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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1920
Page
2
The list presents Hood's Sarsaparilla and Medicine as a broad line of remedies for catarrh rheumatism stomach liver kidneys blood purification and related ailments. It cites ingredients such as mandrake dandelion wintergreen gentian and juniper berries and touts combined merit and value in the product.
Mrs Augusta E Wells of Brattleboro aged 80, a longtime social reformer and agent for the Thomas Thompson Trust of Boston, died after shocks. She helped route about 150000 pounds of trust income over twenty years to relief efforts. A Guilford native, she leaves an adopted daughter Florence Hemenway Wells of Brattleboro and her husband, a California golf hunter in the early 1900s, has been dead five years.
Locally stocked markets report easier access to fresh eggs at 16 cents per dozen. Vendors note steady demand as shoppers seek affordable staples amid changing prices. Officials caution shoppers to verify freshness and avoid price gouging during peak hours.
London and Boston dispatches from Dec 1, 1920 report butter prices slipping in New York and Boston markets with a one cent drop. Quotations show varied dairy goods, including eggs and cheese, while Ireland recounts Sinn Fein tensions after arrests at Southampton and a deadly ambush near Kilmac chal.
Clyde Engel former Red Sox player resigns as University of Vermont baseball coach effective December 23 after two years in charge. Authorities cite no reasons. reports say friction with the athletic council limited his authority and sparked discussion among undergraduates about his lack of autonomy.
A fragment from a Waterbury report describes morning and evening church attendance, with Sunday school reporting the largest turnout. It references Advent season events from November 30 to December 4 and mentions a Christmas tree entertainment in the North Church vestry, though the text is garbled.
Fragmentary note states Misa Lyon morning and Mee Fo Le Graves evening, both supplying readily. Pastor plans to be in Montpelier Friday for a ministerial retreat where he hopes to speak on Men’s Classes in Rural Churches.
A Sunday at the M K church drew about forty worshippers with many staying for Sunday school and thirteen joining the newly organized men's club activity.
Officers of that class are W Ray Tiloteon, nt, James Buck, vice resident, James McNellage, secre tary, and Lynn Jones, treasurer. An in and som banquet is to take place in the near future under the auspices of the men's class.
The Helping Hand society held a Saturday bean supper to raise funds toward a mortgage payment. Mrs. Prank H. Baldwin and Mrs. Anna Roae led the effort with support from K. R. Vietcher who provided sunny contributions.
A fragmentary account discusses Harvard students at Cambridge, Massachusetts, adopting overshoes as fashionable footwear after a meal bell. It notes the urge to be first at the college and describes the scene of youths strutting in their overshoes, with observers assessing the attire.
A fragment notes how loosely tied shoes sparked quick sense that a new fashion was forming. The casual observation suggests rapid adoption as style.
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