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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
6
In Barre on August 4 1908 an advertisement promotes National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier with agents Mutat Ballard and M B Mallard urging readers to secure policies today rather than tomorrow and promising local service in Barre Vermont.
An unfocused column notes an excursion to Plattsburg and a Vermont Fruit Store wholesale ice cream offer. It mentions cash for watches and diamonds, real estate bargains by Cate Real Estate, a Red Tag sale at G B Andrews store, stone cutters’ masses, and watchmaker L F P Austin. Also references a Fisherman-Kexall Skeeter book, a Western Vermont lodging house by A H Haswell on Pearl Street Barre, and ground-floor Adibee No. 28.
The Narre city council places the 1908 tax bill in the treasurer s hands for collection. Taxes are due on or before August 10 1908. Unpaid taxes after August 10 are turned to the constable for collection with five percent added and statutory collection fees. Barre Vermont July 1908 James Mackay Treasurer
W Stone of East Poland Maine says Hacklen's Arnica Salve is proper for sore feet burns sores cuts and abrasions and piles. Store listed is Red Crows Pharmacy Rickert Welle drug store 250.
Randolph residents and visitors share a flurry of trips and arrivals. Prof Sparhaws will keep supplying the Cabot Congregational church while various families journey or return from Maine New York and Vermont visits. The town calendar includes a basket picnic at George Smith grove August 5 and a Grange meeting August 7 with cake for attendees.
A fragmentary poem, titled Dear Good Night, appears as a nostalgic lover’s verse. It evokes waiting, longing, and a beloved figure who will awaken and welcome the speaker at night, with imagery of roses, dew, and twilight departure. The Baltimore Sun is cited as the source.
Mrs Margaret Eld of 40 Maple Avenue Barre Vermont reports nighttime back pain and urinary discomfort alleviated by Doan's Kidney Pills from B A Craven's drug store. She praises relief from first use, improved health, and sleeping through the night, recommending the remedy to others with kidney symptoms. Manufactured by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York, price 50 cents at dealers, remember the name Doan's.
Chelsea Mr and Mrs Pred Ontway returned Saturday from a work trip with many acquaintances in Barre. Wesley faced breach of the peace in court and was sentenced to sixty days. Several locals, including Miss Tassie Sprague and Miss Eva B. Jackson, planned trips to Lake Morey and Albany, while Eva Jackson will serve as stenographer in Barre City. Mrs Carter of Marte City and Mrs Walton Aborn are noted among traveling families with ties to Dr. Fred Emery and Mrs. Calder.
North Montpelier notes list local services at 2 PM and visits by Adeleon of New York, Mr Woth Nye, Ming Blanch Moorerall, and several families at various homes. Mentions road work between here and Plainfield and a Lilies Circle play at Union vestry hall with cream and cake. Also advertises Carpenter Morton Rooting roofing material with guarantee.
A community notice invites a dance at Unity Temple South Tarre on Tuesday evening August 4 featuring Riley's orchestra. The blurred text includes fragmented phrases about dreams and visions, a reference to a stage show and a mix of unrelated literary lines.
A Detroit Free Press note recounts a social anecdote about a man who borrows money from friends, later dreaming of paying it back, prompting a humorous exchange crowned by a friend awaiting another dream to settle the debt. The piece shifts to New Golf Scheme at Linwood Club Yonkers, detailing a novel membership cup plan with divisions by occupation and multiple trophies, including the Domines cup for clergymen. It ends with a brief mention of a simple dessert combining red or black fruit with hazelnut pastries.
The fragmentary OCR text presents a mix of quips and snippets from periodicals, including a joke about a beefsteak purchase in a restaurant and comments on a financier’s fortunes, with stray names and garbled phrases. It captures a collage of 19th or early 20th century newspaper style humor and chatter, lacking a single cohesive news item.
The writer warns against rush cutting of saplings for immediate profit. Farmers should prune dead or dying trees, replant after cutting live ones, fight forest fires, support better timber laws, and educate themselves to value woods so forests keep growing.
Practical farm notes cover cucumber culture with heat light and moisture needs, hill spacing, thinning, insect control, and pickling varieties. It then describes a slicker weed cutter with runners and an iron rod implement for under-soil weeding, plus a tip on keeping potatoes from rotting using dampness absorbingumps slack time in cellars.
Fragmentary dialogue excerpt mentions a regular churchgoer and a friend question about church attendance. The garbled text references Mr Quorrex, a mother and girls, and a guide through Europe. No clear event or identifiable entities emerge from the readable portion.
The column lists diverse notes from admirals and spouses enjoying Buena Vista summers to long lived residents planning moves, plus feats like a gardener planting 5 000 cacti in little over three hours. It mentions Cananea copper king William Greene touring the world, a Me crowd incident, large family counts for George Getty, and foreign affairs officials to receive American battleships at Amoy. It closes with Vernon Stiles, a tenor, signing a Vienna contract with an option to return to New York for Met opera seasons.
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