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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
4
Vermont towns like Springfield and Bellows Falls face growth and layoffs as munitions work shifts. A looming U S bond issue may raise up to 500 million dollars to cover deficits in 1918. Reports from the front describe French gains and German overstretched lines, with emphasis on strategic weariness rather than decisive breakthroughs.
Montpelier residents joined Washington County milk producers in a city hall memorial room meeting to discuss securing better milk prices for shipments to Boston. The town heard news of a Springfield marriage between Raymond Kent and Annie McLean. Probate, church, and civic notices covered guardianships, final accounts, and church conferences, with local residents traveling to Swanton and Jandlow for holidays and visits.
The German drive on the western front is less impactful than Verdun a year ago. Meanwhile French offensives have gained significant territory with minimal opposing resistance. An example is the German offensive near Dead Man's Bill and Full 204! on Wednesday December 27, described in the fragment.
A garbled dialogue depicts a buyer and seller arguing about a five tonne coat delivery and authenticity. A second voice notes dissatisfaction with wages, proposing a $10 weekly raise beginning in ten days, as tensions rise in a staged roadside scene.
A garbled excerpt shows scattered words and phrases, including names and fragments. The legibility is too poor to identify a coherent event, person, or place, leaving only hints of a discussion or record from an older document.
Community notes show Luigi Debona visiting Northfield for weekend plans while others depart for St Johnsbury and Plymouth. Town mourns Shirley Belle Bartlett aged unknown after broncho pneumonia. services held at Universalist church and interment at Hope cemetery. James Coutts of Barre sees Canada clipping of three brothers killed serving in WWI with RND and Highlanders, alongside the death of his eldest daughter while visiting Scotland.
Hardwick and nearby towns feature guest visits from the Tay family and others, plus an update on a firemen ballroom, a lecture committee meeting about continuing the year’s course, and local officials addressing the Melting Pot setback. Notable names include J C Ladey, Dr G Robles, Hy A Shepard, Miss Anna Porter, Bill Murray, Fred Chase, Mrs F L Dunn, Carl Kimball, and KR C Wallace.
Local notices report two performances at the Pavilion Theatre tonight at 6 24 and ? Good comedy and vaudeville feature. Ralph A Martin of 71 Boynton Street left yesterday for Windsor to take work in Windsor machine shops. Mrs Creamer Allen departed for Hoxton to stay with her husband recovering in hospital. William Emalie left for Hartford to join Mrs Emalie, planning two weeks with relatives. they will return to Barre Tuesday. Ice harvesting is underway as Wardlee Co seeks 50 men for the first cutting at Jockey Hollow pond starting Tuesday morning. Zero weather boosts ice quality. Yeck's pond will shed its winter coating and ice is 10 inches thick.
Several Barre residents headed to Manchester and Heston for work while others stayed local for holiday events. A night clerk at Motel Barre, J W Adame, and a plane salesman faced a rough descent in Graniteville. A sleigh ride rescue delivered by a Wok merchant saved stranded travelers near South Barre. Mrs B M Land hosted 60 friends for a cheerful Wellington Street party with readings by Ella Williams and Edward Willian and a birthday toast for Miss Williams.
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