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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
6
Fragmentary notice advertises sale items and a line of bankers. Vague references include Milney, Ress, and Cutler's Stable near Rear City Motel with phone number 133-2. Unsure specifics. text appears as an old classifieds fragment.
Fragmentary OCR text from The Barre Daily Times presents scrambled phrases and names. The readable parts reference dates in December 1997, mentions of a company and individuals, but the overall meaning is unclear.
Public notices mix a string of local items including beadwork and clocks. The fragment mentions barrel of hound, prices for woods, a Mary Gest show, and tickets at Lyon's for a December 22 event with return required.
A meeting of archaeologists and scholars will convene at the University of Chicago to discuss newly discovered Mid tical manuscripts. Professor Kagpmge of the university and Michigan officials will announce findings regarding the Greek text of the verses in Tealma and Deuteronomy. The event is a joint session of the American Philosophical Association the American Institute the Council of American Schools in Oriental Studies and Palestine studies groups.
A Chicago police summary for 1907 reports 212 homicides and 4 114 thieves arrested, with 5808 total arrests and 199 for Maurier and related cases. Chief Sippy cites record arrests and convictions, noting increased crime during cold weather and a strong police effort on the job.
Worcester Massachusetts December 30 Wood of Leominster performed a penny swallowing stunt at a Worcester pool room. He reportedly swallowed twenty eight pennies in a single bout within fifteen minutes and then dropped them to the floor. He said the trick was learned in school years ago to conceal chewing gum and can be repeated on demand.
A printed card pledges refunds for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds, offering a 50 cent bottle with a 20 cent bottle to prove effectiveness or money back. The card lists multiple local pharmacies and firms endorsing the guarantee along with various medicinal and patent remedy slogans.
The article notes a gathering at Whiteside Hall with Charles A. Densmore and Artie Ley from Michigan present. Officials announced a new alien registration policy to take effect January 1 1900 and praised community support for a charitable drive.
A St Louis Republic description explains a curious glow from a crater formed by electric current between two graphite electrodes. The negative electrode heats less, vapor from the gap creates a golden yellow flame while violet sparks dominate the crater’s glow. Insects near the light cast exaggerated shadows due to focused crater illumination.
A London Chronicle report recalls a 19th century case in which a woman found guilty of a minor offense was sentenced to death. The warrant arrived late, she was executed the next morning, after serving as a washerwoman in prison and performing housework duties.
A fragment discusses mother of pearl being valued in China and Japan for medicine and art. It notes its use in the Philippines for windows and inscribed tombstones, highlighting its ornamental and ceremonial roles across Asia.
The article explains how the length of a day varies with the earth's rotation. It notes a star day of 23 hours 56 minutes 4.9 seconds and a solar day averaging 24 hours, with four minutes extra causing the sun to lag behind stars. It discusses the impact of Earth's orbit and tilt on day length, mentioning December 22 as the longest daylight day and September 17 as the true shortest day.
The report notes large church presences with over 70 000 pupils in the CHUNAN and clergy episode. The Presbyterian church at Heneca N Y marks a long pastorate of thirty four years. Halifax organizes a date for a congregational vote and disapproves tobacco and alcohol. Disha Moore of the Methodist Episcopal church urges ministers to require clean collars and attire. William H L O Connell succeeds John Joseph Witenes as archbishop of Boston, becoming the youngest in America after earlier service in the diocese.
The piece notes New Orleans women raising 13000 for a city dispensary and a suffrage issue by the Nations Woman Suffrage Association. It says Southern women may gain enfranchisement before Northern sisters. The next International meeting is expected in 1900, likely New York, Carrie Chapman Catt presiding. California reports allege San Francisco Woman's Club House destroyed by quake but a new clubhouse is planned.
Boiled eggs dominate the sultan of Turkey's meals while Qoren Maud of Norway shows skill in woodcarving and pipe making. An English account notes King Edward's German is unusually idiomatic for a European monarch. Don Carlos, under his doctor's orders, camps with a scale and aims to slim to a lighter weight.
A New Orleans Times Democrat report recalls a street scene where a barefoot man pauses at a boot blacking stand. The crippled vendor suggests extra charge for the feat while the boy, busy with his work, quietly insists a nickel is enough.
A minister and an old man share a chance encounter on a voyage. The minister asks about the man’s daughter, awakening painful memories of a life once bright. The old man replies his daughters range up to twenty eight, with the youngest being twenty eight years old.
A fragmented seven teenth century note recalls Louis XIV popularizing billiards on medical advice and mentions pepper prices in Henry VI's era. It also touches on holly romance, a superstition about boughs planted near homes keeping away witches and shaping outcomes when cast or thrown into water.
In Mound City Mrs E B Clapp reports her son, near death from lung and throat trouble, was saved by Dr King’s New Discovery after exhausting coughing spells every five minutes. The remedy reportedly cured lung trouble and colds, ending the alarming attacks.
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