Central Vermont and Barre travel guide trains schedule
The Barre Daily Times lists Central Vermont Railway and Montpelier River routes with departure times from Barre to Montpelier and Wells River connections. It notes trains leaving Barre at 7 40 am with connections to Wells River and Montpelier and streetcar service times around Barre and Montpelier, including hourly departures from Montpelier to Barre.
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Central Vermont Railway
Kate Barre
White Fare Junction
Bowne
Windsor Nod
Walle New York
Boving Sonation
Insurance Ad Encourages Spousal Coverage in Vermont
An obscure classified style notice promotes applying for life insurance on a wife through National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier Vermont. It lists agents Ballard in Barre and an Murre in Montpelier and references a 0th year mutual policy.
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National Life Vnsurance Company
Montpelier
Mutual
Soul Pelier
Ballard
Marre
Talk of the Town: Watch and Jewelry Cash Buyers
A truncated notice markets cash for watches diamonds and silver jewelry. Burr proclaims stone cutters glasses and L P Austin promotes watch and clock services. An odd line mentions Fisherman Roxall Skeeter Bhoot and a fishery event with scattered Italian text and a home meeting on center street.
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Burr
L. P. Austin
Roxall Skeeter
Domenica
Terranno
Casa
Center Street
Visioni
Warning For Freeman's Meeting in Barre Vermont
The freemen of Barre Washington Vermont are warned to meet on Tuesday September 14 1009 at nine oclock in the forenoon in their wards at voting places to elect governor lieutenant governor state treasurer secretary of state auditor of accounts attorney general representative to Congress three county denators two assistant judges of the county court judge of probate states attorney sheriff high bailiff and fifteen justices of the peace plus a Barre city representative for the general assembly. Voting places are Ward one Church Street School Ward two Spaulding Graded School Ward three Summer Street School Ward four Beckley Street School Ward five Hose House Blackwell Street Ward six City Court Room City Hall. Dated Havre Vermont August 14 1009. Join Robins Mayor.
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Barre
Washington
Vermont
Congress
General Assembly
Church Street
Hose House
Blackwell Street
City Hall
Havre
Robins
Randolph and area social notes report town visits and events
A chronicle from Randolph notes many residents and visitors over the weekend. Lettie Bailey traveled with friends to Hrookfel. Newton Fisher joined his mother in Marshfield for a week’s vacation. DeWitt Webb from Key West visited relatives. Fred Hass of New Jersey joined his family at the Miller cottage for a short vacation. Jennie Crown arrived from Van Wert to care for Dr. Hoekman. Mrs. Julius Tilken returned home after weeks with Mrs. B. Share. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Webster visited A. Leonard. families of Dr. Wheeler, Carl Thresher, and Juline Tilson left for Boston area. Mrs. Rank Story returned from Waterbury after being hosted by Mrs. Charles Hayward. Mrs. Blanchard hosted a dinner in honor of Julian Tilson of Malden, with sixteen ladies present. Dr. and Mrs. Gilman Wheeler hosted a party with sixteen guests. Mrs. Clarence Moulton returned from New Haven after a month with the Clarke family. Frank Parsons and guests left for Warren. Mrs. EB Williams returned to Hartford after two weeks with relatives. A Democratic rally at DuBoland’s hall featured Vernon Bullard and George Fred Williams. A party at Alonzo Emery’s honored Mr. and Mrs. Finnery’s brother and wife from Newtonville. Charles Abbott left for Burlington to spend a month with his daughter before heading to Georgia. Rig Hull died after a five-day rheumatic fever, later spinal complications. he was 13. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Fred Hass
New Jereny
Miller Cottage
Jennie Crown
Vanover
Hoekman
Julius Tilken
Hoston
B, C. Share
Fred Webster
Burling ‘Ton
A. Leonard
Wheeler
Carl ‘Thresher
Juline Titson
Boston
Gilman Wheeler
Moston
Clarence Moulton
New Haven
Conn
Bir
W. Be Clarke
Frank Parsons
L. C. Drew
Warren
Alonzo Emery
Mra. Finnery
Charles Wood
Newtonville
Mase
Charles Abbott
Burlington
Atute
Georgia
Vinal Haven Quarry Strike Settled After Months of Stoppage
The granite cutters strike at tidewater quarries near Vinal Haven Maine ended after March 1 stoppage. About 300 workers will return to work for six months under a new wage adjustment and restrictions on pneumatic tools. The dispute caused hardship island wide as many workers left for other jobs.
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Vinal Haven
Tide Place
Social Notes From Chelsea and Nearby Towns
Chelsea and nearby communities report visits and brief travels. Mrs Oliver J Medcalf plans two weeks visiting friends in Newbury NH. Mrs Arthur Rogers and child visited relatives in Worcester last week. Mrs FM Perkins stayed with Mrs Gertrude Hyde of St Johnsbury. W A Prescott moved his farm to Tunbridge. Misses Tift visited Miss Flork Corwin and returned to Somerville MA. Ed Rowell owns a white colt with red ears in Tunbridge. Miss Minnie Coburn returned to Burlington after a stay with her parents. Several guests of Mrs Rose Bixby included Mrs Frank Morse, Miss Alina Huntley, and Mrs Charles W Bixby. Rev TS Scarborough from Amityville joined family at the Misses Andrews where they boarded. J K Darling and John M Comstock attended a court in Corinth Fai Sttend. Myr Magoon was represented by Mr Darling. New arrival Adabert T Skinner and daughter Beth visited relatives then went to Fast Brookfield to see his brother.
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Ed. Rowell
Tunbridge
Minnie Coburn
Jwr
Burlington
M. C. Coburn
J. K. Darling
John M. Comstock
Cookville
Corinth
Migoon
Chas
Roberta
Iuellon
Mr. Darling
Myr
Richard Bethel Named Supervising Architect in Treasury
Richard Bethel Wilven Wilcom has been notified of appointment as supervising architect in the Treasury Department in Washington, with a salary of $1.00 per year. The notice confirms the official post and nominal wage.
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Richard
Wilven
Wilcom
Ermenret
Treasury Department
Washington, L. CL
Penance in India shown in Reedham program
The program at the Karre opera house on Wednesday September 2 presents moving pictures from India, including vivid depictions of penance by Hindu devotees. It also features scenes from Naples Sicily Australia Rome and Savoy with varied attractions such as a Reedham Orphans drill and displays of physics phenomena.
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Tyman Tl. Howe
He Noen
Karre Opera House
India
Rome
Savoy
Reedham Orphans
Ungrateful Nellie Disrupts Music Lesson At Party
A speaker recalls Nellie acting selfishly as Mr. Spooner arrived for a prayer at a gathering. She asked him to play piano so she could monopolize the conversation and prevent any talk with him.
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Nelie
Cee Pao
Dora
Nellie
The Old and the New in a Family Tale
A humorous snippet contrasts a physician father and Christian Science mother with a threatened appendicitis scare involving Little Johnny. His indignant sister enters the room and quotes the boy who pleads for relief before muttering a parental rebuke. In Venice, Mrs. Malaprop-Partington jokes about waterlogged streets and chandeliers used as boats with a playful dongola row.
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Johnny
Slater
Judge's Library
Venice
Presence of Mind in a Costermonger's Tale
A vivid old anecdote portrays the coster monger's wife who boasts of her quick wit and fearless response. She recounts a shocking moment when a neighbor claimed she was a coward, and she struck back with sudden force, ending with a brutal admission of decisive action.
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Coster Monger
Early 1900s Patent Medicine Claims From Zanesville Adverts
Rural reader Mary Lin cites James Lee’s recovery credited to Dr. King's New Discovery for lung trouble once seen as hopeless. The note promotes various tonics and pills including Doan’s Megalete and Bitter Ties, with shop mentions Red Cross Pharmacy and others, touting cures for coughs, liver issues, headaches, and fatigue.
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Zanesville
Mary Lin
Aly Hie
James Lee
Dr. King
Red Cross Pharmacy
Atekert & Well
Snake Curve Ball Creates Boyhood Legend of Wren
In a nostalgic reminiscence the piece recalls a famed snake curve ball taught by a local mentor in Homeville and Poughkeepsie with dramatic fanfare. It contrasts a fearless child pitcher with the grownups and ends by noting a divorce report involving Evelyn Thaw and a denial of separation plans while his wife is in a sanatorium.
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Wren
Idyllic Romance Turns Friendship in Real Life Tale
In a playful sketch the couple moves from romance to steadfast friendship, a pattern described as an evolving tale. The piece notes peanuts arrive from multiple regions including Africa, the East Indies, Argentina, Algeria, and the United States, with shell yields and kernels used for edible oil and soap ranking.
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Puck
France
East Africa
Dutch East Indies
Argentina
Algeria
Senegal
Australia
Undesirables across borders and creatures alike
A brief 1920s style observation notes how both people and animals face exclusion. It mentions the Chinese and Japanese, then shifts to other beings like sparrows, sterling birds, rabbits, the mongoose, and the fox. The piece ends with a remark on human ears lacking perfect hearing.
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United States
A Hindoo's Toilet Curious Morning Scene in East Indian Compound
Mary Annabel Chamberlain describes a morning bathing ritual in an East Indian compound. Men line the compound well with draperies off, washing and scrubbing in a lively scene. They rinse with a chatty, drink water, then resume work as the sun rises.
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Bryant
Bindeo
Tim
Mary Anabel Chamberlain
Atlantic
Posters Took Their Name From London Street Posts
Posters, named for the posts once lining London footways that bore advertisements, separated footpaths from drives.
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London
Mascots Across Cultures Through Time
The article surveys how mascots from cats to grasshoppers and otters have held varying symbolic roles across civilizations. It notes ancient Egypt revered cats, Italy’s grasshoppers appeared in culture, and other peoples assigned differing meanings to animal figures.
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Italy
Weill Proportioned Men and Turkish Coffee Theories
A fragment mentions a well proportioned man with arm span equal to height, notes a Turkish belief that coffee strengthens muscle, and advises steering straight while others dodge. Marcus.
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Weill
Oldest known map traced to ancient Egypt era
E B and Tylor notes in Early History of Mankind that the oldest surviving map depicts Ethiopian gold workers dating to the era of Sethos I, before Greece's bronze tablet by Aristogoras. The claim links cartographic origins to a preclassical context and strong Egyptian provenance.
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E. B& Tylor
Sethos I
Ramenes II
Aristogoras
Greece
Death of Livingstone and burial to Westminster Abbey
Livingstone died April 20 1872 at Chitambow village on the Lulimala in Tint. His body was borne by his loyal servants to Zansibar then to England and laid to rest with honors in Westminster Abbey.
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Livingstone
Chitambow Village
Lulimala
Zansibar
England
Westminster Abbey
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Barre Daily Times
Travelers” Railway Guide
Wella River
Jeane Marie
Wells Iver
Ronneot
POE
Traiis
Perth Onan
Wet
Ein Rani Ada
Lao
Boglon
Littleton
Mugane
Astar
Alan
Mopar
Wien
St. Jobebury
Square
Talk OF
the Town
Freeman
Spaulding Graded
Summer Street
Beckley Street School
Websterville
L. J. Bolster
Telephone 405
North Main Street
Scranton
Lehigh
D. M. Miles Coal CO
Qiice
Blackwa
Lackawanna
Ben
Steve and Nut
Calder & Richardson
Depot Square
Randolph
Hethany Guild
Wade
Lettie Bailey
Hrookfel
Newton Fisher
Marshfield
DeWitt Webb
Key Wont
Florida
Rig
Alex Hull
Deornslea
Chelsea
Oliver J. Medcalf ix
Newbury
N. i
Mra
Arthur Rogers
Little Child
Wershire
Mra. FM
Perkins
Gertrude Hyde
St. Johnsbury
W. A. Prescott
George Fuller
Mill and T. King
Tiftt
Flork Corwin
Somerville
Mass
Ia Lougee
Charles W. Bixby
Frank E. Allen
Candia, N
Frank Morse
Somerville, Mass
Alina Huntley
Northield
Rose Bixby
Bethel
Main
Pearl Sts
Barre’s Big Department Store
Barre, Vermont
Sears
Turok
jMra
Chas, Freitay
Moosup
Down
Doan
Harmer
Thames
Beleet
Omer
Ceed
Homeville
Clarkson
Waddell
May
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Thaw
Dening
Sit
Evelyn Thaw
N. Main Street
Ideal Book Store
O. J. Dodge
Coce
Marcus
A. W. Allen
Sunnyside Farm
East Montpelier Road
Lyme
Great Wall Paper Sale
Perry & Camp
C. A. Heath
No. Main St
Bear Perry & Camp's
Tel
S. J. Segel Co
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