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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
6
A Denver Post excerpt shows a rustic speaker vowing New Year plans, seeking a billy ram with whiskers, and vowing to confront Tommy Hunt who allegedly took a git. The speaker declares it enough and resolves to start on New Year’s Day, prompting humorous family commentary.
A playful local vignette shows Uttle Johnny Lake declaring homemade New Year resolutions. He plans to stop gouin’ and to quit splitting kindling, following his father’s example, and to avoid Sunday school, hoping to reform habits at home.
A St Louis Republic account recalls King Kalakaua hosting a New Year poker game in Hawaii with guests at the royal table. A gift of forty ten dollar pieces from the king is described, along with reflections on former island generosity and fortune.
An Italian battle ship commander aboard a Venezuelan coast gunboat, angered by a newspaper cartoon, is softened by a New Year’s Santa Claus dinner. American officers ply him with punch, easing tensions as he becomes affable and proposes joint action against Venezuela. A Christmas tree and Santa’s arrival heighten the revelry.
On New Year’s Day Italian children on Mulberry Street await strenna de capo d’anno cash gifts from relatives. The celebration includes festive meals with vermicelli and merluzzo, while adults recall the year ahead and send advance New Year gifts to elders. Mulberry Street bankers report a brisk capo d’anno remittance trade.
A World article describes Japan's New Year dawn festival at five in the morning. The mikado in traditional dress leads ceremonies with deputies and foreign envoys, followed by a temple prayer and a three hour royal breakfast. Red paper good luck signs adorn doors, while blue is used after a death, and celebrations close with theater plays and formal toasts.
The article surveys diverse New Year rites including Ganges candle omens and boats, leap counting, and watches at midnight. It notes religious observances such as midnight masses among Roman Catholics and Greek Catholics, and mentions the shift in Anglican practice, with Methodists adopting a watch night. It traces Janus as the ancient New Year symbol and recalls calendar reforms moving beginnings from solstices and equinoxes.
The text extols Mi o na stomach tablets as a cure for weak digestion and related symptoms. It claims improved digestion, appetite, and sleep, with a money back guarantee on a 50 cent box and an offer of a free sample and expert case review by mail from The R. T. Booth Company of Buffalo. It also notes government actions: proclaiming Cobalt a town and extending Temiskaming Railway, plus Toronto bakers summoned for under weight bread.
A 30 year trusted cattle treatment claim notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has no opium or harmful drugs. Marketed as safe and pleasant for children, with wide druggist availability. York Grand Jury urges cancelling prison labor contracts. London Ontario reports Grand Trunk plans to discharge 25 conductors and 25 baggagemen after Christmas.
Public notice appears in Bannix Examiner on September 27 1906 and Fiat publication in Ontario Gazette on September 29 1906. It identifies payee Daniel Quinlan as treasurer for County Simcoe and references the rat publication.
The notice urges old or new subscribers to renew for The Examiner at one dollar per year and offers The Weekly Globe for an additional thirty cents. Subscriptions may be sent to different addresses, and readers in the West are urged not to miss Ontario news. Send payment to start the papers immediately.
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