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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
4
A New York buyer notes that combining with about thirty stores yields big deals. The past season was the largest yet, and customers are thanked for patronage. A regular sale will be held in January, and shoppers are urged to watch for it.
The Barre Daily Times notes ongoing charity as the Salvation Army helps the needy on Christmas Day with a meal and donated clothing. It contrasts local wages in granite cutting with broader poverty, urging patience over presidential clemency delays and acknowledging possible Supreme Court review.
The article jumbles notes on figures from politics and industry, mentioning Pugilist Johnson and Governor Lilley amid New Year optimism for Vermont copper resource development. It critiques a Nyack's end of the world claim and endorses equal highway taxation for car and horse, urging fair highway costs and taxation parity.
The piece argues President Roosevelt should refrain from intervening in cases involving President Gompers and other labor leaders awaiting contempt verdicts. It stresses restraint until the appellate process concludes and asserts there is no current warrant for presidential action.
The Vermont mining output in 1907 for copper ores plus gold and silver rose to 199643 dollars, up 85376 from 1906. Gold yielded 1.08 fine ounces worth 41 dollars, silver reached 3214 fine ounces valued at 2517 dollars, with copper and other metals totalling 150085 dollars from 12893 short tons of ore.
Mild text describes an annual ball at East Montpelier with a festive theme for attendees. Tickets are listed at a per couple price and event details are partially readable as a local notice.
Montpelier scenes include a funeral at Stanmer Street for Julia B Stone age 39, burial in Waterbury after long illness. Mabel Simpson Waterbury case advances with verdict of 9000 against Ratland Railroad. Miss Stone formerly worked in local meat market. New England Order of Protection officers elected at Brai nerd lodge pageant. Other items note Bertolli leaving for Georgia or Florida for health.
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