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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
6
A brief notice notes a Saturday saving sale event in the local market with emphasis on special deals and limited-time discounts. Details are sparse but indicate promotional pricing and a community shopping opportunity. Entities include local market and Saturday event.
Adamant 4.4 reports Hatch has returned home from Heaton hospital after injuries from a car accident. Forest Morse arrived safely in Florida. Roscoe Gap takes a work vacation from Henry Baldwins in East Montpelier. Hunters are scarce with few deer tracks spotted. Mrs. George Davie of Montpelier visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Clarence White. Jane Doyle visits Montpelier. May is McArthur and Guy Toby travel in Montpelier and East Montpelier on Monday.
Market notes list prices on beef and venison cuts including rump chuck round sirloin steak and stew meat, with mentions of venison and cranberries. The ad emphasizes sale prices and invites customers to buy from the vendor.
In East Corinth this week deer hunting has been quiet with a few successes. Worthley and Thompson shared a deer, Emersons A drew and Clinton each scored, while local telephone work and central line moves were noted. A local play Cranberry Corners impressed audiences, amateur talent praised, upcoming junior showcase and rumor of a baked beat supper surface.
The Waitsfield Congregational church home circle held a dinner on Wednesday to aid digestion. Mrs. Martin, circle president, read a letter from Harry Belien with a $100 check for the home crete. Seth Royce shot the opening day deer. others named include Charlon Kew Martin and Wallace Haskins. Mrs Fred Carroll has been recovering. Varney Higley was in Montpelier on business. Philip Bisbee returned from New York. Clarence Bisbee of Barreline, born in town, seeks hunting skill.
The Worcester mountains deer myth “Old Ephraim” is questioned as game warden Charles Stafford lists several local hunters with bucks and does ranging from 75 to 125 pounds and a dressed 202% pound buck. He estimates Ephraim would weigh about 450 pounds if alive and still roams the woods unless long dead.
Local item reports several deer killed near West Fairlee and notes residents H C Johnson and S N Krok taking a one week vacation. James Rule of Chelsea shot a deer in West Fairlee, the bullet hitting center of the deer’s head. Agnes Traynor returns to teaching duties after a week away. Southworth, road commissioner, suffers from a head and arm injury. Henry Hayden opens a Mill Street office with work ahead. The piece ends with a humorous aside from a Boston Transcript exchange.
The funeral for William E. Corliss was conducted from his home with Rev. Gray officiating and burial in South Duxbury cemetery. Out of town relatives attended. many neighbors and friends filled the house. Local news notes include a missionary meeting, deer hunting reports, snowshoe use, and a winter move by Mr and Mrs Thomas Lynch.
The First Fruit Harvesters announce gospel meetings in Plainfield at Daugh tere of Liberty hall starting 16 at 7 p.m. and on following Sundays at 10 00 a.m 2 130 and 7 30 p.m. Everyone invited to attend these reviews. A meeting for establishing a Plainfield community Christmas tree wing will be held at the MOK church Saturday December 11 at 1 30 for the first rehearsal.
A Norwell man nearly buys out a local store in a quirky one cent per item sale. He eyes mahogany china, a kitchen cabinet, and more as the proprietor jokes about counting barrels of tacks. The deal collapses after a comic, unsettled negotiation about paying per three months and possibly owning the town.
A quiet December wedding in Cabot united Leon Perry and Deathon Lance with Rev. Carrier performing the double ring ceremony. The couple, after a short Massachusetts trip, will reside in Lower Cabot with Mrs. Perry a former teacher and graduate of Standard. Church and village meetings are announced, and local officials for Cabot Inc. were elected at the annual meeting.
Thomas W. Blackburn of Omaha told the Association of Life Insurance Presidents that there are 57 tax varieties in 48 states two territories and the District of Columbia. He urged cooperation to reduce arbitrary taxation and to devise a uniform plan acceptable to states and insurers. He warned life insurers are taxed in more ways than any other business and by arbitrary methods of calculation.
Mrs Lizae L Westman of Maple Avenue Scarboro Maine credits Tanlac with restoring her health after years of nervousness stomach troubles and fainting spells. She says after four bottles she is strong enough to do housework and sleeps well again. Tanlac is available at Barre Drug Co and other towns.
In Washington a debate over premium taxes and varied charges for insurers is described. Abr. Blackburn urges a unified basis with legislatures to relieve companies of inequitable taxes while ensuring steady state revenues. He proposes replacing most taxes with a premium percentage tax, preserving personal and real estate taxes.
A brief exchange shows the Host urging the Guest to stay for supper as rain begins, while the Guest politely declines, saying the weather isn’t bad enough yet. The dialogue captures a domestic moment with courteous social cues.
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