23 Apr 1906
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1906
Page
1
A local store promotes a large new stock of children's and infants' dresses including white muslin, gingham, and percale styles. Prices range from 25 cents to 3 dollars, with shirt waist suits offered at 1.25 to 3.50 dollars.
A garbled list of city happenings includes a campaign note about a candidate at a reg meeting, a sale of furniture and rugs, carpet cleaning, and a plan for tax inventories. Mentions of court absence, business visits, and local store events accompany scattered references to a library and schedules amid unclear names and dates.
Fragmented town notes describe social meetings at the Universalist women’s group, a Young People’s Church club gathering, and various local happenings. A stable fire incident at Dent N. Harter’s team and a window display by W Averill & Company are recounted with scattered, unclear details.
Local camera shop advertises special prices on cameras and photo supplies. Signs in the window claim extremely low prices and emphasize the store’s focus on camera business.
A. P. Abbott & Co. advertises Daylight Store as offering new merchandise at fair values. The copy argues modern ladies prefer new dry goods over old stock and asserts the store’s business is to provide them, noting little price difference between old and new goods.
Inventory notes show a shortage of new ginghams with limited quantities. The shop reports a fresh stock arrival soon, promising brighter goods as shelves are restocked. Local readers advised to visit 19440 to secure available items before sellout.
A fragment announces new wash goods arriving last week describing colored tigers and mercerized cloth. It claims vivid colors and varied light and dark shades with prices given dissentingly as garbled text. The item reads like a retailer tease from a historic shop window.
Vague ad style notice touts wool dress goods with mentions of jing greys and new idea pattern. Readers are urged to cut garments by a pattern to save material and price, noting low prices and potential delays in obtaining items.
A. P. Abbott & Co announces a sale of hats at the Frank McWhertera Store. A register of minecaha en eal will be tonight with first degree. Sonetee te edie.
Readable fragments suggest a murder related dispatch with references to a sherredat or similar decree. The text is incomplete but implies a police or court action surrounding a homicide and an official investigation or trial. Names and dates missing prevent precise attribution.
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