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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
7
In Hanover July sessions of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society, Dr J Spencer presented measurements on Niagara Falls recession. He reports an average rate of 4.2 feet per year for the cataract width with long-term historical timing.
A local deal promotes Weber shoes offered at a deep cut from 3.50 to 1.98 with Oxfords and patent leather styles highlighted as exceptional bargains for a limited time.
A brief aggregation of local items includes a church fire damage estimate of 4000 dollars at North Bennington, a 91 year old Guilford Center resident injured, a disputed decree against Albans Furniture, a 10 to 7 vote on a spring baseball game loan, and various civic notes. The Delta society elected officers in Lincoln Nebraska, a Renabboro school head moves to Townsend Mass, and Montpelier plans a November horticultural meeting with city support. The year’s notable golf match at St Tobie bury ends 1K to 1K, plus a new North Springfield school to cost 10000 under Massachusetts rules. The Bennington North Adams line becomes a popular route to Boston, and John M. Thoman preaches at Bennington’s Second Congregational Church rededication. The Vermont Horticultural Society seeks city backing for a November convention during the legislature.
A compilation of notable figures from politics law literature and military service. Mentions Senator Sutherland of Utily born in England Senator Beveridge of Indiana relaxing with detective stories Justice Harlan considering reminiscences Admiral Evans nearing retirement and George Wyndham the London M P. Also notes Sylvester Canney of Salem retired at eighty and Brevet Major General Daniel F Rocker born 1812 aged ninety six obituary-like closing line.
The fragment discusses the oldest surviving treaty, a convention between Ramesses II of Egypt and the Prince of Khets. It outlines a permanent offensive and defensive alliance and provisions for extraditing emigrants, deserters, criminals, and displaced workers. Dated to before the fourteenth century BC, it stands as the earliest known example of a later national transaction.
A puzzling fragment shows cryptic lines about someone named T ndeolt and his perceived laziness while hinting at a geod enum waking. The text includes misspellings and scrambled phrases, suggesting a distorted OCR of a satirical or experimental piece from a public domain source.
Local markets show butter and eggs firm with steady demand. Quotations list creamery and fancy dairy prices, fresh eggs at 1 20e, strawberries good, potatoes around 110e per bushel, and pork dressed veal and native lamb prices noted with small variations.
Discovery reveals records of a 1778 sea engagement between the Yankee privateer Sky rocket and the Scotch Veuch Sharp, shedding new light on an overlooked clash not previously recorded by historians.
Edward Stanton Maclay reveals a Glasgow privateer clash with the American ship Skyrocket in 1779 off the Irish coast. Capt. Archibalt Boggy commanded the Sharp, mounting 14 guns, as Skyrocket of 16 guns engaged in two attacks near the Old Head of Kinbill.
St. Johnebury July 1 firm prices for veal and poultry. Receipts for the week ending June 40 show Poultry 1,500 pounds at 8 cents, Lambs 85 head, Hogs 800 pounds, Cattle 75 head, Calves 800 head. Prices include beef cattle and veal per hundredweight in local market report.
In Boston markets Heston July 1 prices for butter show strength yet lack real firmness as receipts rise. Creamery butter ranges from 22 to 29 1 2 cents with various grades, cheddar steady. Eggs quoted with New York and Vermont listings, retailing notes and note on wholesale quotation basis.
The narrative centers on Proferick VIII of Denmark at sixty five, the German emperor with a silver and gold draughtboard, and a travelered speaker boasting exposure to many British locales. Princess Alice of Russia is praised as a premier royal vocalist, renowned though she is empress, noted for public charity singing.
The article outlines the New York Connecting railway project demanding about 15 million dollars for a great bridge over Heil Gate. It notes the New York New Haven and Hartford line six tracking and electrification up to suburban limits at a cost of 50 million dollars. It also mentions the Mustang street railway enforcing no smoking rules with a conductor discharged after smoking while off duty.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a remedy for constipation and cough relief. References to a drug sore, Wickert, and Hareieville appear, with unclear names and dates. The passage reads like an unreliable ad line with scattered product mentions and locations.
Albert Gallahter, longtime U S secret service agent and McKinley bodyguard, died yesterday in Chicago. He seized the assassin Croalzoce’s pistol after the fatal shot, warding off further harm, but was mistaken for the slayer and beaten by the crowd. An attending physician cited a liver-affecting condition as the cause.
New York July 1 Justice Lambert directed the jury to find a verdict for Mayor McClellan in the election recount suit upholding his election. He stated no fraud was proved and that disfranchisement on such light evidence would endanger the country.
Republican voters of Barre are notified to meet at Miles Hall on Thursday at 7 30 to elect nineteen alternate delegates for the county convention in Montpelier on July Tech 1908 to attend to other proper business. Frank G Howland Chairman H W Scott Secretary.
The Barre Town Republicans are notified to meet in Miremen hall Barre July 2 at 8 p m to select eight delegates and eight alternates for the county convention to be held at Montpelier in July per order Republican Committees. Estate of Frank U Hopkins late of Barre Vermont Probate District of Washington notice of sale and distribution hearings follows, with the administrator seeking approval of final accounting and allocation among heirs. News appears in the local Marre Dall with notices for interested parties to appear at the June 7 to 24 period.
Vague OCR text outlines a commissioners probate notice for the estate of a named individual. The document references application and order dates, a court or municipal setting, and parties involved, but the legible fragments do not provide a clear action, date, or outcome.
A patent hair treatment called Herpelide is advertised as reversing mature baldness by a European specialist Prof. Anna. The copy claims scientific proof and a glowingly positive effect, urging readers to obtain a sample from The Herpelide Co of Detroit via a local agent.
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