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Newspaper

Barre Daily Times

Location

Barre, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1908

Page

6

Pro Tem Protection at Low Rates Ad

Barre Daily Times notes low cost insurance options from National Life Insurance and local agents, urging readers to examine adjoining pages for details and to contact Montpelier Vermont agents for mutual policies.

IC Ee Yar National Lite Insurance Company Montpelier Mutual S & Ballard Quvtral Montler Vtoj MN Dadlard Loent Irre

Talk of the Town Excursion to Plattsburg

Fragments announce an August 4 excursion to Plattsburg with mentions of Vermont Fruit Store ice cream offerings and a watch and jewelry shop ad. Several ad-like lines reference Red Tag sales, Skeeter Skoot fishing, and a large western Vermont lodging house on Pratl street with a Barrett location and ground-floor office.

Plattsburg Reeady Vermont Fruit Cate Real Karate Agency Adv C. 8 Andrews Vermont A. Hi. Huecell Pratl Street Barrett Oillee

Marshfield notes and local notices from a Marshfield page

Local items report Shine family returning home from Marshfield while Mrs. Bary faces pneumonia and Mrs. Emery endures long neuralgia. Break in at Sweinfeger Short's store yields jewelry and cash. Upcoming events include a lawn party at Hotel Spencer with cream and cake and a public dip at Vite gense pond. Public health ads tout Doan's Ointment and Doan's Regulators and Dr Thomas' Meteotrit Oil with testimonials.

Boston Shine Amherst Marshfield House Robert Bary Emery Sweinfeger & Short’s Bpencer

Coal price list. discounts offered

The notice lists winter coal purchases with varieties Egg, Stove and Nat Lehigh coal priced around 25 cents and a cash discount of 25 cents per ton, bringing a total near 8.05 dollars. It references D and Hy and Scranton free-lurning coals and urges buyers to stock up.

Scranton Lehigh Soic

Rent terms for eggs stove and nut fuel per ton

Advance rents per ton per month for Egg Stove and Nut are stated. 68 Lehigh adds 25 cents per ton. A cash discount of 8 cents per ton is offered if paid within ten days.

Lehigh

Local Social Roundup Includes Travel and Local Incidents

Names from Randolph region appear in a weekend social and town news roundup. Mentions Frank Lashwa a twelve year old mishap. Miss Joule Mabblit of Washington DC visiting. W N McCollom house for sale. multiple local visitors and travelers from Barre Springfield and Boston. Dr E O Blanchard back from dental convention. Pearl Lamson hosted Miss Roberts of Springfield Missouri. Mrs G W Hayward narrowly injured by knife. Sargent Oonged Roundy preparing move to Castleton. grange quartet attended large Paxmono grange meeting in Bridgewater.

Northfield residents form new firm amid local changes

Daniel McCarthy and son in law Alex Eddy organize McCarthy & Raddy as replacement for Northolt Coat Co. J J Talbot and J L Byrne era ends after Talbot's death. Local staff relocate, marriages, trips, and family notices appear as residents return from Boston and New York while a Berlin pond homestead sale is planned and a packing project begins for J D Denison.

Daniel McCarthy Alex Eddy Northield Coat Co McCarthy Widle K. J. Brittan Eddy Orange County

Local Cabot Roundup of Visits and Encampment News

Residents and visitors fill Cabot area with social calls and travel. Mary Spencer visited Calnis. Walter Lance and family in Woodbury. Miss Dorothy Willie staying with W P Lance. Encampment attendance at Montpelier. several local residents journeyed to Morrisville and East Calais. Teachers’ examination held this week.

Dorothy Willie Newtonville Mass W. P. Lance Lower Cabot

Local notices from Pittsfield area residents

Mr and Mrs G C Sanborn and family and Mr Abbie K Baker have returned home after two weeks in Pittsfield. The four days old infant of Mr and Mrs J Edgar McNichole died Wednesday from intestinal trouble. funeral Thursday. Fred Wells, ill for a month at his mother's home, remains critically ill with slim chances of recovery. Miss Louisa Newell returns from New York City to resume work as stenographer at Plumley and Plumley. Miss Julia Holland of Boston is visiting her parents for a few weeks. Her brother Timothy, who had a critical operation in Boston two months ago, is slowly improving at home in Maine. John Howard of New York, class of 1900, with Mrs Howard, spends the summer in town near the Sanborn Cary cottage on Turkey Hill, guiding three young men. two will enter Norwich this fall, one Brown University. Miss Bla Jeslyn has returned from Mary Fletcher hospital in Burlington after two operations. Miss Joslyn is improving but cannot teach at Northfield school this fall.

Frank Dennison St. Athans J. J. Dennison South Northfield C. D. Edgerton Alson Sanapen Lake N.hs D. B. Howe William Kerr Mallets Belle Houston Burlington John L. Sping Nashua Waa Sping Mise Denison Mra F. G. GrGwene J. M. Bullock C. P Hatoh J.D. Denisan Berlin Pond Randolph Avenue Denison Gurs Nashue Fred Wells Meh Tottiso Wright Misa Louisa Newell New York City Plumley and Plumley Julia Holland Boston Timothy Holland Timothy John Howard N. Y Mrs. Howard Town Howard Sanborn-Cary Turkey Hill Norwich Brown University Misa Bla Jeslyn Mary Fletcher Misa Joslyn Narthfeld

Barge Carrying Twenty Five Passengers Sails From Barre

Williamstown reports Edson's barge carried about twenty five people from Barre to Berlin Pond yesterday. Denny Briggs works on extensive burns repairs. Misnes Robinson and Seager returned from summer school for teachers. Brookfield beat local team 25 to 4. Harvey Gay and others spent day at Mirpor lake. Young people went to Harlin for a week. Largest hay crop yet to barns on the Deury farm. McKengie of Granville heading busy work crew.

Edson Barre Berlin Pond Brookfield Harvey Gay HS. Drury Merle Lawrence Millie Drury Mirpor Lake

Barre Tax Bills Due By August Tenth 1908

Notice from Barre Vermont treasurer James Mackay that the 1908 tax bills are due by August 10, with unpaid taxes to be turned to the constable for collection plus five percent penalties and legal fees. Also includes a plug for Dr King s New Discovery and water restrictions advisory.

City of Barre Vermont James Mackay

Fragmented early 20th century clippings repurpose wit

The brief items note quirky remarks from newspapers and a Chicago jilt club. Quotes mock political figures and scientific claims, including Dr. Wiley and a clock needing annual winding. The tone is ironic and reflective of light headlines across multiple papers.

Snow falls halt Valdes streets as fire crews respond

Snow blankets Valdes Alaska prompting the fire department to clear sidewalks. The text notes a long history of US House speakers born outside New York and mentions gas production shifts from Pennsylvania to West Virginia while hinting at military, agricultural, and local farming topics.

Valdes Alaska House of Representatives New York City Pennsylvania West Virginia New York Navy Yard

Fly Catches and Trade Rumors Rock Baseball Circles

A New York writer calls Detroit’s Willett a future star for the Pirates rivaling Harney Dreyfuss’s NL reps. Bugs Raymond draws NL interest while Koneteby in St. Louis shows progress toward stardom. Eddie Summers of the Detroit Americans struggles in a loss as Cleveland disrupts his delivery and Detroit suffers a defeat. Summers weeps in the locker room.

Willett Detroit Amer-icana Ts Jenainge Pittsburg Pirates New York Harney Dreyfuss Bugs Raymond National League Ciibs St. Louis Koneteby St. Louis Nationale Eddie Summers Detroit Americans Cleveland Detroit Summers Teara

Church Work Develops Big Fund Drive

The national board of church extension aims to raise 1,000,000 dollars by year end. Wesleyan East End mission in London occupies one and three fourths acres after twenty three years of effort. Baltimore land for an Episcopal cathedral has seen initial payment on a three and a half acre tract. Episcopal City Mission in Boston spends about 5,000 dollars in summer work aiding women and children needing fresh air. Rev C A Wooddy oversees roughly 4,000 churches in a missionary district spanning Montana to Nevada.

National Board of Church Extension of The Christian Church Pew Wesleyan East End Olesion London Baltimore Episcopal Cathedral Episcopal City Minion Boston C A. Wooddy Montana Idaho Washington California Oregon Nevada

German Gleanings and Berlin News Snippets

Auto street sprinklers fail in Berlin. In Splunbergen Mavaria a 119 year old woman loses her only support as her daughter dies at ninety. A tramp is arrested for begging. A phono graph tale records a private home misfortune. Grand Duke Frederick of Madenten accepts funds to restore Hiliterber Castle. Castle rebuilding debate has raged for years.

Berlin Splunbergen Mavaria Houste Nly Frederick of Madenten Hiliterber

Ambiguous Paris Report Taints Taft Nomination Link

Fragmentary Paris Gaulole notes Taft nomination tied to Mrs Nicholas Longworth. Mentions a mayoral election in a French town with a brother as clerk and six counriiors. References questionable data on literacy and civic structure amid church expulsions in France.

Paris Gaulole Taft Mra Nicholas Longworth Venauson France Fragte Ferry Wibep Marsellee

Progressive Methods Boost Potato Yields with Spraying Test

A New York farmer sprayed fifteen acres of Carman No. 4 potatoes four times using Bordeaux at sixty gallons per acre. Result: 134 bushels 30 pounds marketable versus 67 bushels 25 pounds on unsprayed rows, a 67.5 bushel gain per acre, despite weed and insect pressure and limited by later work.

New York Paris Green Bordeaux

Cost of Spraying and Early Sea Kale as Money Makers

A detailed farmer’s report breaks down spraying costs for potatoes at 6 cents per plant, totaling 45.78 dollars or 3.05 an acre, with a 60 cent market price at picking making net 87.15 dollars per acre. It suggests sea kale as an early spring vegetable and outlines seed-to-bed cultivation and harvesting steps. The piece urges intelligent farming for profit and cites general health tips, including fresh air and moderation in diet.

Sunh Eal Asparagua

Much Easier Candidate of Ideas in Editorial Snippet

The excerpt cites opinions from Baltimore American and Philadelphia Inquirer debating honesty and practicality in leadership. It contrasts easier correctness with policy value, reflecting newspaper voices on political virtue and governance.

Baltimore American Philadelphia Inquirer

The Farmers Autos and Road Improvement

A farm paper notes the rise of motor vehicles among farmers, comparing autos to horse buggies in towns and countryside. It highlights practicality over sport and argues self propelled vehicles aid road improvement, while also mentioning a Paris superstition about topaz buckles as lucky charms.

Speed Mania at the wheel and pedestrians in fear

A motorist boasts that excitement comes from watching pedestrians bolt from his path, rather than speed. The article, from Boston Port, notes a sensational take on urban danger and driver bravado.

Boston Port

Cold Deal and Stock Intrigue In Press Clippings

A fragment from Chicago News hints at stock ownership in Lee Trost and political repercussions. Dialogue shows Lambie regarding ownership, voting out, and a cautious wait for the decision maker to act as a coin pays the price.

Lambielgh Chicago News

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