Travelers' Railway Guide Service Summary
Central Vermont Railway schedules show trains from Montpelier to White River Junction and beyond with connections to Hubbardston and New York services. Montpelier & Wells River trains run to Wells River with connections to Ho thworth and Monton routes, detailing stops at Montpelier, Wells River, and Montpelier to St John. Electric Street Railway runs hourly from Montpelier to Barre with morning and afternoon departures.
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Central Vermont Railway
Hanne
Hostan
York
Meltons Pally
Murré
Hudington
Mt. al
A Lapsed Policy and Insurance Agents
A garbled note discusses lapsed policies and insurer cooperation toward issuing a policy upon request. It mentions National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier and agents Ballard, living in Barre, Montpelier, with unclear roles and locations. The fragment references local agents and a tentative policy arrangement.
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National Life Tuewrance Company
Montpelier
Vicw
Ballard
Montpetier
Vic
Excursion to Ausable Chasm and Bargain Hints
An items page notes an August 25 excursion to Ausable Chasm with advance ads on page 2, plus Vermont Fruit Store offers wholesale and retail ice cream. It lists cash prices for watches, diamonds, and jewelry, and advertises Perry's bargains. Also mentions a Granite Cutters meeting in Barre and notices about liver health remedies and Doan's products.
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Vermont Fruit
Burr
Senden
Perry's
Boston visitors and local notes from town
RANDOLPH G W Boyce of Boston is in town visiting Mrs Ida Mann. Mixa Faith Marcott has returned from Boston and is resuming duties. The Llynch family guests in town, Avery Thresher of Threat Ler Brothers silk firm at their summer home in Braintree visits. Royce Fuss of Taunton is on a week vacation with his father. J A Wells is ill with Brights disease. his daughter in Keene is summoned home. Fred Smith takes a short vacation from TP Stevens Grocery between White River Junction and Brookfield. Tallman children in Lewis Steele’s house ill with typhoid, third case this season. Mrs Mary Woodard of Braintren invites for wedding reception for J W and Mrs Edwin Martin, newly married last week. Frank Parcoun of New York joins Parsons farm Brourlay for two weeks. Charles White entertains brother sludge White from the West, then leaves for Boston and Chicago before returning to South Dakota.
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G. W. Boyce
Boston
Ida Mann
Mixa Faith 'Marcott Laa
Orguylet Wither
Bethany Churel
Lynch
Marlon
Worcester
S Pending & Fow
Avery Thresher
of Threat
Ler Brothers
Hosten
Ibis
Braintree
Royce Fuss
Taunton
Masa
Kaiwardafisa
J. BA. Wells
Keene
Fred Smith
Stevens
White River Junction
Brookfield
Tallman
Lewis Steele
Thes
Mary Woodard
Braintren
J. W
Edwin Martin
Cabot residents and Barre visitors listed in town notes
Barre and Cabot social roundups show residents and visitors from nearby towns. Names include Hodgdon, Fisher, Myer, Lyford, Kenerson, Miller, Hoyt, Williams, Atkin, Mure, Ainsworth, Hilliard, Currier, Plumley, Gordon, Sparhawk, Reed, Farrington, Freeman, Woodly, Whitehen, Rossell, Lat G Company Lat G. A. KR, with church and post activities noted. A local town hall audience heard political addresses and an enthusiastic church leadership vote followed by a large Morristown post gathering and a shared meal.
Freeman Warning Calls Barre Voters for September 1 Meeting
The freemen of Barre Vermont are urged to meet on September 1 1903 at nine in the forenoon in their wards at designated voting places to elect governor lieutenant governor state treasurer secretary of state auditor of accounts attorney general a U S representative three county senators two master judges county court judge probate state's attorney and other officials. Wards list polling places include Chueh street school building Spaulding graded school Summer street Beckley street Minckwell street city court room City Mall. Dated Barre Vermont August mids with John Mohins mayor.
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Hares
Washington
Vermont
Congress
Eberitt
Barre
General Assembly
Chueh Street
Himes
Minckwell Street
City Court Rem
City Mall
Cty
A.D. Ipod
John Mohins
Mayer
Postmaster Changes and New City Delivery in Vermont
Changes in Vermont postmasters include George B. Walace succeeding C H Wallace as East Highgate postmaster. Celia A Wing named for Highgate Springs succeeding L H Betton. Washington reports an order establishing city delivery in Middlebury effective November 15 with two letter carriers, carbon box street deliveries, and a combination letter box.
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George B. Walace
C. H. Wallace
East Rye
Washington
Hanors
Vermont
East Ityegate
Caledonia County
George H. Wallace
CM. Wallace
Highgate Springs
Franklin County
Celia A. Wing
L. H. Betton
Ties Department
Middlebury
Plainfield Births and Town Notes in Vermont Week
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Philip Poland Turnday. Mrs Emma Bert Batehelder visits Marne for a few days. Mrs Clarence Gidiiding of Marne was in town Wednesday. Charley Bean returned to Manchester, N.H. Wednesday. Miss Kila Richards of Milford, Mass visited Grace Nobie. Mrs F H Broffer spent days in Barre with relatives. Dick Batchelder and con are visiting relatives in Albany. Mrs D W Moserie in Heaton Hospital Montpelier for treatment. Rev and Mrs Perrin H Fisk spent days in Johnsbury. Henry Prescott of Manchester visited his brother William Prescott. Mr and Mrs Frank Steadman moved to Montpelier for employment. Miss Margaret Hodgedon of Cabot visited her daughter Mrs Arthur Perkins. Apple washings gathered on Albert St Cyr’s farm. Dr and Mrs Finte and Miss Ella attended the funeral in Montpelier. Mr B P Page and son and Mrs Viola Hemix visited A M Cates in North Montpelier. Mr and Mrs Ed Hartson and Miss Lillian St John and Will Hartson are at camp at Nigger Head pond. Miss Vrances Branes, aided by Mrs K P Leavitt, has gone home to Burlington. Mr and Mrs Ansel Parham returned to Waterville, Me after several days with relatives. Mrs Mary Lee of Zanesville, Ohio, writes of using Dr King’s New Discovery. The ad promotes King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung issues, with testimonials and guarantees.
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Walter Myer
Lake St. Joseph
Andrew Lyford
Wodbury
Loverni
Frank Kenerson
Greensboro
Miller
Lowell
Masa
George Hoyt
J. G. Williams
Nellie
St. Albans
Montreal
iNew Flora Atkin
St. Johnabury
Mike Mure McAllinter
A. ©. Ainsworth
New Maven
D. L. Hilliard
St. 8
Currier of
Barre
Lower Cabot
Silver Bay
Charley Bean
Manchester
N. 1
Wednewday
Mise Kila Richards
Milford
Mase
Misa Grace Nobie
F. H. Broffer
Mr. and
Mire
Dick” Batchelder
Con
Albany
D. W. Moserie
Heaton Hospital
Montpelier
Perrin H. Fisk
Johnsbury
Henry Prescott
Njit
William Prescott
Frank Steadman
Ahre B. P. Page and Son
Viola Hemix
A. M
Cates
North Montpelier
and Mire
Hartson
Henry Hartson
Lillian St. John
Will Hartson
Nigger Head" Pond
Mins Vrances Branes
K.P. Leavitt
Heer
Burlington
Ansel Parham
Waterville
Ainding
Tuning Forks and Notable Historical Mentions
A fragmented list covers experiments with two tuning forks and their synchronized sounds, claims about camels in the wild, notes on Cornelius Vanderbilt and Daniel Webster as strong men, and brief observations on nitrobenzol and amber, with speculative origins and sensory notes.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Daniel
Webster
America
Brief Notes From Public Life And Academia
Hrarian Charles G Gould of Me Gal University Keavy Montreal is president of the American Library Association. Senator Samuel H Piles of Washington state, fifty, rose from a logging camp to wealth in the Pacific. An elderly couple from Franklin Me celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. A Great Barrington Me man keeps a 160 year old handmade gold watch. Miss Bora Murray, Radcliffe graduate, earns a Ph D magna cum laude from Munich and plans teaching in Germany. Nine years ago Jon C Meyers swam Alton to St Louis twenty six miles in seven hours. Miss Little Mayer now does it in six hours eighteen minutes. Gertrude Holland Wren receives the Pereira medal from the Pharmaceutical Society of England, the blue ribbon of pharmacy, plus the Oliver medal in chemistry. Moses I Oetrogoreki, Russian savant author of Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties, visits the U S to study presidential selection and vote methods, remaining until November.
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Charles G. Gould
Megal University Keavy
Montreal
American Library Association
Samuel H. Piles
Washington
Murray
Radcliff
Munich University
Germany
Jon C. Meyers
Alton
St Louis
Miss Little Mayer
Miss Mayer
Gertrude Holland Wren
Pereira
Pharmaceutical Society of England
Plays and Players in New Season Lineup
A comedy titled The Money Lander will be produced by Nate and Jerome. Dorothy Donnelly is announced to star next season under Henry B. Harris in a new Charles Klein James Forbes play. Writers Agnes Higerton Castle Muarths Morton sign with Harris. Edgar Sehryn will appear in Pierre of the Plains, dramatizing Pierre and His People. Alfred Majilton joins Henry W. Savage to play Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow.
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Alfred Majilton
Regiiih
Henry W. Savage
Baron Popoff
Ingratitude and Betrayal Warned by a Tribune Quote
A passage from the New York Tribune by William George Jordan laments ingratitude and treachery. It condemns refusing forgiveness and desertion in times of benefactor need, calling out the cowardice of betrayal and the devilish path from thoughtlessness to treachery.
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Jesse
Wil Ham George Jordan
New York Tribune
Scraps of Science and Space Feats Spark Curious Innovations
A new machine to dispose of ash in ships vents it through the keel to avoid scouring the hull. Cobbin University in New York offers visual proof of earth motion with a ninety one foot pendulum swing from a chapel dome. An automatic bed with adjustable tension enables a ship friendly cableway and breeches buoy to operate safely at sea.
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Cobbin University
New York
The Bible's Structure and Oddities Revealed
The study lists totals for the New Testament and Bible as a whole, noting 27 books in the NT, 200 chapters, 7 069 verses, 181 258 words, and 39 930 letters. It cites middle verses in Thessalonians and Acts and a middle verse in Psalm 118, with fragmented remarks on horsepower and a road incident.
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the Thessalonians
John
FLY CATCHES
Harry Bemis notes catchers trend to career years as salaries rise. Pitcher Raymond of St Louis Nationals draws crowds in Chicago as relatives watch him. Outfielder Schwertser, Ohio Penn recruit, shows speed and skill. Dartmouth lefty Percy Skillin falters this spring amid engagement talk. Pitcher Karger of St Louis valued by NL and AL clubs, waiver system blocks Ban Johnson teams.
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Harry Bemis
Raymond
St. Louie Nationals
Chicago
Outfelder Schwertser
St. Louis
Ohio-Pennsyvania
Dartmouth
Big South Paw
Percy Skillin
Hely Wald
Chicago Nationals
Karger
Ban Johnson
Tales They Tell in a Severe Ewan Storm
A thunderous electrical storm in Ewan New Jersey smashed a barn and felled trees struck by lightning. A Red Lion Pennsylvania rooster owned by William Spangler shattered two glass panes chasing its reflection and nearly bled to death. A Wyandotte hen from Penacook New Hampshire lays a weekly egg, weights five pounds, and measures 84 by 5% inches with double yolks. A St Louis mail sorter, Charles Hauffman, found a stolen gold watch with a charity note inside. Two hundred dollars hung on a clothesline in Woodbury Connecticut as a drenched owner William Wilhelmy returned home.
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Ewan
N. J
William Spangler
Red Lion
Ezra Noel
Penacook
N. Hi
Charles Hauffman
St. Louis
M Street
Woodbury
Conn
William Wilhelmy
Facts From France Highlight Declining Auto Market
A French auto business is shrinking while Paris opens niche shops such as a celebrity hat story shop and Palais Royal curtains by Giese. A glazing effect with colored glass pieces appears when closed. French laws now restrict wine naming to regional provenance, strictly enforcing terms like Champagne only for legitimate regions.
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Paris
Palais Royal
Parie
English Etchings and Historic England Details
The piece notes that England’s houses would stretch 27 000 miles if placed in a nine, reports the annual cost to maintain a British prisoner at about 725 dollars, mentions the Sovereign of the Seas as the first English three decker battleship from Charles I’s era, and records London’s June as the sunniest on memory with one sunless day and total sun hours of 245 for the month, with long daily daylight periods in portions.
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England
London
New York City Commerce and Population Figures Revealed
The New York Herald reports city weekly visitors around five hundred thousand, 138 department stores employing 11,000 people, and that nearly a third of new port immigrants stay within the city. It notes wood use for presses, and juror costs totaling 415,168 dollars this year.
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New York City
New York
New York Herald
A Hundred Years Ago in Daily Life
A reminiscence notes absence of fountain pens cartoons tan shoes and parlor matches. It recalls steamboats just introduced on the Mississippi making a trip from New Orleans to St Louis take about three months.
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Mississippi River
New Orleans
St Louie
St. Louis
Republic
Prater Park Praise Prompted by Erratic Phrases
A clipped Pith and Point style note reflects on boasting and history with garbled references to the Prater in Vienna and a stray remark about Europe’s largest park. It mentions a reader advisory and hints at page 2 advertisement.
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Prater Park
Europe
Prater
Viennai
Electry
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Travelers’ Railway Guide
Cape
Aquary
Dasre
Montpatter
Talk OF
the Town
Ausablé Chasm
Hee
Justin
Rexall Skeeter
Demenica
Corrente
Terranno
Loro
Casa
Cardi
Center Street
Luili
Agosto
Il Menting Regolare Della Granite Cutters Internations Asseclion
Sexione di Barre
Scalpellini-La Nortmanione
Bardock
Doan
EK. Davis
Grocer
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Websterville
L. J. Bolster
Palenhone
Street
Barre, Vermont
Scranton
Lehigh
D. M. Miles Coal CO
Na Main St
Blackwell
Lackawanna
Thrabov
Calder & Richardson
Denet Aes
Phone
the Times
Randolph
Frank Parcoun
Parsons Farm
Brourlay
Charles White
Sludge White
South Dakota
CABOT
A. M. Hodgdon
Barre, Thureday
Wesiness
Carl Fisher
Charles Plumley
Northfield
W. Gordon
W. Tf. Sparhawk
Ira Reed
Lewis Farrington
K. BP. Freeman
Florence Woodly
Viola Whitehen
Hiram Rossel
KR. Hall
North Calais
Morris Post Gal Rand
Myre
Warner Laween
Mie
Vey
Sane
Scribner
Sylvia Mies
Hanquett Mall
Stowe Wo KC. Ro
Freeman
Ing
Spaulding Graded
Summer Street
Beckley Street School
Plainfield
Mrs
Philip Poland Turnday
Emma Bert Batehelder
Marne
Clarence Gidiiding
Mira Margaret Hodgedon of
Cabott
Mra. Artur Perkins
Mra
Malcolim McLeod
Albert St. Cyr
F. 1.Inte
Mise Ella
Montpelier Vrilay
Kili Gale
James Lee
Zanesville
Mary Lee
Iiem
Red Cross Pharmacy
Fickert & Weil Drug Store
Soin
Hate
the Hall OF Fame
Ruggles
France
Atebisen Globe
Orsted
Ladies’ Department
Big Eile
Pearl Sts
Great Wall Paper Sale
Perry
C. A. Heath
No. Main St
Bear Perry & Camp's
Tel
Fife
S.J. Segel Co
Scampini
Main Street
Granite Street
Depot Square
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