Talk of the Town at Comigne and nearby sights
A fragmented collection of local notices includes a jewelry display at Escural Pe Lake Champlain with watches diamonds and silver items. clairvoyants in Burr and Narre. a Rexall Skeeter promotion. a veterinary clinic at No 12 Cottage Street offering 24 hour care. and a notice inviting Vermont football clubs to enter a championship at Clan Gordon in Caledonia park on August 1 with limited team slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comigne
Escural
Lake Champlain
Wily
Pa Casha
Burr
Santen
Cate Teal Letate
Mdy
L. J. Austin
J. B. Bilis
Forulting
Atrpet
Garrow
Bichness
Burzell Block
Narre
Vermont
Clan Gordon
Caledonia Park
James RK Coutts
See
Academy Retreat
Marre
Onen
Social dance at Millen hall Friday night July 10 Graniteville
Ad page notes a social dance hosted by Jolly Your and Riley's pre crew in Millen hall Graniteville Friday night July 10 with music and refreshments. An ice cream social is described as delightful under Presbyterian Ladies Aid to raise funds. Also promotes Burdock Blood Bitters and various home remedies with cautions about skin itching and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millen Hall
Riley
John
Norman Murray
Graniteville
Presbyterian Lallies
It Can't Be Beat by Medicines Claiming Great Efficacy
A local testimonial from North Carolina praising Mloe the Witter for liver kidney and stomach issues. The speaker Mr Harden from Silver City endorses the medicine as the best for weakness chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee by Rett Cross Pharmacy and Rickert Wells drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mo Harden
Silver City
North Carolina
Mloe
Witter
Marden
Jame
Rett Cross Pharmacy
Rickert & Wells
Bethel Miia Quarry Shuts Down Indefinitely
The Miia quarry near Bethel has halted operations indefinitely due to a lack of orders. About forty men are affected as they wind down and plan to leave town. The report notes a temporary disruption but highlights the impact on workers and local livelihoods. The text also lists various townspeople’s movements, marriages, and deaths, reflecting a snapshot of community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miia
Randolph DP L Drew of Concord Visits Northfield Friends
Randolph Dorchester area notes list residents and visitors including L Drew of Concord visiting Shenila, Mrs Marion Beecher and Mrs DeWitt Webb arriving from Key West, Proctor guest Mrs Winthrop Abbott, Olive T Moulton named as Randolph High School assistant, Miss Trantes Spooner teaching in Brookfield offered Newport post, and Green Mountain officers installed July 1 with Glenn Bailey as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive T. Moulton
Wellesley College
Springvale
Randolph Hist School
Green Mountain
Ntusion Ilfrectinn
Glenn Bailey
G. H. Stack
Mies Trantes Spooner
Brookfield
Newport
North Danville
Tarmoor
Williamstown Notes and Local Social Snippets
Williamstown events include a Lake Champlain excursion, reports of residents with minor ailments, visits among neighbors in Brookfield, Randolph, Montpelier, and Wallingford. The village band plans an open air concert Saturday evening and the Village Improvement Society will serve ice cream Friday night. M ides and baked goods to be sold at Drury's store Saturday. Souvenir notes and personal updates round out the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. I. Society
Alma Lang
Barre
Mise Hittie Briggs
Tua Len Jquite
Cutter Pond
Lwles
Village Improvement Society
M . Drtry
Williamstown
The Baby Wisest. A Punch era cartoon verse
A humorous piece contrasts a baby’s calm wisdom with adults fearing war and illness. It reflects on how adults misjudge danger while the infant’s actions seem oddly prudent. The verse ends with the baby remaining wiser than grownups.
Town notes from Calais and Montpelier visits
East Calais and nearby towns show a flurry of visits and errands with residents from Marshfield Barre and Worcester traveling for funerals, family visits, and church events. Notable names include George Carley Ulisse D. J. Scott Frank Pitkin Gertrude Biles and Mrs C La Scwtt, withthermometers reaching two degrees on a hot day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Scott
Frank
Marsabeld Wadixley
Frank Pitkin
Mise
Gertrude Biles
Fred Meats
Barrewat
D. J
Fisher
Universalists
C. la Scwtt
Flora Bliss
Marshfield
Frank Grey
Northfield
Wit Mra Cw, Taylor
Worcester
Albert Dwinell
Montpelier
Tabor
Lotions remaining undailled for at the Barre post office
List of names under a one week period ending July 10 1908 for undelivered lotions at the Barre post office. Items include numerous individuals such as George A. Cave KL Andrews Smith Bartes Pastellto Bostolo Ed Danie Brown W Batehelder James Currier Prod Clevelant AWG Campbell Alfred Davison A J Dineen John Danian Win Tayley A Ferminex Wallace Portes Finney Ganati Ateo A f George Joe Gokey Alex Hart Lewis Hutulin son HM for Hall slever Bers Frei Johnson A W Jones Pieron Lait fin Hawk Larson Lawreate 3 A Lavery Ale Liporatel Lloyd MeAwley Jester Meyette Mr and Mrs Minne McLnd Thos McDonald Ix Norman McLeod Archie Mosietgwt Eelein Moore Frana Nelenn Pitank Nichols D Perry Gurelli Petro H W Tot jon Lawrences Shepari Victor Stary W Willey Mary Clark Mrs GM Ganepheti Mrs Marry Hotows Mrs John Mitton fre J S Mehiati Mrs Lillian Remairs We 1 Riven Mrs Sarah Smith Mrs Alice Palgn
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George A. Cave
KL. Andrews
Smith & Bartes
Pastellto Bostolo
Ee Danie Brown
W. Batehelder
Keown
James Currier
Prod Clevelant
AWG
Campbell
Alfred Davison
A. J. Dineen
John Danian
Win
Tayley
A. Ferminex
Wallace
Portes
Finney
Ganati & Ateo
A. F. George
Joe Gokey
Alex
Pitank Nichols
D. Perry
Gurelli Petro
H.W. Tot Jon
Lawrences Shepari
Victor Stary
W. Willey
Carriage accident injures Rev Fraser and wife
Report states Rev Fraser and his wife were thrown from a carriage on the way to a funeral service. They were shaken but uninjured seriously. Other local residents noted include Will Loomis of Northfield and the Webb family traveler to Roxbury. Community members mentioned a picnic at W P Row’s grave and illness of Milton Bailey confined to his bed at home.
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UD. Fraser
Moe
Williain Loomis
Northfield
Damiage Wien
Sra. Fraser
Myx J
Haying
Mise
Notable Names and Daring Youths Highlight Early 20th Century Life
The piece showcases Louvima Keally, a daughter named from Louise Victoria Maud, and Jennie Powell, a seven year old ox team driver from Washington Connecticut. It notes Mrs Taft’s stance on college education for her daughter and Mile Ganswel’s appointment as director at a Montpelier clinic, plus Elsie Valanuld, a multilingual Augusta teen interpreter born in Rovao Russia, who arrived in 1908.
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Lond Keallys
Louvima
Louise
Victoria
Maud
New England
Jennie Powell
Washington, Conn
William H. Taft
Mra Taft
Mile
Ganswel
Montpeliier
France
Europe
Ganssel
Elsie Valanuld
Augusta
Valanski
Thie
Rovao
Russia
Trained Police Commanders Pride in Training Cited
A police commissioner praises his force saying they work well because they are well trained. He notes training covers everything as he smiles. The remark is followed by a joke about a nurse who was engaged to a rich patient after a week in hospital.
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Orst
Washington Star
The Heat Wave iambic musings from Lomton Daily Mail
The piece muses on relentless heat and shifting moods as a speaker contemplates longing and restraint. It contrasts warmth with cooling fears and laments the strain of tempers and endurance amid a torrid spell. The article blends poetic reflections with a dated newspaper voice.
Democratic Caucus Notice for Berre City Meeting
The Democrats of Berre are notified to meet at the city covert room Saturday evening July 1 at 7:50 p.m. to nominate delegates and alternates to the county convention, to select a county committee and to address county office support, per under Democratic City Committees.
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Berre
Cane Pine
Montpelier
Weal Freeman
Barre Town Democrats Delegate Election Notice
Barre Town Democrats warn voters to attend at Miles Hall Graniteville on Saturday February 7 to elect delegates to the Washington County convention and to pay any dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre Town
Miles” Hall
Graniteville
Maturday
Fale
Washington County
Edwin A Abbey elected fellow of Paris Beaux Arts
Edwin A Abbey, American artist, is elected a fellow of the Societe des Beaux Arts in Paris for his spring salon exhibit. M Paul Lavatier, St Francis expert, splits time in Assisi and backs the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Berlin sculptor Walter Schott works on a statue of the emperor for the Berlin Academy of Arts facade. Alfred John Church, in Memoirs of Men and Books, notes reviewing 40 000 books and authoring seventy works and maintains ties to Spectator and friends of Richard Holt Hutton.
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Edwin A. Abbey
Societe Des Beaux Arts
Paris
M. Paul Lavatier
Assisi
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Berlin
Walter Schott
Berlin Academy of Arts
Alfred John Church
Church
the Spectator
Richard Holt Hutton
State Lines and Rail Progress Across Regions
The passage contrasts 1868 rail coverage in Colorado with current facts about Minnesota’s rapid growth. It notes one county in Colorado lacking rail and cites political campaigning rules. It also highlights Minnesota’s population surge from 150,000 to 2,000,000 and wealth growth from 30 million to about 1 billion in fifty years.
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Minnesota
Curious Old Laws of Nepal Tudla
The text recounts ancient Nepalese laws with striking rules. Killing cows was a capital offense, and girls at birth were wed to a betel fruit cast into a sacred stream to avoid widowhood. Divorce could be attained by placing a betel leaf under a husband’s pillow. The day begins at dawn when roof tiles and hair can be counted against the sky.
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Nepal
Quarrels and poets in pursuit of happiness
A reflection on progress as harmony replacing quarrel. The piece notes that some write with heart and blood rather than talent and highlights many morausic seeking happiness amid widespread trouble. The Germanate source cites Frankfurter Zeltung.
Gallant Lover Exchange Sparks Wit in Philadelphia Press
A playful exchange unfolds as a speaker teases a suitor about offense and sharp words. The man responds with magnanimity noting the listener’s small mouth, adding a light moment reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
A Big Bucket Seemed Enough for Ocean Water
A skeptical note imagines a bucket 743 miles deep and 743 miles wide, capable of holding every drop of the ocean and resting on the British Isles. It suggests 10,000 steam pumps, each drawing 1,000 tons, would be required to fill the bucket.
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British Isles
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Barre Daily Times
National Life Inaiturate Company
Mutual
B.S Ballard
Montpiers
Talk OF
the Town
Mey
Rexall Skeeter
Skoet
Ie Aperta
Cottage Street
Dove Vengano
Agin Porta
Eani
Fermeria
Juno
Arthur Hf
H. Town
D. V
E. Barr
Graduato Sal Collegio di Ontario
Assistente
Secondo Wistemi Juni Maderni
Teleforno
Lake’ Champlain
Ady
USA Burdock
Dean
Down
Willie
Manya
Grondma
Lackawanna
Scranton
Calder & Richardson
Depot Square
Lehigh
Bethel
McCormick
New York
Patt School
EO. Wisher
Waek
Hoxton
Albany
George Rowell
Madison, Wis
Woollbury Granite Company
Capitol
James Young
Danville
D. C
Jane Todd Haw
Boston
Mikes Ann Todd
Mite
Lucy Washburn
Brookton
Mass
M. Washburn
J. M. Heath
Rochester, N. H
Katherine Bartlett
Fred Wilson Day
Congregational Church
Franklin
N. H
Lora
Fred Ta Ranney
Wittefield
Burpap Southworth
E. ¥. Felton
Charles Coy
John Coy
Tunbridge
Mr. Coy
Charlee Pixley Coy
Noyalton
Matilda Thompson
BR. Mr Coy
New York City
Tun ‘Widga
Ter
South Royalton
Randolph
DP. L. Drew
Concord
N. Ha
Guy Asla
Samay
Mr. and
Mes A. de Wewter
Shenila
Marion Beecher
Heewick
Fannie Howard
Royalton
Thursby
B.A
Thomas
John Finn
Lynn
Maas
Robert Sault
Ormond Crenane
Emma Plnkely
Derby
Winthrop Abbott
Proctor
Sire
Tully Adame
Prof. Abbott
S. 8S. Briggs
Trandolph
Ot Russell Woodward
Mine Athel Wariner
Sheldon, Conn
Eugene Wardner
Thurslay
James Rand
Norwich University
Daha
Orange County
Warren Wilfore
Fred Holt
Luther Turnham
Wallington
Andrew Burnham
L. Taker
Randolphsterday
J. J. Kanvly
Lenard
Omeone
Hill's SR
East Calais
George Carley
Lake Caspian
Ulisse
Moses Lamberton
Willard Austin Ie
Clarente Nowrie
Ging Mancroft
Sanday
Mary Clark
GM. Ganepheti
Ars
Karma Gorton
Marry Hotows
John Mitton
Mehiati
Lillian Remairs
Riven
Sarah Smith
Alice Palgn
Rev
Donald’ Praner
Democratic Caucus
Comets
Howe
Dorothy Dodd
Crossett Shoes
Ble
Pearl Streets
Colorado
Beechamt’s
S. J. Segel CO
Campini
Main Street
Granite Street
Reliance Woodpecker Engines
Ic. H. Taft
Randolph Center
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