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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1915
Page
5
The store showcases practical gifts and home furnishings for Christmas. It promises value for any budget and highlights a crowded showroom stocked with attractive, up to date items. The message emphasizes thoughtful small gifts that maximize happiness beyond the season.
A collage of small city items spans visitors and departures across streets and stores. Names such as Mra Wood, Roberta of Albany, Miss Faun Barney, Miss Beatrice Callaghan, Miss Florence Moore, and Mrs Guillette appear among dozen locals. A hunting party returns from Essex county with several deer. Conductor changes occur on the Barre branch as Austin Emery replaces James Kanaly temporarily.
AN Linens advertises price advances on holiday specials and invites customers to buy at old prices. Damask today $1.00 per yard, 650 towels 50 cents and 350 at 25 cents, toweling by the yard, fancy Huck towels, plain linens, ivory pyraline showcase item, silk hosiery available in colors and sizes for Christmas gifts.
Local store showcases Marshall Field line imported items including Christmas umbrellas with new style handles. Special sale price on Gloria Silk Umbrella at 81.50, plus Christmas jewelry hot pins brooches baby pins buckles and new hand and pocket books. Turkish towels and assorted gift goods highlight current stock with shipments from New York and early February sellout.
Clean up sale features suits from $7.98 to $12.50 with big discounts on All-Weol Serge Poplin models and mistimed stock. Selection includes blue green brown and mixed colors with weights of poplins serges gabardines and mixed fabrics. Prices reflect substantial reductions from former $12 to $25 ranges.
The notice advertises a ladies coat sale with two racks of odd plain cloth coats in various styles and fabrics. Coats priced at 7.98, 9.98, 12.50, and 15.00 are highlighted along with new waist values and colorful waists in striped, white linen, crepe de chine, taffeta, and tub silks.
Fragmentary text describes displays and sales at a market with mentions of names and places, including a church group and Christmas shopping. The readable portions indicate offerings and a church event, with references to local vendors and community activity.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local brief with place names Willow Dock and North Wow. The readable bits mention Chilatenas and a bandkerchie term, but the full event or action is unclear. No dates, organizations, or concrete outcomes are present.
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