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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
2
Vermont faces a severe teacher shortage as Commissioner Hillegas urges unions to locate qualified candidates. Many educators have left for other states or federal service, prompting vacancies and school delays.
Four workmen died and two were injured when a British Chemical Company building in Trenton Ontario exploded and burned early in December. The blaze destroyed the structure and caused extensive damage.
Maude Radford Warren highlights French women as nurses and mothers to soldiers. Paris scenes at Gare du Nord show Madame Courvol turning a basement into a rest area with seventy five beds for weary troops. Her effort and other Parisian women give aid as soldiers travel to and from the front.
The ad promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Peptiron as a combined tonic for blood, nerves, and digestion. Taken before meals and with or without other remedies, they are said to help those with impure pale blood, anemia, rheumatic or nervous conditions, especially when iron is deficient. If laxative is needed, Hood’s Pile is advised.
Samuel Gompera of the American Federation of Labor ordered a strike vote by 60,000 packing house workers. The vote, due back in one day, may authorize a strike if negotiations with Libby McNeil & Libby fail after 80 workers were discharged. The unions demand a 40 percent wage increase and an eight hour day.
In St Paul Minnesota B Ford and his wife Elizabeth were found guilty of publishing articles in the Faribault Referenduum that discouraged enlistments. They were sentenced by the Rice county court to pay fines of 600 each and to serve one year in jail.
Dee Waallingvem J L Marshall of the University of Chicago was named chief of a five sector Industrial section in the council of national defense to adjust labor supply to war needs. The bureau will study dilution of labor including women in munitions, current and future Tibet war industry demand, priority labor, and shaping war worker supply.
In Washington on December 1 Representative Joe Cannon urged an immediate declaration of war against Austria Hungary and Bulgaria if the president desires it. He predicted Congress would swiftly authorize all needed appropriations to wage successful war. He declined to comment on Republican leadership in the House amid Minority Leader Mann’s illness.
State figures urge Vermonters to raise wood for fuel as a wartime measure. Montpelier official Hogi J. M. Jones calls on residents to cut a cord for the country, pairing indoor workers with available woodlots and stressing labor as key to supply.
A testimonial from Mrs Nelson of 3 Martient street Berre sa ys she regained mobility after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She states the remedies stopped her back pain and numbness, and that relief lasted over six years. The advertisement urges others with dull or sharp back pain to try the pills, claiming neighbors also recommend them.
Rome reports Italy needs about 800 000 tons of coal to run railways, munitions factories, and war industries while domestic use is minimal. Charcoal supplies price 850 to 1000 retail. wholesale coal prices range 14 to 20 per ton. The government governs distribution. Britain and Italy coordinate coal imports with the United States to boost supply, with plans discussed at the Paris conference.
London reports domestic coal rations and allowances set by house size for winter. Prices range from the best grade at about 10.97 to poorer grades, with variations by distance from central London. Rations vary from two tons for six rooms to two and a half tons for nine or ten rooms, with delivery restricted to ten tons and a fortnightly follow-up ration.
Paris reports strict coal economy for winter with fixed household allotments of 24 pounds monthly for families up to four. Prices for natural heat coal set by the government while chamber of commerce handles household coal pricing. Anthracite unavailable. nominal price listed at 48.70 with 40 and 44 costs noted for other grades.
Briefs filed with the supreme court support appeals from draft law convictions. Kam a Goldman and Alexander Berkman argue the paramount issue is whether conscientious objection to war participation may be made without suffocation of prison space for their views. Other points appear in the fragmentary text.
Washington reports the new documentary stamp taxes from the war tax bill go into effect. Revenue stamps apply to bonds of indemnity, capital stock transfers, stock exchanges, produce sales, drafts, notes, deeds, steamship tickets, proxies, power of attorney, conveying deeds, and more. Stamps sold at post offices. some transfers via revenue collectors. Exemptions and rates vary by item. penalties lead to increased revenue for the treasury.
The text warns of a new era in commerce driven by abundant cash and rapid payments. It urges firms to abandon old habits of delayed receivables and bank borrowing, adopt brisk collection methods, and enable prompt bill payments to ride the current of faster business activity. It notes widespread shifts across markets and calls for immediate adaptation to avoid regrets.
Port Robinson July 8 1915 A testimonial for Fruita-tives from William Warren praising the medicine for a daughter Hattie with kidney disease and edema. The letter claims rapid swelling reduction and ongoing health improvement, with a price offer of 6 for 2.60 and mail order details from Fruitatives Limited in Ogdensburg New York.
Correspondent reports Norway facing a deepening food crisis as U S embargo tightens, with grain imports halted, a government grain monopoly, rationing of bread and flour, restricted gasoline, kerosene shortages, and widespread reliance on margarine while imports of sugar and raw materials fall short.
The article urges business men to use and rotate money, avoiding stagnation in old credit. It argues that timely collections and full payments help move an oversupply of money, seen as the nation’s current economic problem in American-Stone Trade.
Post office at 62 North Street lists unclaimed letters for the week. Men include Charles Ayers J Calleja Mowbray Alphonse Magnan R Morin V Sereduk Largi Tomasin. Women include Mrs Trudell Brigus two letters Mrs Edward Buren Mrs John Charley Mise Annie Rivoir Mrs Vap Ruegun.
The report notes Norway facing a fat shortage with rationing likely. It mentions fuel limits as coal and coke costs rise, and questions why Britain’s export continues. No official explanation is provided.
An advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims the product removes a supposed poison from meals and urges immediate health action with a money back guarantee and brand authenticity.
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