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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
8
Public bath at Hotel Otis offered for 25 cents with brief notes on local happenings. A few days remain in Abbott's basement sale advertised with terms unclear. Auction or exhibition indicated on page 2 with a price of five dollars.
A note on Perry's offers a pretty lingerie white waist. A. HM. Denny of New York visited friends in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McWhorter and Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Abbott went to Boston yesterday for a week of business and pleasure.
The Edison Gold Moulded Records are promoted as the most sensitive records, producing sound so natural it feels like hearing Warnd Fight in your own room. The September Kee will be on sale in August. Owners of Cylinder Machines are invited to hear them at P.M. Thorney in Barre Vermont.
Extra race values at Vaughn's excite readers as Excursion to Ausable Chasm is scheduled for Aug 25. Notices cover dressmaking by Nora Blair Hill Street Barre and visits by George Collamer to Shelburne parents. Various residents report travels, births, and local business moves including a sale of W. B. Cate real estate agency and a hotel on Brooklyn Street.
Mr and Mrs Carl King visit his mother as Bradford fair draws near. Tenjormin Tucker nominated for town representative at Republican meeting. Leslie Sith nearing completion of a barn removal and rebuild for horse housing. Almont Hite delegates attend conventions as West Orange Sunday school association meets. Revs BM Fuller and Mise Nubb from Burlington attend. Next meeting likely in East Brainteee.
Dr Archambault and associates announce consultation and treatment notes in the city, listing locations at Harville Residence and Geaniteville residence for ongoing medical consultations and tuberculin serum therapy. The notice references specific days and times for visits and referrals.
Weather prediction notes light variable winds for Viale tonight and Tuesday. No precipitation mentioned.
A compact, townwide roundup notes visits by Mrs. Margaret Daley and Mr. William James to Fred Duval, August events, and ongoing business maneuvers. Mentions Vermont Mutual Insurance, Staniford fashion books, dime picture machines at fairs, and local sports results. Includes arraignment of John Luela for larceny, and a Barre G C A meeting set for August 4 1908 with constitutional vote details.
The fall term of the public schools will begin Tuesday, September 8, signaling the start of the new academic year. Details on daily schedules and teacher assignments were announced for the district.
A local store advertises a cash sale promotion offering a ten pound pail of lard with thirty dollars in checks during July. The ad claims this is the largest cash discount offered by any up-to-date local store and highlights prominent cash sales.
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