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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
5
A local retailer advertises a large fur sale with big discounts on fur neck scarves. Many items such as Teabella and River Mink furs are marked down to low prices, promising a loss for the store to clear inventories.
Classified clipping lists positions and rental offer with partial details. Mentions Woolen Mill Co and farm work experience sought, a list of names, and a furnished room with heating at a specific address.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the People's National Bank of Barre will be at its banking rooms in Barre Vermont on Tuesday 12 at 10 o'clock. Directors for the ensuing year will be elected and other business considered. Cashier. You will not have a better opportunity, there a fur scarf than on Saturday at Perrys.
Abbotts and streets hum with sales and notices as residents plan bargains at Veale Knight and Davis stores. Local visits span Portland to Boston with society updates, club meetings, and charity events.
Fragmented notice highlights Abbott Bertin going to Montreal on business. Local scenes include hotel arrivals, theater showings at Bijou with films The Actor's Child and The Blue, and a push for fresh oysters from Lowden & None.
Rev J E Hedger presented a vivid travel lecture at the Methodist church last evening. He used projected views to trace California from its earlySpanish era through Mission and Missionary periods then followed the gold rush route to Sierra Nevada and Sacramento Valley. The imaginary journey included San Francisco Oakland Berkeley Yosemite and redwoods with Badger also singing popular solos to the audience.
A P Abbott & Co announces it is seeking all business for Christmas shoppers and has selected goods ready to supply customers who choose their store for holiday purchases.
Christmas goods attract buyers with new designs in Mexican work linen picitys for all purposes. The trade offers flat goin and table centers from 50c to 200 each, with varied shapes and quality, priced to sell in quantity. Many styles appeal as gift items and for personal use during the season.
Fragmented text from a Wisconsin motion department showing aprons and ribbons for the Christmas season. Mentions aprons, pillow cords, pillow ribbons, and a comparison to last season with vague figures.
For 12 years we offer handkerchiefs from Belfast Ireland. Plain linen and all linen initial, embroidered, and hemstitched handkerchiefs in multiple prices. Duchess pillow tops and children's sets featured. Prices from a few cents to a few dollars. Limited early stock. late buyers may miss the best selections.
A. P. Abbott Co. visits in the city with C. Thompson of Swanton. Miss Klorenne Wooster visits Marshfield for three weeks. Local ads promote homemade chocolates at 30 cents a box and 15 cents a pound. Rebekah lodge announces large attendance for Friday open and sale. Mountain lodge IOOF meets December 14 at 7. BE M F advertisements discuss Everett-Metro vehicles and new value auto with 10-83 hp, $1,250, offered by Williams Auto and Vocal agent in Montpelier and Barre.
The advertisement proclaims Lenox kerosene is not trust controlled, union produced, and non smoking with longer burn. It urges trial with one gallon proving the claim and offers barrels delivered at 11 1-2 cents per gallon or 1 cent at the storehouse.
A clothing ad touts multiple styles for all tastes from bold to quiet. It highlights suits and overcoats priced at 7.50 10 12 25 dollars with clever tailoring and modern touches. Also offers Cisan press and repair services and fur coats to rent.
The speaker recalls the operator’s honesty about station chatter: even with two telephones in use, the line was almost always busy. The memory hints at early telecommunications limits and everyday life in a by gone era.
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