TALK OF THE TOWN Local goods and store ads mix in Barre
Local notices advertise dry goods at Little Dry Goods on Cottage Street off North Main including mercerized table damask stock stockings and red flannel middies. Also mentions battery storage service and pensionable prices at Kelly and Main Street garage. Frances and Elizabeth Nelson travel from Eastern Avenue to Portland for Christmas with their mother Mrs. Mary Nelson. Barre retailers plan extended hours December 21 22 23 and closing Christmas Day December 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agi
Vermont
Cummings & Lewis
Cottage Street
North Mainady
Kelly & Oe
Main Street
Tel
Frances
Elizabeth Nelson
Eastern Avenue
Portland
Mary Nelson
Madras
Fairfax Mills
Cottage
Bers
Barre
Ady
Western potato growers face losses on bumper crop
Midwestern growers from Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Minnesota report harvest of about 100 million bushels this year but profits plummeted as prices fell from around 5 to 50 cents per bushel. Overproduction, railcar shortages, and storage limits pressured markets while Michigan leads output with 11 million bushels, prompting officials to push higher value seed and specialty potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated T*a
Browere
Allpilgin
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dako
Minnesota
Red River Valley
O. P. Jacob
Minnesota Railroad Warehouse Commission
Michigan
Christmas Bargains and New Gift Items at Local Stores
Adv notices show Burr's offering Douk nots at special prices and Victor records for gifts at Comm and Lewis. Cummings and Lewis advertise Ever-sharp pencils in silver and gold from $1 to 8. Pyrex tea pots arrive from C. W. Averill and Meerschaums, B. B. B., French and Italian briars in all sizes. Marion's Cigar Store promotes coal and wood orders before Saturday as Monday is a holiday. Miss Josephine Lacchina arrives from Northampton to visit Smith College for Christmas, returning to Cottage Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummings & Lewis
Ady
C. W. Averill
Marrion
Calder & Richard
Josephine Lacchina
Northampton
Mase
Smith Cotlege
Levas
Catholic groups plan action against Arbuckle films
Washington December 22 The National Catholic Welfare council acting on its motion picture bureau decision will call upon its affiliate organizations to prevent the showing of Arbuckle films Charles A McMahon director of the bureau said Mr McMahon a member of the executive committee says Hays reinstatement of Roscoe Arbuckle as a screen actor shows he has misjudged the temper of the American left who will not agree with his action in the Arbuckle case
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Washington, D. C
National Catholic Welfare Council
Ite
Burgan
Arbuckle
Charles A. McMahon
Bureau
McMahon
Haye
Hays
Roscoe C. Arbucklé
Bids On Ships Too Low At U S Auction
Manila December 22 Associated Press reports thirty one bids for ten vessels offered by the United States government were deemed too low by the quartermaster of the Department of the Navy. Only the tug Way was sold for 3400 dollars. the Warren bid 120 dollars. The remaining boats and launches were left unsold and will be advertised again.
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Manila
Associated
Preva
United States
Department of the Rapines
Warren
Christmas Holiday Entries Fill Local Shops
N D Phelps Co. received toboggans while Rochester visitor Blair and Chicago-bound Dalkey party arrived for holidays. Abbott Avenue resident Tanes home from Brooklyn and Franer from New Haven also return for the season. Wayne Perry arrives from Benton to spend Christmas with Perry family. Shoppers flood streets as stores open for the holiday rush. merchants report strong, possibly record business in the flopping district.
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N. D. Phelps Co
Blair
Rochester
F.C. Dalkey
Chicago
Jarrion’é Cigaret
William Tanes
Abbott Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Peter Franer
Murray Street
New Haven
En Morse
At More
Drum Receives Honorary Doctorate At Boston College
Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum of the U S A who served on General Pershing's staff overseas was awarded an honorary doctor of law by Boston College at a dinner in his honor. Drum left the college in 1901 to join the regular army. Judge Arthur W. Dolan, recently named by Governor Cox to the Suffolk County court, also received the same degree. he graduated in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh A. Drum
U- 8
Boston
Pershing
Boston College
Arthur W. Dolan
Cox
Suffolk
Marshfield Notice of Serial Start Delayed and Substitutes Noted
An unreadable Marshfield notice mentions a series beginning date delay and the lack of substitutes. It hints at a feature and comedy, urging readers to watch for the new start date once clarified.
Graniteville New Year Ball At Municipal Gym
A New Year's ball is planned in Graniteville at the gymnasium hall on January 1. Promoters urge local residents to attend the event for community celebration and social dancing.
Special communication of Gaited No 5 9 M Priday Dec 22
A terse note announces a special communication of Gaited No 5 9 M scheduled for December 22 at 7 pm. The brief fragment confirms an agreed item and mentions Priday as a location or attendee. The text is fragmentary but signals a formal meeting detail within a periodical record.
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Priday
Weather Outlook For New Hampshire And Vermont
The Barre Daily Times notes a warmer night in southern New Hampshire and colder conditions in Vermont on Saturday. Northeast winds are rising, expected to grow strong through the period.
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Christmas deals and travel notes from local visitors
Wakefield businessman G M Jones toured the city yesterday while Burr's offered Christmas novelties. H A Dunbar of St Albans visited friends. C W Averill & Coady and Ht A Gould headed to Southern Pines for months. George W Adams and others from West Suffield were in town for cattle buying.
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G. M. Jones
Wakefield
Burr's
Cummings & Lewis
H. A. Dunbar
St. Albans
A. Gould
Southern Pines
George W. Adama
West Suffield
Conn
Christmas shopping in Barre and area notes
Local advertisements and notices list jewelry offers at Burrs and N D Phelps Co, seasonal chocolates from Sumonet at Cummings Lewis, plus ornaments and toboggans arriving. City stores extend hours Dec 21 to 23 with Christmas closure on Dec 25.
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Burr
Ady
N. D. Phelps Co
Haw
Call and Jook
Adly
Ls Boy
Victvolaw
Littlefich
Liane Co
Bulley’s
Marie Roan
Sumonet
Cummings & Lewis
Charles Littl
Noyex-Buick Company
Bowton
Boston
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Union Dry Goods Co
Homer
Santa Claus
Talk OF
the Town
Middle West
Victor Records
Comm & Lewis
Ady, Ae
Arbuckle Films
National Catholic Welfare Council To
Mackinaws
The
Frank McWhorter Co
Graniteville
W. Hookow & Coady
Goodfellow's
Atyles and Sizes
C. W. Averill & Coady
Calder & Richardson
F. EB
Skinner
W. Barready
Eva Fraser
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Barre Rutail Merchants’ Association
Newton Martin
Charles Collins
Reaton University
Albany
Charles Adams
Waterbury
Parente
Charles
Carroll
Allen
Northfield
Hartford
Idays
A. Ronca
Robert Nivora
New Hampshire State College
Durham
N. H
Sumner Street
Charles Bianchi
Culver Military School
Culver
Ind
Hieoime
M. Daverio
Buffalo
Howard Genke
Christma
Crown
Florine Ronewas
Worcester
Mass
Polytechnic Institute
A. Rowe
G Ulding
Aeing Gymnasium
Yard
O'Leary
James Young
Young
Me‘Donnell & Sons
Catter
McDonnell & Bens
Hickok
F. H. Rogers Company
City Bakery
Ciao
Winchester
C. W. Averill & Co
Winchester Stone
Mama
Boudoir
Barre Drug CO
Couat
Mrs. Shepard Co., Inc
Crown Motor Car Co
Burlington
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