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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
6
A promotional notice invites readers to join the Magazine Library and subscribe for a month. It advertises reading the flat thirteen for 20 cents per month and the entire list of 22 for 20 cents per month, highlighting a bargain to read leading magazines at a mall cent.
The Barre Daily Times notes The National Life Insurance Company of Vermont Mutual, with an agent in Barre offering life mortgage protection. It emphasizes collateral, family and property security and invites inquiries at Miles' Block, Rooms 2 and 4.
A jumble of community items lists social events, sales, meetings, and notices. Highlights include a rummage sale, a clairvoyant appearance, a bricklayers union meeting, a sewing class, a musical program by the Mosart Company, and ticket info for St. John’s foreign Mason attendees. Nearby mentions include winter millinery sale, clothing drives, rental notices, baked goods for sale, Christmas bazaar preparations, and a Goddard min strel show. A local health pitch promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills, with a price.
Notices urge purchase of Perfected Poultry Food from C S Page Hyde Park VI with guaranteed satisfaction and returns. The Church of the Good Shepherd hosts an annual fair at Hale's Pavilion on December 1 and 13 featuring fancy work, home made candies, dressed dolls, entertainment, a circus, orchestra, and a supper from 5 30 to 7 30.
Local Northfield items describe a weekly social gathering of a faction in Wellslar 5. Visitors include E Watson of Albany and W M Strong from Montpelier. Death announced for Mrs Edward Shatt of Randolph. Naomi Chapter 14 Eastern Star held an annual meeting with officers elected. Lydia Patterson learns of her son’s death in San Antonio, Texas.
Lower Cabot residents report care for a paralytic grandmother Mrs Harvey Dow. Marshfield family accompanies, Montpelier hospital tests mentioned. Walter Ford and Mrs Ford visit Montpelier. L. Turner brings two children. Rae Parrott and Mrs Hateh visit, Thanksgiving at Mr Fisher’s. Lewis Prue returns to Lang Pond. Village residents attend a cheerful entertainment amid long week.
In Williamstown there was strong attendance at a gathering. Mis Helen Kimball of Richmond visits friends. Miss Eva Dunning plans a town hall entertainment with House's orchestra. Ernest Bancroft shot a fox. Tuddelayed serves as reader and impersonator. Kilaworth Waterman to work for Orville Gale as a brother-in-law in town for a few days. Mr. Nelson recovering from illness. Harry Blanchard adds four Jersey cows to his dairy.
In East Barre the Tribe Red Men hold regular meetings with nominations on the agenda. Members joked about rent and age with quips on cannibals and propriety, reflecting a lively, dated community exchange.
A downtown restaurant scene shows a man leaving half a mince pie, arguing the remainder should not be wasted. A girl replies it will go into the hash with most everything else, illustrating irony about poverty and marriage claims echoed from newspaper chatter.
A Barre resident Mrs Huntington testifies to immediate relief from kidney and back pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She bought a box at M A Crown's drug store and continued with a second and third box, praising the remedy's direct kidney action. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
In Randolph on December 7, C D Dunham was taken to Chelsea by Sheriff Lamgon on a writ of jail execution. Abbott won a judgment for about $40 for money advanced to Dunham to buy wood. A street altercation with Abbott followed a dispute at the post office corner. Dunham was knocked out by Abbott’s clubbing, and the case is tied to the State’s Attorney in Chelsea awaiting his return.
A fragment from the Kansas City Times notes a heated bargain scene where a cashier mentions $15,000 and a $500 reward. The speaker complains the bidders are unsportsmanlike as negotiations escalate amid jokes and sharp exchanges. The casual report hints at a local financial dispute or stunt.
The exchange shows a customer asking about gift boxes for a present and a clerk offering options and price. The dialogue mentions sending items home to a husband and implies a shopping scene in a local newspaper context.
An advertisement-like piece promotes Pepsoids as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach diseases. It claims to repair the stomach lining, destroy disease germs, and offer a free bottle after sending a name and address. It lists price as five cents per bottle and references Dr. Oldman and various locations including Barre Vermont and Chicago.
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