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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
5
Saturday specials offer deep discounts on fur neckwear and muffs including Isabella opossum blends. Searls, coney, and boa items priced from under a dollar to several dollars, with multiple sizes and finishes across fur types and bow cravats.
Surprise the family on Christmas morning with a usable present that also offers ornamental appeal. The store boasts an unusually splendid Holiday stock with many new and novel items, including furniture, ready for the gift list.
Local advertising notes mention new shopping bags and belts at The Vaughan Store, a promissory note about a city club banquet postponed, and a mix of social events. Community updates include church services, a Presbyterian program, a dramatic club event, a public dance at Woodmen’s hall, and forthcoming film showings at the opera house with reviews of The Burning of Thames and The Heart of a Clown.
A grocery of garments and home goods advertises deep discounts on dress goods wash fabrics bedding waistings ginghams percal es and lace curtains in the garment department for Christmas shopping comfort.
A city sale advertises furs for ladies and children at half original prices. Items include Sable, Isabella opossum, Tanbella fox, cipoxsum muffa, and rare selections like Marten and Mink with discounts up to 50 percent, aimed at school wear and luxury pieces.
A damaged ad notes Ladiew Suite stock is large with many items on sale. One half price colored skirts and a fine all wool Panama skirt at 9.98, plus one fourth off odd black skirts and rubberized 9 yn Ube coats. Limited sizes remain. discounts apply during Shixwale.
A jumble of names and places from Ryegate to Danville with visitors, business trips, and holiday events. Mentions of Ward shifts, hotel arrivals, and local shopping, along with school and college connections and travel to Boston. A snapshot of small town life with scattered dates and people.
A letter by George T. Powell argues urgent agricultural reform to curb waste and raise efficiency. He cites a $12 billion annual food bill and notes farmers’ lack of cost awareness. The piece also mentions Elm Hill Salem’s famed elm with a cancer inside, risking its vast age and beauty.
In Graniteville the dancing event this week moves from Friday to Saturday night with paneling from 020 to 12 o clock. Admission is 50 cents for gente, Indies free.
A jumbled collection of rental notices, sale offers, and assorted items including a partly furnished house for rent, a yacht and pallets for sale, a silver watch, a bike, and a boiler. The text contains numerous garbled names and partial phrases, with unclear locations and dates.
A chaotic catalog describes discounted ladies tailored suits and suite hats with mixed prices. It lists sets reduced to about 4.7 dollars, 22.50, and other low figures, noting several two piece worsted suits and junior sets with former prices near 9.50 to 20 dollars.
Vintage ad notes lightweight imitation Heather petticoats and 'petticoasts' offered at markdowns. Mentioned items include 81.00 petticoats, regular 1.50, 1.50 to 2.60 price range, and colored Heather broom designs with full domes and deep hems, all advertised as good values.
The Daylight Store advertises five-dollar opossum coats for children at 99.08. At Voughin's, gold pad silver crucifixes and prayer beads are sold. Holatoy, the jeweler, offers. A session of the United States court in Montpelier is set for January 4 regarding naturalization petitions.
Distinctive ad copy promises reliable garments with fit and looks that satisfy. It touts suits at 7.50 overcoats from 7.50 and trousers from 1.00, urging customers to visit the store for dependable apparel.
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