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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
6
Barre resident M. L Spaulding describes five years of kidney pain and backache worsened by work. She attributes relief to Down's Kidney Enine tablets bought at Foster-Milburn Co agents in York, with the drugstore name Dean's urged as the only choice.
A brief notice offers maple sugar at a few pairs closing at 1c a pound and maple syrup at 1.00 per gallon. It notes sales of hams bacon salt pork salt salmon and other first class goods. Contact Woodward in East Barre Vermont for service.
Inane report from Barre notes the condition of the local community without title insurance. National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier Vermont is referenced as a background element while the piece mentions Barre with unclear details and a cautious tone about local affairs.
City column items list services and notices including flower shop offers by Youngeon Tol 317 0, watchmaker L P Austin selling tool stock and frames, Mra R E Boalding street rental, Hale's pavilion dancing with Montpelier band, and eye care ad for L P Austin and general notices from local businesses.
Randolph Judge Stowe visited town on Tuesday and attended a southbound train. W V Soper of Royalton aided with the Henry Soper estate settlement. Miss Lulu Blakely from Leonard's drug store is off duty after a fall. The late H W Miller's mother died in Worchester with burial in Northfield and Mr. Miller accompanied the party to Massachusetts.
Resolutions express mourning for Waldon Patterson as a beloved member. They request heartfelt sympathy to his family. copies be recorded and published in the Barre Daily Times and sent to the family. The notices note location East Barre Vermont and Granite Encampment No 20 with similar language and dates in 1908.
A neighborhood favorite is highlighted by Mrs KE D Charles of Harbor Meine describing Elevth Bitters as effective for complaints of kidney issues nervousness and general debility. The product is claimed to be a thorough purifier and spring medicine sold at Red Cross pharmacy Welln 660.
The remains of Frederick Whittier arrived Tuesday from East Burke and a funeral was held at the Congregational church with Rev. W L Jennings officiating. Whittier, heir to a harness business, spent later years in Lyndon Be Johnsbury and Burke. buried beside his wife and daughter in the village cemetery.
Residents travel to Montpelier and Rochester for business while others visit Northeastern towns. Names such as Flora Bemis, Ethel Bemis, and Miss Grave Wick appear among various visits. The report mentions furnace leaks, a health note on pneumonia cases, and local preparedness events, with several Plainfield residents attending gatherings in Cabot and the food district union.
Reports from St. Petersburg and Tblisi indicate Turkish forces crossing the Turko Persian border into Azerbaijan prov ince arousing calls for punishment by Russia. Kurdish hordes threaten firman firman of Azerbaijan and Persian troops desert in large numbers as tensions rise over Turkish Turkish border provocations and potential European Turkey invasion plans.
A garbled report discusses whether the Bessemer process can be used for steel rails. A speaker from Schenectady questions the method and notes needs for specific alloying and open-portion requirements, reflecting uncertainty about modern steel production.
Howe Feb 20 Mignon Nevada daughter of Kura Nevare American singer made her second appearance tonight singing the Rodolfo role in the Harbor of New Sin. Adelina Patti came to hear the young soprano and praised her performance saying she has a great future and a voice of perfect quality.
Madras Matt reports on Hindu women in India who wear prescribed forehead marks for religious and ceremonial occasions. Orthodox practice uses a central saffron spot or a tattooed vertical line, while fashion favors a small jet black mark made from burned saga water, with younger women sometimes using tiny tinsel disks.
Excerpts discuss fear of failure and self doubt hindering success, urging optimism and action. Modern psychology themes appear alongside reflections on the pyramids of Gixeh, noting their man made grandeur, calm silhouette, and night beauty as inspiration. Robert Hichens is cited from Century Magazine.
The excerpt mentions efforts to standardize wages for Massachusetts engineers by the Boston Engineers union in cooperation with state bodies. It notes the seventh annual convention call from the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor led by President Greenawalt. Other items reference open shop tactics, AFL convention proceedings, and a quip about Napoleon.
A fragment from the London Chronicle notes cannibal trout reportedly prey on their own kind, with streams and fish of two pounds or more described as cannibals without other details or context.
There will be a sugar social at the home of Mrs George Allen Thursday evening February 20 for the benefit of the South Barre Sunday school. Admission is 15 cents for over ten. All are cordially invited to attend. Returned Empty. A multimillionaire who suffered from sensitivity on his way back to New York has reportedly demanded a fare rebate and special terms and returned empty.
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