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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
8
Vaughan’s features new belts and umbrellas with stock at Fore Street Surrey, phone Ewen. Perry’s hosts extensive ladies’ sales with Father Mother Sister Brother or Friend gift options, plus Drown’s presents.
Weather prediction notes fair and cold tonight with slow easing followed by a strong north wind. The forecast continues through Thursday with temperatures dropping and a potential cold snap affecting the region.
Local column lists visitors and travels of residents, Christmas closings at Granite City creamery and barber shops, holiday sales at Vaughan's and Perry's, births, arrivals at the hotel, and Red Cross stamp rush for Tuberculosis sanatorium support. Residents plan trips to Boston and Randolph, with multiple short updates on family visits and store events.
Christmas shoppers and locals fill the week with ads and notices. A. H. Powers visits the city for business. several residents plan holidays with relatives in Rouen and Dover. New wheel goods arrive at Shepard's Sporting Goods. People's Shoe Store advertises Christmas gifts on page eight. A drunken man named John Shea is jailed for intoxication after a Wood Shed incident.
A broad sale list features men and ladies slippers from 50c to 1.50, mufflers in every color from Sik and Wool, neck mufflers as gifts, sweater coats in hundreds with prices 50c to 6.50, shirts 50c to 2.00, and a wide range of neckties, suspenders, armbands, pocket books, sleeve links, fancy hose, umbrellas, gloves, mittens, underwear, and suit cases.
Receipt notes items including signet rings at Burr's and snow shoes and skits at Shepard's, a Genta 25 cent initial handkerchiefs at 17 cents, Abbott's, express delivery received today, copper and nickel ware, tray spoons and forks, signed W. Averill.
A notice describes heavy gift wrappings available at Vaughan's and frames by B. W. Hooker and Co with a satisfaction guarantee. It also advertises a for sale Quaker range with hot water front by F. Burr on North Main Street.
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