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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
8
Our Thirty Second Anniversary and Reorganization Sale drew a large crowd as advertised values attracted buyers. The event opened at 8 a.m. and continued with brisk trade. organizers promised another budget of bargains this evening for those who missed the first day.
The annual Universalist parish supper is set for Tuesday night January 1 from 3 30 to 7 with a request to attendees bring a dish. A free osteopathy examination is offered by Dr A W Smith on Keith Avenue. A school composition contest closes Saturday January 5 at 3 p m with girls leading in prizes. boys 15 and under may enter.
A fragmentary Barre item notes Bailey's Music Room performances by boy vivtrolns and records, shipments of God Shepard khaki yarn to Mrs Beattie Lee, and temporary employment for Le Bianchi and Ines Maberini at Homer F store. Georges Mowatt works for Sullivan Machinery in Clare mont while at home on Prospect Street. Hostler Samuel J. McLeod of Montpelier House is jailed after cold exposure and intoxication arraignment. deemed habitual drunkard, unable to pay fine, sent to jail.
W O Ward buys a wood lot on the Wilson farm Barre Town and expects to remove a large amount of firewood and lumber in coming weeks. Contractor JC Brune is employed. Estimated 2,000 cords of hardwood and thousands of feet of lumber to be taken from the tract. GN Moulton returns home to East Charleston after competing in Vermont State Checker tournament.
Weather permitting Jones Bros plant Till operate Monday. Barree Barre notes report visitors from Burlington Windsor and Manchester with travel to Albany and Nashua. Christmas club invitations, bank hours, and shop closings for New Year. Passenger train changes announced affecting Barre schedules.
A fragmentary notice outlines a joint meeting between Winnetia council No 10 and Treugiinks tribe No 14 at Spaulding Street. Members are instructed to move their cards with the financial secretary before the meeting for settlement and auditors to review.
Fragmentary notice appears to seek buying tents and related equipment. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR text. No identifiable persons, organizations, or locations can be confirmed from the readable fragment.
Middlebury coverage reports local dairymen continuing to supply milk despite the bankruptcy of the Mitoal-MicDermott Dairy company. A strong move favors buying the plant as a cooperative cremmery, with a committee led by Rank Foote Gordon McQuivey and Floyd Reese tasked to study the purchase or building their own plant. Mo R Tolstrup urged farmers to adopt the cooperative approach during a visit from the state agriculture department.
Local Board Washington County Vermont publishes a list of registrants required to complete a questionnaire within seven days under federal law. The notice warns of misdemeanor penalties and potential induction into military service and court martial for noncompliance. Names and addresses of delinquent registrants are listed for enforcement.
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