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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
6
A brief notice invites readers to join the Magazine Library offering a month subscription. Readers can read the first thirteen issues for 20 cents per month and the full list of 23 titles for 50 cents monthly. The ad promotes access to leading magazines at a low price.
The Barre Daily Times lists Ballard tact as an agent for the National Life Insurance Company at Miles Brook, Barra, Vermont. This notice records local agent presence in a December 1908 issue.
The column lists multiple community notices including a rummage sale, holiday events, church fairs, a concert at Hale’s Pavilion, a Christmas display, and charity fundraisers. It mentions Dec 8 9 12 13 dates, venues like 53 Washington street Hill street and Hale’s Pavilion, with items from bread and baked beans to jewelry and Christmas cards alongside performances and minor auctions.
The 1903 trial in a Windsor county court heard Mrs Rogers accused of murdering her husband Marcus Rogers to collect insurance. The accomplice, Leon Perham, under 20, testified on relationships and the looming crime while Rogers’s brother described illness after visits. A life sentence followed for Mrs Rogers and Perham, with evidence later tying the rope to the crime.
A historical report describes the March 30 1883 hanging of Mrs Lucy Meeker at the state prison in Wake County. The article notes her deafness and claims she cried out that she was innocent while crowds petitioned to spare her. Her execution followed a court denial of mercy as the jailer led her to the gallows with the chaplain present.
Record of executions shows Gyrus B. Dean executed at Burlington on December 23, 1808 as part of Vermont's penalty history. The list enumerates offenders in early state justice.
The fragment recalls Archibald Bates execution in Bennington Central in 1849 after killing his brother’s wife in 1828. It describes the crowd, the gallows, and the holiday mood, noting Sheriff Smith and Governor Redding figures, with references to Ethan Allen and the Bennington Battle Monument nearby.
A legal notice from Bennington County Clerk to Sheriff Henry E H Peck of Windsor County Vermont summarizes a death sentence action. The document references Mary M. Rogers of Bennington and the Bennington County Court in a formal commencement on the first Tuesday of De cember.
A vintage ad highlights D Zerta Ae teen on pen cee a water to cool into a jelly dessert. It promises the tastiest jelly with five flavors Raspberry Lemon Strawberry Cherry Orange and lists possible fruit and nut additions. Includes decorative table pieces and a price of 4 Grocers for 10 cents.
A Vermont court orders the execution of Mary M. Rogers on the first Friday in February 1905 between 1 and 2 PM at the State Prison in Windsor. The document directs the county sheriff to carry out the sentence and mandates fixed solitary confinement during the interim and the sentencing terms under Vermont law.
A fragmentary antique column reports on Carlyle’s birthplace cottage in Eclefechan with a puzzled pilgrim recalling the scene and a gude-wife reply. The piece wanders through Australia migration notes, a London scene, roaster adverts, and a Prater crowd’s boisterous chatter as a chaotic miscellany.
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