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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
6
A promotional notice urges quitting Barre and visiting for Spring Apparel savings. It touts wide stock for men women and children, endless choices, and low prices to attract shoppers to buy now. The copy promises head to toe outfits on a money saving basis with no delay.
A notice appears to reference a work eating event by Taree Tawan. Details are unclear due to fragmented text. Further readable content is needed to identify date location organizer or outcome.
A damaged note touts a strike needing first class groceries at Osborne's Store with promises of best goods and treatment. Mentions prices as low as any and notes authorized order to sell quarry equipment and assets including a derrick and sweep. GALE trust appears in the fragment.
J J Bolster lists a large stock of wood and all kit items with reasonable moving and jol services. Sand for sale in any quantity and coarse sand for cementing offered from Farwell street location in Sarre Vermont with telephone 405-2.
The Republican voters of the City of Barre are warned to meet at the city court room on Saturday evening April 18 1908 at 7 80 o clock to elect nine delegates and nine alternates to the state convention in Burlington April 29 1908 and nine delegates and nine alternates to the second district convention in Montpelier April 28 1908 to elect four delegates at large and alternates for the state convention and two delegates and two alternates for the National Republican Convention in Chicago June 10 1908 by order of the Republican City Committee H W Scott secretary
The Republicans of Barre Town are warned to meet at the East Barre School House Saturday evening April 1 at 7:30 for choosing three delegates and three alternates to the Republican state convention at Barre and to choose three delegates and three alternates to the next convention at Montpelier April 24. Per order town committee.
The Modern Woodmen degre team of Maple Leaf Camp No 510 of Graniteville will stage a May day drill and bull on May 1 at Mitea Hall. Full hill 41.
The Barre Daily Times presents an advertising blurb from 1908 promoting life insurance. It argues you save more by having insurance than by going without, citing National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier and agents Ballara Ballard and Montie Ballard as local representatives.
Talk of the Town lists items at City Auction rooms including furniture crockery and a piano with pieces priced at 10 dollars for a set and a separate chair for 3.60. Also advertised are clairvoyant readings, newspaper subscriptions, hot buns for Good Friday, rentals, music sheets, and notices for veterinary services and stock meetings. The Inter-City Athletic Association annual meeting is set for April 20 to elect directors.
In a wild west style report from April 18 a Northern Pacific passenger train near Minneapolis is held up by two men who boarded the sleeping car and threatened passengers with a pistol. They took $41 and two swatches, then fled as the train slowed near Northtown. The event ends with the robbers escaping, leaving a town shaken by the audacious daytime hijack.
A damaged notice appears to record a voluntary agreement by signatories to refund a 30 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Tariff item. Names such as Kandrick & Co and Parmenter appear in the fragmentary text with references to W. Parmenter and D.C. Tipward. The public notice is incomplete and lacks clear dates or places.
Groton residents attend town events and visits with neighbors from Burlington Montpelier and St. Johnsbury. District news covers illness Easter plans church services and a funeral, with mill repairs and village infrastructure work announced.
Cabot announces April 27 as the start for schools and lists local events. Mrs Flora Cobb visits. Miss May Ormeten will teach in Barre. Rev F Ouerier returns from Methodist meeting. J A Rogerses return from Boston. St John returns to Montpelier. G J Hayes ships new tags. sugar makers report final grade for the season.
Warning to legal voters of Rome Vermont for an April meeting at the opera house. Items include appointing a moderator, setting mayor and city official salaries, auditors and assessors compensation, possible reimbursement for assistants, and any other proper matters. A vote on all matters scheduled for that day.
Fragmentary OCR text references dumping in streams and various garbled phrases. It mentions a revined city, a date fragment Criepter 20, and names like Abin and Sponaleyr, with unclear amounts and locations. The passage is too damaged to determine a coherent event or outcome.
A dated South Ryegate column recounts April incidents including a carriage crash injuring a man and a burton girl, a widow raid by officers ending unsuccessfully, a funeral of Mrs Plae and notes on Mr Macdowell’s family. Also reports a local marriage and various minor mishaps and injuries.
Chelsea Mrs Bt Newell of Rast ferirn visited fonds in town recently with John Bicknett of ge in town on business Thursday. Hallie recovering from a severe illness, with word of improvement. Kingsbury and companion from West Fairies visited Lown to see parents Mr and Mrs Thompson. Sisters completed work on list and whetract spreading on the words. Donald Wormstock and Ned Hatch await theater vacation in town. Nellie Alexander has kept house for W M Mallern several Ar. Titsiehedt visited friends in Manchester N H. Willing to move to Santi for a performance. Eastman purchased wheels and plans repairs. Billy Bacon’s homes near the South Washington meeting house. Friends touring into the mie this week.
Boston reports indicate the state police will inquiry into the Chelsea fire causes with a preliminary investigation. Deputy Chief Neal and two officers oversee the scene as firefighters work through the aftermath in several city areas. Authorities say a tenth report from the spring fire brigade was found in a cellar near Gerrish Avenue and Tenadway, with possible debris and terms asked for expert analysis. Local officials warn of further dangers as the investigation continues.
Miller achieves a bold win in tier Jodee eight ce B event securing top placement.
Mixed local notes report granite samples taken from Mrs Ida Mann s farm with New York investigator G W Boyes. Weather delays work but progress expected. Various social events and health updates follow including a dance, visits, and a serious appendicitis case. A fire causes damage to a tenement chimney and a store incident implicates Charless Root.
The new 1908-09 edition of Who's Who in America lists 16 395 names with Vermont as 4 residents. Towns like Burlington Brattleboro Hartford and Montpelier appear with jurists governors educators and authors among the notable locals. The prose notes Windsor Cornish and Burlington as key names with several figures linked to politics law and literature.
John V. Hare, teller at Merchants' National Bank in Carlisle, proposed killing himself after being accused of theft of 952000. He offered to deed bank real estate and stocks to satisfy officers and make him beneficiary of life insurance. Federal investigators report elaborate schemes and emotional pleas to the bank president regarding repayment and retaliation.
The Jadieg of W. O. C. F will give and ongar peril and datee Monday evening, admission 25 cents, children.
Easter sale promotion touts cut glass and silver ware, appealing to discriminating buyers. It highlights brilliancy, design, and low prices with guarantees, inviting customers to visit at 120 Main Street Barve, Vt. The notice emphasizes quality and value, including a beater tone display window.
The Boston Record reviews The Vanderbilt Cup musical comedy at Globe theatre, praising its automobile style and vigor. Dorothy Wiles as Dorothy, Earl Dewey as Dexter Jones, Lottie Kendall in a standout turn, with strong chorus numbers and a lively stage presence noted by critics.
Hyde Park Savings Bank invites boys and girls to start saving with a small starter. The bank explains the habit builds thrift and a future bank account. Questions answered by President Carroll S. Page or Treasurer F. M. Culver in Hyde Park, Vermont.
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