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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
7
The text outlines a forthcoming requirement for a city test free to some and paid by owners thereafter. It states the test will be free to those who must be tested under the finance provision and that owners in the city must have the test and permit to keep.
The Goddard Seminary hosts an evening cabaret with dances including a modern and fox trot, a cake walk, and a Carmen tribute. Reports list local visits from Mrs Adelle Wallis and other Bethel residents, illness notes, deer hunting tallies, funerals in Braintree, and various winter plans for residents including moves to Mount Vernon and New Haven.
Vermont chatter from Goodfellow’s Jewelry to the Howland hall fair promises, with ads for hand painted calendars, sepia scenery pictures, and a Robin sighting. Local meetings, deer hunting tales, theatre projects, and a winter hayrack incident weave through a busy scene of shoppers, farmers, and community events in Montpelier and nearby towns.
A collage of small town notices includes church events at Baptist and Montpelier venues, a joint fair under Odd Ladies and Odd Fellows auspices, guild and club meetings, a bike concert at Montpelier Hall, a wrestling result, cosmetic ads, vulcanizing shop ad, Ayrshire and Jersey herd accreditation, and a Sunday mass meeting on church and labor with Thad Hastings in Barre.
Velvet and plush suits are steamed cleaned for the holidays at H A Lundy on Main Street with a display of Vermont views urged for quick viewing before they sell out. Numerous notices follow about bazaars, fairs, and festive events at North Barre and Howland hall, plus community fundraising and a birthday celebration.
B C Holmes advertises diamond pricing and sepia prints at $1 each from Cummings and Wirh. The cemetery commissioner’s office at City Hall will be open Saturday December to accept payment of all fees from 7 to 9 p.m. and each subsequent night.
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