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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
4
A garbled notice notes banking services including cashing cheques and collecting notes. It mentions accommodations for farmers, mortgages and life assurance, and identifies T. Beecroft as manager of the office from 10 to 4.
Fragmentary OCR text from The Barrie Examiner dated January 7 1900 suggests a legal or financial notice related to advances and payments. Details are illegible but indicate a historical publication record with monetary figures and names obscured.
The piece surveys progress in flight by the Wright brothers and long effort to advance air travel, notes Canada’s planned delegation to a Washington conference on natural resources, and reflects on political shifts in Quebec and Ontario. It discusses railway disputes, public ownership, and relief efforts after Italy's quake, with calls for prudent governance and modernization.
Jan 4 report lists Miss Tens Cumermot visiting at her home and Miss Mary Barrye visiting at her yard. Miss Clark of Orillia attends G Rouse Sunday. Miss Early of Barrie engaged as No 16 School teacher. Central Church service moved to 2 20 p m. Central Sunday School held its annual New Year concert with small attendance due to the storm.
MINESING January reports a Minesing Hockey Club meeting electing Jos Orchard as president and Ri Addison as captain, with a swift Elmvale contest ahead. Also: Leap Year night at the rink drew many lady skaters. Minesing Women's Institute to meet January 7 at 2 30 p.m. with topic on pleasant occupations. Visitors noted: Kenny Cooper from Port Hope and others returning from Merrickville.
The page records New Year celebrations at St Jude’s Church with a large turnout, an Orange Hall entertainment, and a Dreyer led program. It lists numerous visits and travels by locals including Mrs. Broley, Mr. Henry, John Patterson moving nearby, Harold Parker’s Ottawa trip, and relatives visiting in town. It also notes hospital updates for Mrs. Will Boake and illness of Thomas Henry, with Civilite community figures attending sermons and addresses at church events.
Miss Hiddie Hickling and Kate Anderson with Herbert Peskock spent New Year’s Day in Barrie en route to Rugby for a visit and housekeeping plans. Roy Black of Sodbury visited his parents. Mr and Mrs McConkey hosted a merry New Year’s Eve at Blythwood with many guests dancing and singing into the early hours, Miss Humphrey and Miss Robertson among attendees.
The community notes holiday events with Mr. and Mrs. Doubey returning to Toronto after visiting relatives, Miss Connie Douse hosting a grand party, and Mr Beatard visiting Midland friends. Skating on the lake over the past week is praised, while Miss Kirkpatrick spent New Year’s in Cobalt.
Local items recall Mrs John Ross and Miss Fraser Ross of Essex visiting Brantford. Mrs Fe Be and Mr Allan and family visited relatives. A patient from the R V Hospital Barrie underwent appendicitis surgery. Mr and Mrs H Thomas spent New Year at Alton. Howard Allan's class remembered him with a present. Anniversary services planned at Presbyterian Church Moreton January 24. Further details to come.
Nantyr residents report New Year visits from Toronto and Muskoka relatives. Wm King survived a serious illness and shows signs of improvement. School reopened with a full house as Herman Jacks recovers from typhoid. Miss Brooks and Ness visit relatives. Norman McCullough tours from the Far West while Frank McCullough returns from Toronto. Roderick McConkey hosts a Yuletide gathering. Anniversary services planned for the Methodist church followed by a lecture by Rev. Dr. Long on Monday. Mrs Hunter vacationed in the city while Mrs Duncan remains seriously ill with pneumonia.
A fragmentary 1885 Toledo notice shows Frank J. Cheney swearing an oath for Fd. Cheney & Co. with a Hall's Catarrh Cure claim and a notary public witness, mentioning prices on rubbers and overshoes and a request for compensation for incurable catarrh.
100 acres in Oro Township cleared and productive with ploughing done near school and post after. 80 acres of bare land brisk with good yield. 60 acres in Vespra Township good soil close to Barrie. Cash payments. Write or call Brown, Western Real Estate Exchange of London Canadian Express Utilities, Barrie Box 497.
Misery in the stomach is described as vanishing with Pape's Diapepsin. The ad promises quick relief from indigestion, belching, and a heavy lump, claiming five minute relief and complete digestion. It emphasizes affordability and availability at drug stores and urges readers to ask their pharmacist for Diapepsin to be thoroughly cured.
Farmers at the square report a sparse turnout with few ladies and reduced supplies. Eggs sold 30c per dozen, butter 26c, fowl prices low. turkeys geese and chickens move quickly at 18c, 14c, and 12c per lb. Hay priced at 12 per ton, wood steady, grain limited but likely better next week. Market shows slight stock improvement with hogs at 6 per cwt and cattle 2.50 to 4, sheep 3.25, lambs 5.50, calves 5 per cwt.
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