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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
9
The Barre Daily Times notes ongoing Vermont political chatter from Governor Fletcher and Vermont figures. It discusses the Montpelier flag pole collapse, Dartmouth donor Wallace F Robinson, and Admiral Clark’s potential Panama canal dedication role, alongside upcoming New Haven mileage changes and a new Linotype press increasing page size and advertising clarity.
The editor cites a Times column dated Nov 29 critiquing a sermon by Rev. Dun can Salmond at the First Baptist Church. The letter defends Utah Mormons, boasting high birth rates, low deaths, few divorces, and many converts in 1910, and challenges anti Mormon accusations about plural marriage and alleged slave girls. Elder Win McFarlane is named as a signatory.
A Burlington Free Press letter argues against the Babbitt bill exempting loans secured on real estate in Vermont. It warns the policy shifts tax burden to real estate and other taxpayers, damages revenue, and echoes New Hampshire experience. The writer cites statistics on personal property, intangibles, and compares to Maryland and Pennsylvania.
A legislative committee weighs a proposal to grant tax exemptions that would slash loan rates to four mills for in state or nearby lending while keeping seven mills otherwise. Critics warn the plan would widen tax avoidance, preserve bank loan monopoly, harm small borrowers, and keep wealth concentrated, hindering farm revitalization and state revenue.
In South Barre last night special Humane Officer George Shannon found a worn draft horse fit for rendering. He located the owner and urged immediate humane death, which was carried out. Today in North Main Officer Shannon saw another cruelty case involving a Plainfield horse showing years of toil and disease. A young boy, guiding the animal, was instructed to dispatch it at once.
After a few days in the Gifta for the babies the Ye Specialtie Shoppe reports new arrivals at Vaughan store. The market now offers fresh tea and other items as part of its latest stocking.
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