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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
2
The text touts a remedy named Sersa parilla as a medicine of peculiar shell with over twenty agents. It claims cures for blood stomach liver and bowel troubles and lists conditions like scrofula anemia catarrh nervousness fatigue dyspepsia and loss of appetite. It promotes liquid and Sarvatola tablet forms.
Norwood Press and associated companies announce a voluntary shift to an eight hour workday for all employees starting January 1, with no reduction in pay. Workers received printed slips with the change on Thursday night, amid notes that Plympton & printing and others supported the move.
Vergennes announces L. P. Thayer editor of the Burlington Clipper and Essex Syndicate papers has been engaged as associate editor and manager of the Addison County Newspaper Association and will begin duties there on Monday, December 28.
An old advertisement urges women to try Dean's Kidney Pills to ease back pains and kidney troubles. Mrs J L Cummings of Elm Street Tarre Vermont testifies to relief after sleepless nights, cold symptoms, and aggravated kidney pain. The plea notes strong trust in the remedy and lists Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY as distributors.
In Franklin on December 26 a blaze destroyed the Frasier home on Searles Hill in Salisbury. Mrs. Hugh Frasier, unable to reach a neighbor, walked two miles toward Emerson's with their infant, barefoot in 10 degree cold. The husband watched the fire as fire crews arrived. Mrs. Frasier may require toe amputation. The pair recently moved from Boston, losing the house, barn, and livestock. a relief subscription is planned.
Beautiful color Boston Globe edition promotes Lincoln life pictures and quotes as a keepsake for Lincoln centennial year. urges readers to demand next Sunday's issue from newsdealer.
A five story house at 122 West 127th Street burned early Thursday. One man, Daniel Prizzell, 18, died. Three others and a woman were seriously burned. Firemen and tenants saved many lives. Fireman Payid Mullen carried an unconscious woman from a burning room and through flames to safety, later risking himself to shield her from embers. Damage about 15,000.
A Rutland Vermont club has gathered over six thousand pieces of literature for distribution. The materials were sorted and prepared for sending to the Vermont region as part of a broader reading distribution program.
The Lincoln Post Office proposes a twist to service by offering a postage stamp via stamp vending and machines. Citizens are invited to submit proposals to the department, with trial packets of stamp fees or rolls for vending devices. A lighter note follows about Alice Ashline of Vermont receiving a doll after a note in a turkey led to a Christmas reward.
Fire destroyed two tenement houses in Bellows Falls on December 26. Occupants moved goods to the street as flames spread, trapping one man identified as Tadak Owik, 35, an employee of Vermont Farm Machinery, who died from severe burns after being found in a bedroom. Swinsky, trapped on an upper floor, was rescued but fell while descending a ladder. Damages estimated at $8,000, insured.
Fire destroyed a house owned by the ree office and rented to a local resident after occupants were away for Tharabay eyeing. The loss is about 1000 dollars and partially insured. Fire investigators say the blaze likely started from an over heated furnace.
Brattleboro December 20 A steam mill owned by Walter Ingram at Williamsville was destroyed by fire Thursday morning causing about 1000 dollars in damage The mill was not insured and rebuilding is planned The fire started from a stove and no one was present at the time Archbishop O Connell received a timepiece as a Christmas gift from Pius II bearing papal coat of arms
A promotional note extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trustworthy family laxative. It emphasizes natural cleansing of internal organs, absence of debility, and no need to increase dosage. It claims physicians approve its harmless composition and urges buyers to use the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product.
The tariff bill moves from the House toward the Senate with a fight expected over duty rates. Taft vows influence to push it through unaltered, while opponents push revisions. The act may include changes to tapioca starch and related duties, reflecting shifts since the 1897 Dingley plan.
New Britain Conn Dec 26 Rev Walter J Shanley long prominent churchworker and former national president of Catholic Total Abstinence Union is named as a candidate to be submitted for bishop of the diocese of Vermont, vacancy created by the death of Bishop John S in New York.
Secretary Cortelyou outlines the list of banks and depositors eligible under the March 4 1900 law for accepting deposits in national banks. The notice emphasizes no new deposits beyond those already authorized and specifies the nations involved and the deposits now being made.
In Brattleboro on the 26th, four men fought in a box car during a disturbance. Sentences include four months probation for one, with others fined or held under occasional penalties as court proceedings described a nighttime clash with a lantern overturned during the fight.
Four brace of English pheasants, beautifully plumed and fattened, were brought to a Christmas dinner remembrance linked to Whitelaw Reid. The event took place in Georgia on a Tuesday afternoon, reflecting festive tastes and historic associations.
The statement notes that many children eat excessively yet still fail to digest properly leading to weakness and fatigue. It frames malnutrition as a consequence of overtaxed digestion and low energy.
An advertising snippet extols Scott's Emulsion as both nourishment and medicine aiding digestion. It promotes a small thrice daily dose and mentions a dubious connection to a court of St. Juanes and a president elect, then oddly references a planned Christmas celebration with the Toft family.
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