Weather forecast for Barre on December 29 1919
Increasing cloudiness followed by snow late tonight and Tuesday. Rising temperature and stronger south winds expected as the system passes.
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1919
Page
8
Increasing cloudiness followed by snow late tonight and Tuesday. Rising temperature and stronger south winds expected as the system passes.
Ralph Munson toured Waterbury and Brookfield visiting friends. Harold Wilson of Homer Jitts Co. Store spent the weekend with hands in Cabot. Raymond Mathews of Philadelphia visiting Mrs W. 8 at Franklin street. Miss Ruth Robinson returned to work in Springfield after a family visit. A New Year dance in Howland hall featured Gilbertson's orchestra. several local residents were noted in travel, visits, and community events.
A jumble of damaged ads lists missing dogs and people, rental offerings, job inquiries, farm equipment needs, and a large rural property sale near Barre Danville area. It mentions a foxhound, housework positions, and an administrator in Sunville with scattered contact details.
Montpelier fire crews responded Sunday evening to a fire behind John Sarkis's Berlin hill cottage causing minor damage to the shack and burning a nearby wagon. Earlier a fire near Tremont Street involved a wall latch and a bell system, with a resident extinguishing the blaze before the department arrived. Reports note local officials and residents dealing with multiple incidents, including a dog attack, bank and insurance office activity, and marriages in the area.
NEW SWANTON CORPORATION announces that Swanton Liquidation corporation has filed articles of association in the secretary of state's office for handling and making machinery. Capital stock is $150,000 with papers signed by Chauneau B Garvin Joseph Dempney and Walter K Liane of New York and Charles F Black and Francis C Derby of Burlington.
Vermont political chatter centers on Mason S. Stone as a potential governor candidate. Opponents argue Stone lacks backbone while suggesting Hoss Babbitt or Dunham Brattleboro could unite the GOP. Frank Plumley of Northfield and other old-guard names circulate as efforts to keep the party in Montpelier intensify ahead of primaries.
A special ruling allows all former service men to reinstate their insurance by paying two months premiums and filing statements. Reinstatement must occur within 18 months of discharge or 12 months after the month of taper, with credit for premiums paid in excess of two months prior to July 25, 2014. Applications should be sent to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in Washington, D.C.
Count Robert Pimmett No 564 CO F announces a special meeting Tuesday night with candidate discussions. Claire Anderson stars in Crown Jewels at the theatre alongside The Silent Mystery episode with Frayvis Ford, plus Lost Chord advertisement. New Year dances at Howland Hall with Albiorn orchestra.
An unexplained failure at the power house on West 59th Street halted the Interborough Rapid Transit and several surface lines in Manhattan and the Bronx. Thousands were stranded as trains stopped between stations and passengers crowded stations. Normal service gradually resumed after delays, with some walking along tracks to reach destinations and trains running at reduced speeds.
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