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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
5
A cluttered column lists linen sales at Abbott’s and diaries at Rea Cross Pharmacy with scattered notes on demonstrations and local visits. Several short items name visitors from Boston and Northfield, theater plans, church events, charity suppers, and shop promotions, all in brisk town-paper style.
A domestic evening at Mrs Leberve's residence featured a banquet with a full menu. The event included cream soups and hearty dishes, with potatoes and sweet additions, described with limited OCR clarity.
Fragmented OCR text yields a cryptic line with missing context. Readable bits mention a location near a teat and a company ciphered by errors. No clear event, date, or named entities emerge to anchor a factual summary.
A old newspaper ad from A P Abbott & Co promotes a 10 day clearance at The Daylight Store. It claims customers get more and better goods for their money and pressures shoppers to buy now for the assortment at special prices.
A local store offers Ladies' Mixed Cloth Coats at half price, with 50 inch and longer coats priced from 2.98 to 10.00. Original tags ranged 9.00 to 20.00. Young Ladies and children’s coats also discounted, featuring plains and mixed cloth with Venetian lining, many past season best sellers.
An old advert announces a half-price sale on ladies' suits and skirts. It emphasizes low pricing with fixtures marked between 10 and 490 dollars, urging customers to buy now to save, and promising bargain options around 12.50.
Bargain textile sale advertises low prices on Gingham and Hamburg fabrics, skirts, and waistings. Prices from $0.09 to $7.00, with discounts on white waistings and Panama skirts. Limited time remaining before prices rise or stock runs out.
A local store blasts savings on bath towels at 12 14 cents and all linen towels at 23 cents. Bleached sheets 81 by 90 inches sell for 79 cents, with extra sizes and wm cotton options. Pillow slips from 12 4 cents, corseted covers, night robes and white skirts priced to clear.
Abbott and Company Barre Vermont promotes a last price suite and invites readers to visit Vaughan for a life for a life event at the opera house tonight. The notice references a hospital benefit on January 23 and mentions continuing activities on the second floor at Vaughan.
The funeral for George Pratt Berlin road superintendent was held Sunday at 2 pm with Rev Donald Fraser of the national church officiating. Pratt, lifelong Berlin resident and former town road commissioner, died unexpectedly after a severe cold. Burial followed at Berlin’s cemetery as family members and friends mourned a man who valued town service and community ties.
Dated, fragmentary local notes list James Adame in Berlin with employ. Howland of Meredith, AL connected to uncles J. W. and A. S. Mor. Waldo Glover returns to Boston studies. mentions of Mr and Mrs F and Mr and Mrs Gordon of Meredith. Numerous names and church activity referenced with limited readable context.
Mrs Saray Angell remains in critical condition. Friday Cabot saw visits by Misa Loey Tassiede and P J Batehelder. Mrs Grace Burnham returned from Hopedale. Nelson Smith moved to his farm after work for R E Tasvie. Mrs Kunin Sullam in Barre for dental work. Mrs Elizabeth Sabin and Mrs Maskell in Hardwick. Dan McJean visited South Barre. Ties of Boston visiting Mrs W B Goodall and Mire G G Hall. Storey family hosted Lash entertainment in Morse hall. Agnes Tassie won the voting contest prize.
The ad touts school clothing for boys with long and knee trouser suits priced from 2.50 to 15.00. Emphasizing good all wood materials and dependable workmanship, it promises thorough value and urges bringing boys for school clothes caps and toggery to please them and save money.
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