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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
6
A truncated timetable notes Central Vermont Railway routes with mentions of Wells River, Montreal, Montpelier, and Harré stations. It lists service hours around the hour and ten minutes past the hour, with connections to multiple towns including Harve, Champlain, and Montpelier.
Parish priest provides guidance leading to recovery from bronchitis asthma and lung troubles. Anna Mae McTntee seeks relief through Eckman remedies and requests booklet from Eckman Mfg. Co Philadelphia.
Groton residents attended a funeral in Newbury on Monday and a church sale in South Ryegate. Local visits included Cad Nelson and Mrs Hall, with updates on Hill and Walton. A jovial home dance is planned Friday with good music. Hill is seriously ill and cared for in South Ryegate. Henry Gormtwian arrived from Geneva to visit family and will depart for Burlington. Judge Page and others were at county court in St. Johnsbury. Virginia Ricker left for Burlington to attend the annual state grange meeting. The Pilbury tenement house caught fire Friday from a chimney, but timely use of chemical extinguishers saved the village.
A fragmented reading lists people in Rochester and surrounding towns with nam es and roles, plus mentions of remedies. It references Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and colds, Burdock Blood Bitters, and drugstore sales. It also notes a night watchman in Banner Springs Tennessee and domestic events among local households.
News notes mark the death of A B F Hildreth at his Charles City home on November 20 at age ninety five. Hildreth, a pioneer printer, lived in Bradford and Bradford’s early press scene, published the American Protector later Vermont Gazette, and ran the Green Mountain Gem. He buried three wives and one son, leaving a widow and a brother Albert G. Hildreth in Bradford. The item recalls his role among midwestern settlers and his contributions to early journalism.
Local market prices show turkeys at 26 to 28 cents, geese around 14 to 5e, chickens about 17, eggs steady at 400, pork 10.00 per unit, dairy butter and margarine listed with varying quotes. Trading notes mention multiple entities and uncertain spellings, indicating a disorganized listing of poultry and dairy prices with several named traders referencing Christine and Christian trades.
The Arcade Clothing Store in Barre Vermont transfers to Vermont Trading Co and liquidates all stock to under 59 cents on the dollar for ten days starting Saturday December 18 at 9 a.m. Fixtures sold and shelves cleared. Men and boys wear including suits overcoats and footwear heavily discounted with broad selection and warnings to beware impostors.
December reports show steady demand and uneven selling for milk in regional markets. Receipts stay light while prices firm for cream and butter cheese markets. New York buyers seek better returns, while some dairy products face slower movement and variable prices.
A signed notice guarantees refunds on a 50 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds, and also offers a 25 cent bottle to prove money back. Names listed include Red Cross Pharmacy and multiple local merchants.
A disguised policeman visits a bargain shop on Malaja Sadovaga street in St. Petersburg run by Koboseff. The shop thrives on ultra low prices attracting crowds while spies monitor the area. A conspirator Countess Voronakaya warns of a bomb plot aimed at the czar.
A vendor facing harassment for money proposes a trade stimulus to move stock of farm machinery. From December 11, 1909, to April 1, 1910, the buyer with the largest purchase in items such as gasoline engines and saw rigs will receive a choice of gifts or price offsets. The second largest buyer gets a driving harness or Eclipse corn planter or price credit, while the top purchaser may receive two $5 gold pieces with no strings.
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