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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.
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
6
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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