Scattered Scraps Hint at Early Football Interest and Civic Warnings
A miscellany notes early revival of association football in the city with several clubs forming teams and promising displays while praising Scots for their prowess. It also lampoons Friday the 13th superstition and jokes about shifting bad luck and weddings. City authorities face complaints over fast driving, urging caution for horse and motor traffic alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoie
Stronuvita
Port Wes
Fragmented Era Gossip and Debates Across Papers
A collage of brief items and quotations from various papers. Topics include political feuds in Jacksonville and Hyde Park, London. The Hague as a tribunal in Europe. Mormon polygamy offices removed in Chicago amid local disturbances near Brigham. Congressie nat uralization reform called for by a Pittsburgh editor. Infant eye color accuracy noted. A curious ancient dwarfs tale from Riwas district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowle
Jacksonville Times
Union
Hyde Park
London
Atlanta Journal
Hague
St. Louis
Brigham
Grave
Chicago
Garden Jingles and Tips from a Bygone Era
A collage of playful quips and practical notes on gardening and homemaking. Tales of neighbors, odd adages, and comic verse mix with seed sowing guidance for lettuce, cabbage, horseradish, dandelion, strawberries, and eggplant. Practical advice covers thinning, mulching, and soil work alongside period humor from various publications.
Niagara’s struggle over water rights and erosion
A garbled excerpt highlights the Niagara dispute over water usage and the impact of river developments. It notes Cantle rock on the Columbia as a landmark for construction and warns that commercial growth may erase landscapes in coming years while quoting various columnists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Ington Post
Columbia River
Providence Telly
Why Pieves of per Are Not Picked Up in Barre
A reader condemns litter on streets and urges city action to enforce waste paper cleanup. The writer cites windblown debris creating danger to horses and drivers, calls for stronger ordinances and enforcement, and urges legislation for cleanliness and nuisance control in Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Eitor
Barre Daily
Elmer
Pibee
Piper
Prospect Street
Depot Square
Jetus
Base Hits and Baseball Bits Across Eras and Regions
The item collects scattered sports notes and anecdotes from several eras referencing the St. Louis Browns catching prospects Spencer and Rickey, the Wisconsin State Baseball Association, team moves involving Noodles Hahn and Cal McVey, and a tangential vignette on medieval ransom and peaceful fishermen, highlighting broad baseball lore and historical curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Browns
Io Spencer
Rickey
Wisconsin State Baseball Association
Baw Claire
Chippewa Falls
Lacrosse
Freeport
Green Bay
Oshkess
Hahn
Griffith
New York Americans
Harry Murch
Sebugo Lake
Cal McVey
Red Stockings
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Cal
McVey
Tin Mood
Beattle
Altoomn
Plood
Brooklyn Duty Severa
Englishwomen and the changing face of ladies venturing
Anarchic tendencies in homes and a shift in British female representation are noted by London media. The London Patter contrasts modern expressions with past gentleness, while London Truth comments on a transformed female gaze. The excerpt ends with a playful exchange about Willie and Corinne, framed by Barre Central Labor Union control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Union Label Boasts for Union Made Brooms
A local notice urges union men and families to buy broom products bearing the Union Label to ensure labor fairness. It lists merchants Lon & Lyon, Park & Stephens, MH J. Smith, Smith & Cumings, BD Ladd Co, W H Conner & Son, Merchant 2 Wraser, Reynolds & Son, and CS Kenyon & Cash Bargain Store as suppliers. Look for the Union Label and support fair labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen
Ceonviet
Brooma
Lon & Lyon
Park & Stephens
MH. J. Smith
Smith & Cumings
BD. Ladd Co
W. H. Conner & Son
Merchant 2 Wraser
Reynolds & Son
CS. Kenyon & Cash
Union
Makers of Books and the Sleep Mystery
The Atlanta Constitution cites an English author claiming he writes until sleep overtakes him. The Teleton Journal notes readers are fed by a flood of nighttime manuscripts, while several Knights Bitterwote cite the habit as a quirk of modern authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Tewleton Journal
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Barre
Frank E. Langley
Postoffen
Marre de Sedona
Cina
The
Barre Daily Times
Alfonsa
Benington
Spain
Hipldes
Wiles
Congress
Pittgiving Gazette
Raves
Niwas
Riwas
Qace
Naybor
Mr. Subbubs
Puck
Pyker
Simpson
Hyker
Detroit Tribune
Dot
Reelton
Corker
Chienko
Bucharest
Tare
New York Weekly
Tier Heart
Brooklyn
Lippincott
Breakfast Lake
Avetel
Grace
Helen—Terriblel
New York
Kansas
Wise
England
Washington
Chicago News
Main Street
Barre, Vt
France
Mamma
Willie
Corinne
Central Labor Union of
Barre and Vicinity
D. F. Davis
North Main St
Barre, Vermont
the Ideal Bakery
Green
Scotland
North Main Street
Ae Phoenix
Merchant & Fraser
Elin Street
Makers OF Books
Bermuda
T. H. Parker
M. G. Roben
A. Tomasi
Ss. Vaughan Store
Perley £. Pope CO
Montpelier
P. E. Pope
the City Bakery
Bemis & Caron’s
City Bakery
Bemis & Caron
Vermont
J. Dodge
W, Averill & Co
P Barre, Veron
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