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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1906
Page
5
A garbled page lists social notes and town items including Theater and skating events, personal visits, business notices, and club meetings. Mentions include Abbotts, Vinglans, Parry Roller skating, Hales pavnl, Randolf, Dover, and Burlington. Several names appear with brief travels and sales ads.
A church fair and home made candy sale proceeds, with a supper and entertainment planned for Thursday evening at Vaughns Hall. The event features a college room performance and a dance led by Miss A Fisting Lewis, with Ralph iitartean and Tom Vernon among attendees. Admission is one dollar at the door with supper for fifty cents.
A P Abbott & Co. invites readers to buy sensible gifts, noting last season’s sales and promising durable, quality merchandise at modest prices. The ad emphasizes practical items that earn the receiver’s respect and encourages prudent spending on dependable goods.
Christmas shopping notes describe embroidery silks and linens, silkolines, art silks, and laces for edges and linen handkerchiefs and corsets. Ribbons in all colors and widths sold at 5 10 and 15 cents, with heavy Asiatic ribbon at the same price as flimsy kinds.
A short sale notice lists very choice towels for fancy work or gifts with prices around 50c and 25c each. Aprons offered as presents, especially for older ladies. Lawn fabric shrunk and ready, 20 and 25c, 45 inches wide. Laces and embroideries at 5 to 1c per yard. Aprons plain or tucked with Bretelles for 25c. Better items at 50 and 7c.
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