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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
6
Graniteville prepares for a Saturday oyster sale and a game between F team of Northfield and Graniteville AG can Co. F. The event will include a referee whistle, a short oval game, and music after.
Notice states that from February 4 1908 cash coupons will be given with every cash purchase of five cents or more and redeemable in goods. Credit customers will receive a premium for prompt payment, details to be announced later. Joseph A Osborne East Barre Wisconsin successor to KR J Woodward.
Voters are notified of a caucus to nominate candidates for city offices. The meeting is at City Hall Friday February 14 2008 at 7 30 pm with ward sessions February 15 1M at 7 30 pm at Chandh street school for nominees for mayor treasurer auditors ward one two three alderman and school and city commissioners.
An old Barre Vermont advertisement promotes the 50th Life Insurance Company offering life insurance and agent contact in Barre. It highlights widespread value and savings concepts with N. B. Ballard listed as local agent. The brief notice emphasizes agents in Barre and surrounding area.
A jumble of notices includes wants for winter storage and a telephoned contact, sales at L P Ade tin’s watch clerk, stone cutters’ goods and wholesale framing prices, overshoes at the People’s shoe store, and a Catholic family paper subscription offer. Also listed are a meeting of the Ex handelors club, a ready-to-rent cottage, and eye care by L P Austin the watch and clock man with modern treatment options.
A fragmented ad text touts a remedy called 4A Shorough purifier for ailments including dyspepsia kidney issues and oral debility. It claims quick relief and is sold at Rel Cross Pharmacy Rick ert & Wells in a harbor Maine locale.
Public notice announces an auction and sale details by the local auctioneer. It lists the date time and venue where items will be offered to the public with general terms and conditions for bidders.
The Marshfield area notes a bereavement as Pastor Hay mourns and Methodist services are canceled Sunday. Obituaries report the passing of Rev Mr Carrier aged 15 after long illness, with funeral plans from Linens iere and burial in Bloomfeld family lot.
Local items report visits by Mr and Mrs Van McAllister of Wit Hamster at D T McAlister's. W H Sprigne attended a Granite Mutual Insurance meeting in Barry City. An accident at a sawmill injured an arm, and a dam caused a five foot water leakage. Several residents are named in events including Mrs Haly Mattoon and Robert W ee Godfvey. A probate administrative action concerns the estate of Bur jute and a winter term of school closed with several students recognized for perfect attendance.
Local items describe a leap year dance, visits by Philadelphian guests, and greetings from residents including Mrs. Mary Hartington and Prof. E J Richards. Messages mention ill health, farm rentals, preparations for spring work, and a library benefit talk in February.
Local notes recount illnesses and visits including Mrs Hupnolds returning from Steafford, Mrs Clare Avril visiting St Albans with her daughter, and Mr Mey, BF and Scott returning from a lane trip. Public matters mention highway work, police notes, and community concerns amid a string of personal updates.
Reports from St. Petersburg say Russia faces dissatisfaction with Foreign Minister Sveshnikov's defensive stance amid Turkish mobilization and Austrian quarrels. Critics blame him for diplomacy missteps while Pan-Slavist and Conservative factions press for a stronger world role. Rumors swirl about a Berlin posting as his career falters.
A garbled item notes a ban on applause for prefects in a close room at Heiselberg. It mentions Lord Kelvin and Glasgow University’s abstract ideal, with references to mechanics and silent methods. The text is fragmented and unclear but cites a “Silence” motif tied to scientific debate and student action.
Mrs. Margaret Reid of 40 Maple Avenue Barre Vin reports three years of severe backache and nightly unrest. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she slept through the night, felt better in health, and recommends the remedy. Sold by druggists. price 50 cents. Buffalo, NY, is listed as a sub agent city with the slogan Remember the name Doan's.
A woman, a boy, and a dog suffocated by fire gas at 10 Amherst Street Manchester N IL. The victims were found early yesterday after an accident that claimed Mrs Morrill and a friend's child.
Mrs Prosence D Mor AR, 25, and Jobe Sullivan, 5, were identified in a gas stove incident that killed a boy and involved a family friend Mrs Morrill. The Morrells are connected to Lynn H Morrill, a traveling salesman from Metcalf, and the stove had not been fully turned off.
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