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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
5
A catalog style notice suggests affordable gift items including embroidered scarfs and mats priced from 28 to 350, table linens, pillow shams, aprons, and dolls. It promotes early purchase and notes wide availability among Lady, Gents, and children gear with substantial savings on many items.
Faded town notes list social calls and property transactions. Randolph and Callamer figures appear with mentions of Shelburne and Harriven, plus a real estate sale at North Mainstro Averill block. Boston Genoa travel and a December date are noted, along with shop changes on South Main and ownership transfers in Williamstown.
Worry no more about gifts for men. Browse handsome garments for men boys and children, headwear and toggery. Many elegant choices to fill a stocking. We lay aside selections and keep mum while they are cleaned pressed and repaired including fur coats.
Fragments describe sales and events including Christmas items at E F Burkett, a vestry meeting at a church, a Ladies Benevolent association gathering, and John W Vogel's big city minstrels with a silver cornet band and Louisiana Glee Club. Opera House show set for Tuesday December 15. tickets on sale.
Notice advertises sale of a property at 19 Merchant Street along with a carriage and several pieces of furniture. It requires the debtors to settle all book accounts within a few days as stated by Dr J E Boner.
Local notices list shopping specials and new stock at Shepard's Sporting Goods and Perry's with mentions of Pure at Abbott's and various bargains. Town readers share visits by residents and guests, upcoming meetings, and social events as Barre readies for December celebrations.
Abbotts and Co. announce a broad selection of goods for Christmas shopping. They state they aim to secure all the business possible and invite customers to consider their store if it is the chosen place for holiday purchases.
Readied for gift giving Christmas goods attract buyers with styles and finishes suited to personal use. Linen pieces, trays, table centers, bureaus and pillow tops are priced to move, with new patterns and modest costs. Modern decorative pieces from 50 cents to a few dollars fill show tables as shoppers seek festive selections.
A late 19th or early 20th century storefront notice promotes Christmas handkerchiefs from Gribben Brothers of Belfast Ireland. It highlights plain linen, initial monogrammed, embroidered and decorative options for ladies and gents, apron sets, pillow cords, and children's boxed handkerchiefs with varied prices and limited stock if bought late. The ad urges early purchases to secure best selections.
A cluttered ad page lists A. P. Abbott & Co. ribbon specials, roller skating at the Pavilion tonight, a sleigh for sale via Homer Pitts, and Veale & Knight offering umbrellas, grey wool underwear, and Christmas bargains. Mentions nurses at Davis' drug store, invited visitor Ray Worthan from the University of Vermont, and a 1099 calendar with Havana cigars. Also notes theater at Bijou, Christmas sale events at many halls, and local social notices including funerals, club meetings, and residents visiting.
Auction notice for Saturday December 19, 2008 at Maple Avenue listing a mare, a Morgan colt sired by Rocco, a cow, 20 hens, multiple sleds and sleighs, harnesses, wagons, farm equipment, kettles, a wheel barrow, cedar posts, timbers, chains, iron barn, and other articles. Terms require six months with good security.
A new cold meat dubbed head cheese goes on sale Friday and draws steady crowds through Saturday and today. Customers return and bring others, urged to place trial orders and taste a dainty meat priced at 15 cents per pound.
Music devices with double sided discs and four minute records featured. Also snow shoes Indian made, full line of rink skates and other family goods. Call in to inspect our Christmas inventory.
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