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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
8
Roller skating today with Fura at cost at Vaughan's. Tenemat and barn rental offered. A El Batohelder promotes Teal hot chocolate at Red Cross pharmacy. See Laughing Gnn a barrel of fun at Theatorium Pathak Pons.
In South Barre residents to meet Saturday January 18 at the home of Mrs Ducharm after a ride. Willan Docharma will lead the team with chaperone Mrs George Allen officiating and refreshments to follow at the host home.
Saturday ends Abbott's clearance sale and roller skating sessions begin at two and seven. The Modern Youth plays at the opera house all week while Auction rooms open every evening. The Talisman fantasy and idyll at The Auditorium is billed as the biggest score yet. Cunard and White Star line fare reductions list second and third class prices. Kenyon & Co. promotes bargain store deals.
The page lists miscellaneous items from theater and watch repairs at Gordon Riddell and D. A. Perry Heal Bathteayotue, plus a Knights of Pythias lodge meeting at Waterbury with a post meeting banquet. Also promoted are January sales from AWA Smith Brothers featuring discounted shoes, hats, rubbers, and winter wear with listed bargain prices and products.
Weather forecast notes snow in the north and fair in the south with very cloudy skies tonight. Friday will be fair and colder, light west to southwest wind.
A garbled column lists routine town items: skating at the pavilion, skits at a store, sales on goods, and many city visitors and residents arriving or leaving for business or travel. Names include McAnlile of Burlington, Hughes, Woolshire, Atmon, Dwinell, Cardi, Donahue, and others. trips to Springfield, New York, Italy, Florida, and New Hampshire noted amid shop ads and local notices.
The Norwich area wedding unites Miss Mary Mice Reed and Th Kibbe Brooks at the bride's mother's home at 7:30 PM attended by immediate relatives and a fashionable gathering. The bride, a Bethel resident, is a Smith College graduate and active in church work. the groom, a former local employee, is Norwich University educated and plans to reside in St Albans after a wedding trip.
A garbled news snippet notes a three syllable phrase and open event before Christmas. It mentions attempts to register, costs, and taxpayer expenditures, with unclear names or places. The readable bits reference Brattleboro and a festive countdown, suggesting a local appeal or outreach drive.
Randolphin resident Mise Gertrude Edson visited town as guest of Miss Grace and Gertrude Mise dpesie Davis and plans to stay with her brother in Washington. Walter Robinson of Mooers is night fireman at the electric line. Bobbin shop work resumes under foreman Gilman Peavey after a suspension. Dr. H. Godfrey attended a Montpelier state calibration meeting and returns to Randolph. Local officers of H. B. K. Camp No 28 were installed with refreshments and social time. Court corner officers were installed by Will J. Scott of Washington, followed by dancing. West Hill Methodist ladies held a sociable with Mr. and Mrs. Holton Annis. donations added to the treasury.
Fragmentary notes report George Berlin's illness, real estate dealings of late George, Newton Perrin's daughter returning to Grand Rapids, Lend-a-hand meeting with Mrs. Fraser, William Turner reporting thin ice on Mirror Lake, and Rev. Fraser installation drawing attendance despite severe cold. Other fragments reference social gatherings and local remarks.
In Rutland on January 16 a double funeral was held at Trinity Episcopal church for Me Pennington aged 75 and Mrs Pennington aged 80. They died within ten hours of each other after long lives in Albany N Y and Rutland station. Rev Joseph Hognelts officiated. Members of the Old Pellows fraternity and family friends served as pallbearers and carried the caskets.
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