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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1906
Page
6
The store offers a wide selection of Christmas cards calendars postals books Bibles diaries bill folds purses card cases post card albums stationery seals sealing wax sets fountain pens and more. Barre Book Store Carroll W Martin proprietor Gordon Block 140 No Main St.
Eight years ago Diat's Widney Pills relieved back and kidney pain for engineer George Ly Cummings of 1 Nob Street, Barre Vermont. He reports urinary weakness faded and cites continued benefit after further doses. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. remember the name Dean's.
A fragmented note from a 19th century insurer suggests considering insurance even when unsure. It references The National Lite Insurance Company of Vermont mutual, with agent Ballard S. 8. Ballard, General Agent, and locations including Miles Block in Barra, YI. The text emphasizes that insurance covers unforeseen uses and urges readers to assess need.
Holmes jeweler advertises hand painted chins and a sale at 7 Eastor Avenue renting a six room tenement. Boston Photo Co offers 12 Elite photos for 15 cents to 500 boys. Averill block location noted. Auction for children's footwear and winter goods tied to Seth's line of rings watches robes bracelets referenced.
Fragmented local notices report on buyers and sellers in Cabot including a finers price list, wood chopping, hospital updates, church events, and a Salvation Army appeal. Names such as Burr, Gayood, Ray, Livingstone, Slack, and Woodward appear with various errands and community updates amid weather strip sales and skating at the common rink.
Yonkers Statesman reports on a folding prep device devised to mute witnesses during cross examination. Lawyer Long notes it could derail testimony early, highlighting its use in trial preparation and potential ethical concerns.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note quotes a traveler joking about sending message postcards from each city visited abroad. The speaker vows to prepare the cards before leaving home, joking about the ensuing nuisance.
An old-time cautionary note warns that rheumatism and its related heart failures can be fatal if untreated. The ad touts Uri-O, a cure said to neutralize the rheumatic poison, promoting its sale at The Red Cross Pharmacy in Barre with bottles priced at $1.00 and a free sample offer via Frith Drug Co. in Syracuse, N.Y.
A vintage kitchen note detailing small salt amounts for boiling water, daily finishing of stocks soups and gravies to prevent souring, and tips on mush prevention with cornment. It warns that a milk pudding curdles with an egg if overheated but stays creamy when cooked slowly, plus clever uses for leftover cold rice in soup salads and with vegetables or shellfish.
An assortment of curious notes on animal behavior and natural oddities. Tales include insects becoming parental after birth, birds feeding baby storks, and baboons in South Africa neglecting others. Also glimpses of hare eye biology, and a tongue in cheek discussion of commerce and hen feeding. Indian missions in Connecticut report a Congregational outreach to Mohegan natives near Norwich and New London.
Chelsea and South Royalton towns report social calls and a short visit by Mrs Tichard Bacan. Fillmore Rainards of Washington dies. Herman Davie seen visiting his parents Chester and Mrs Davis. County court recess. Wen A Smith versus Central Vermont case on appeal. Power outages blamed on wood shortage. management promises remedy and customers seek fair service.
Local tidbits recount town visits by Leroy Rolfe of Clarmont and others in electrical work at Mart ford and Windsor. A horse accident. medical calls involving Dr. Marshall and Dr. Hayward. Thanksgiving day gatherings with Wreley and family, the Tumbrkiye group, and Berio residents. Congregational church annual meeting lists officers and committees.
An apparent old advertisement touts a medical cure claiming to treat stomach troubles liver and kidney ills biliousness jaundice fever and debility. It references Mess Thos and Austin of Leavenworth and promises a guaranteed cure with a heat tonic for a price, urging readers to try the remedy.
Temperatures drifted from one to fifteen degrees below around town last Saturday as lakes began to freeze. Charles Lawson returned from New York where he oversaw operations. A petition was presented to authorities urging changes at Stel Ihin’s mill to improve mine drainage and grade. Henry F. Esterbrooke of St Johnsbury visited town, returning home with his companion. Dinanalt Riel arden had been at MI Talay for a few weeks and is noted in town.
A Sunday school class discusses what the prodigal son story teaches. The teacher asks the class and a student jokingly suggests a cynical method, reflecting tension over interpretation and discipline in religious instruction.
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