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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
10
Local notices report snow, draft age certificates, marine and army recruiting guidance, and inquiries to recruiting offices. Department updates include a Vermont plant accident, fire at Williston church prompting fire equipment talks, and a williston bridge of lighted bulbs.
Vermont provides enlistment guidance for all army branches with two Vermont enlistment sites Whiteover Junction and Rutland and Fort Ethan Allen for the 2d cavalry. It notes age limits from 10 to 42 for most enlistments and up to 41 for United States guards, with Vermonters urged to choose Vermont infantry if possible. The piece mentions recruiting stations, examinations, and assignments to corps, plus local depot and recruiting offices in Burlington and Charlotte North Carolina for preference.
Local items describe Charlon Gilgon contemplating a military corps cover. Howard Gray of Grand Rapids serves in the Army Engineering Corps. Alex J. Smith and Raymond Beaton head to Springfield and then Jacksonville for quartermaster training. Schools close for a three week vacation and Miss Alice LaClair plans a trip to Orleans. Red Cross serves refreshments at a Grange dance despite heavy snow. Miss Joan Farquharson and Miss Georgiana Brown visit St Johnsbury. Miss Farquharson stays over. Christy Wermon to be preached by D B Gilee from De Kalb. Montpelier Seminary student Sharp preaches at U P church. Mrs Beaton and Jeanie visit. Beaton Jr goes to Boston on business. Mrs T F Glannon travels to Burlington. Mrs Grayle caring for son. Continued family notes and local movements amid winter weather.
Auction or sale listing for a residence with two rooms and a barn, located near Murray A. Love Gordon block. Mobile home considered in exchange or trade under local rules. Contact telephone for details.
East Calais reports Mr. Silver of Plainfield visiting town and Red Cross committees seeking members. A Christmas concert and Red Cross meetings are planned in Wainchurch and Montpelier with multiple residents visiting or hosting. Several townsfolk from Calais Plainfield and neighboring areas are noted for business, social visits, and moving houses while Red Cross activities are announced for March 24.
A jumble of notices from Barre Vermont 1917 includes probate action for George Lund estate, public sale notices from sheriff, and medical cure ads. The document lists court orders, required public notices, and bids, with names such as Mary J. Cutler and references to local addresses and dates in December 1917.
The annual meeting of Granite Mutual Insurance Co of Barre Vermont will be held at the company offices in Barre on Tuesday January 3 at 1 o'clock p m for electing directors for the year and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. RG Robinson secretary.
Important notice from the Local Board of Orange County Chelsea Vermont informs registrants of questionnaire requirements and a seven day response window. It outlines penalties for failure, including possible military induction, and details processes for submitting claims and affidavits to the board.
Frank J. Cheney, partner of Cheney & Cox in Toledo, swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary public Valle notes December oath. Hall's Medicine is taken internally and claims to remove mucous buildup. Toledo firm markets it with pharmacist endorsements.
The notice states stockholders of Navianat Bank at Barre are to meet to elect divestors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business properly coming before the meeting. Signed by CO Johnson JK, Cashier of Barre, Vt. Density 1017.
Bar rere Savings Bank and Trust Company in Barre notifies stockholders of the Barry Savings Rate Trust Company of Barre for its annual meeting to elect directors and transact other business. The meeting will be held in the banking room on a specified day at 2:00 PM. Secretary Mary J Wraund for the bank dated December 17, 1017.
The annual meeting of the Quarry Savings Hank and Trt Company stockholders will be held at the banking room of awit bath in Bisery Vermont on Tyseley January 1h 191% for the election of directors for the sharing year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it. M wh Harte Vermont. Dee. Teavis
Village Place offers 10 acres and a fine set of buildings in exchange for iced tary, with a home valued at 2600 dollars. The ad notes demand for a daylight heated brick house with a right-room steam setup near Montpelier and a seminary exchange option. The D A Perry Beat Real Estate Agency in Howland Huthtin Warre handles the listing.
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