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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1908
Page
6
A chaotic mix of old classified lines and notices includes sales requests and job wants, shoe store promotions, estate postings, foreign language segments, and stray phone-like numbers. The fragmentary text mentions auctioning, housing opportunities, and various vendors in a busy page scrape.
In Corinth, G H Grimms man relocates from Rut to Cookville inside the Piper house. Ernest Riley takes the Henry Orr farm for one year. Mr and Mrs C Lyare visit Ree Tuet week on business. Duttham moved to Woodaville for the week. L D Howth and wife care for Mr and Mrs James Woodcock. Charlie Wiggins relocates from town farm to L D Heath's place. J Harry Townsend moves to the town farm to aid the town's poor for the year.
The ad claims Electric Nitters cure fevers at high elevations and fevers on tower levels, boasting jaundice, weakness, fever, seizures, insomnia, and other bodily weaknesses. It markets Electric Nitters as an effective blood purifier and alterative, sold with guarantee at Red Cross Drug Store for 60 cents.
Williamstown and J Segal of Barre bought the J K Eynile estate clothing stock and will hold a sale for about two weeks to close the gut. The dK Lyryte firm will discontinue that strand of ix Lusinesn. An ad promotes a liver and stomach tonic with various ailments claiming cure and general health benefits.
The article outlines a June commencement program featuring a Vermont boat ride and campus traditions. It lists scheduled events from June 20 to 26 including speeches, dedicatory ceremonies, alumni gatherings, and the Torrey memorial window dedication. Also noted are notable attendees and local social occurrences surrounding the event.
East Calais notes show residents and visitors including Justin Stone Cabot Robert Emery Marshfield George Guernsey Montpelier and others in town or about on Wednesdays and Thursdays Real estate transfers mention Glenn Burham and Levi Dwinell farms with changes of ownership. Local church services Memorial exercises and visits to Barre Topsham Waterbury and Montpelier are reported along with illnesses and family matters.
A fragmented notice announces an upcoming public meeting about training policies and community concerns. It notes involvement by local officials and requests attendance or input from residents. Names and exact times are unreadable in the OCR fragment.
East Montpelier residents and visitors are listed in a dense community notice. Names include Ira Doying Ellen Hathaway Frank Kelton and P Robbins with social visits and church activities referenced. The piece notes car incidents and upcoming services, plus a school invitation for July 4th and various local engagements.
An obituary and community notices recount the death of Mr. Parker at 75 in Strafford town with Masonic rites and survivor details. Additional items mention birthdays, travelers, and a funeral for Jol. F. Powell, plus church activities, visitors, and local weather prospects impacting planting season.
The passage presents a jumble of names and events including Washington state bacteriologist references, Mrs. Ida Moulton of Thornton, and a mention of an eighty seven year old woman. It also notes Mrs Langtry the actress and a land purchase at one dollar per acre, with various unrelated biographical notes about Agatha Herbert and Helen Cannon. The text is fragmented and partially unintelligible.
Things Theatrical previews a summer lineup with "The Wiener of the Site" and "The Gary White Way" in New York. Charles D. Hernant stars as Kenex Polos alongside Joel O'Neil. A producer seeks a tent for a show while Maxie Knott plans a presentation and a new act opens this season.
In wild New Mexico a hulking man with a red beard defends a circus crew against greasers. He traps their attackers with improvised weapons, defeats the knife man, punishes the mob, and leads the troupe to safety northward. Redbeard earns the crew’s trust as they flee the hostile region.
Joseph G. Edgerly was elected superintendent of Pitchburg Massachusetts schools for a record thirty fifth term. In Chi Huahua Mexico, consolidation plans would place boys and girls in a single building with one set of teachers. George S. Dari¢ becomes president of the Normal College New York City at $8200 yearly, succeeding Dr. Thomas Hunter. Arthur J. Roberts named president of Colby College Portland Maine succeeding Rev Charles L White, the first Colby president not educated for the ministry.
The Welsh Congregational churches are valued around 9.2 million dollars with about 1 million debt. The Scottish Episcopal Church runs a modest size but uses a penny newspaper to keep adherents informed. Twelve memorial windows for Mobile Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception have nearly all been completed, with the final installations due next year. Father Ebrie, Vatican library director, described as a German and a Jesu, is cited as an authority on book care and manuscript preservation.
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