew's choir surprises Clara Bell with a gold watch chain and locket along with an address.
The Mark ets reported Chicago wheat and corn futures finishing higher than Friday lows. May wheat settled lower than Friday in Chicago while May options showed mixed moves. Winnipeg options closed with bids and offers for May and July contracts, reflecting uneven activity amid the day’s market tone.
Toronto stock report shows large cattle receipts over Wednesday and Thursday pushing prices lower across beef and dairy categories. Bulls sold $3.50-$4 per cwt, good cattle $3.75-$4.50, cows $2.50-$3.40, veal $3-$6, and lambs near $7.70-$5.80 per cwt. milk cows $35-$55 each. Pinafore production totals reveal box office $888.35 with expenses $408.80, balance $68.41. library board thanks volunteers.
The Toronto Ladies Quartet sang at the Opéra House in Barrie to about 200 listeners, receiving enthusiastic thanks for blends and precision. Mrs Dilworth and the quartet were praised for vocal range and expressiveness with solos by Mrs Dilworth and two songs by Dr Arnall, plus piano pieces by Miss DeVine and Miss Grasett.
The passage reports school closure on December 20 with decent attendance, exams on December 17 and 18, and hopeful attendance after New Year. It commends Council for appointing Mr Hill as clerk, noting municipal experience. It mentions Christmas visits, a birth on the 16th, moves to Allandale, and social events including gramophone selections, plus a near gas accident involving Mr and Mrs Wm Jas Allen. The Sabbath School gift to Mrs RB Little includes several signer names.
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