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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
6
Berlin announces the engagement of Marjorie Leone Whipple to Asa M. Smith of Springfield Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs FA Gray are the hosts of the notice and the families express happiness for the couple.
The American Legion and town groups seek all residents’ cooperation for a long-awaited Fourth of July celebration after 19 years. A Tuesday band-room meeting will outline plans, with updates to follow. Local notices mention residents moving, purchases, and Memorial Day activities, reflecting a busy town preparing for community events.
Fragmented OCR text mentions East Calais and multiple names with unclear roles. It reads as a meeting notice or community event amid garbled lines, with references to attendance, a White Nel, and local residents. No clear action or outcomes can be determined from the legible portions.
The East Calais high school graduating class and the eighth grade went to Lake Willoughby on Sunday for their outing. Carnes and Shortt schools planned Memorial Day exercises on Friday with a good program. George K. Sanders and John Stayton visited Westmore on Saturday. John T. Bancroft stayed with cousin Richard Taylor in Worcester on Sunday. FP Brown and family are stopping in Hardwick for a while.
Randolph residents gathered for holiday visits as Mr and Mrs H A Skinner and Tit tleson came from Cambridge and Mrs L Cleveland joined from Massachusetts. Miss Prudence Wells joined Sargent Os good and Roundy as a stenographer. Memorial exercises were held at the rapidive with Rev Barker as speaker, Green Mountain band aiding. A colored man was arrested after roaming town in ragged clothes before remaining in lock up.
A garbled OCR item discusses a polling notice and instructions about a child health product in California with unclear wording about a baby’s stomach issues and fruit flavored medicine. The snippet suggests voter directions and a requirement to say California in the text.
A fragment notes a sanatorium stay with an infant child and a visit to her mother Mrs WF, Wedirwood, as part of a few days of respite. The terse wording suggests a personal record or notice within a larger column.
The funeral services for James C. Cobb were held Saturday at his home with Rev. MoEl Hacon presiding, attended by numerous relatives including Cobb family members and out-of-town visitors. Herbert Bo Harlow’s funeral followed Friday afternoon at his home with Rev. M Daron conducting. mourners included Earl and Lewis Harlow, siblings, and friends, with burial in the Jport breach cemetery and many attendees from the family and community.
Unclear OCR text mentions relatives and society event on Wednesday evening June 2. Mentions Mr and Mrs, names like Charles Pint and Elizabeth Se Sheb, and a west city references. Details are fragmentary but indicate a social gathering with attendees from local families.
Numerous townspeople and visiting relatives were seen around as Memorial Day events unfolded. Mr and Mrs Harry Wo attended with family, while many residents from Barre Montpelier and Glover were noted visiting kin and attending church and school events.
Thirteen members of the Mothers' club spent a pleasant afternoon with Myrta Cimmings. No program was given as several matters were discussed. The group tied a comforter for a mother and enjoyed salads, rolls, cake, ice cream, and coffee. The next meeting will be with Maude Bartlett on Thursday, June 17.
The Republican rally in South Roy Alton drew a well attended crowd Friday evening with speakers including Rev. Fraser Motager Mandolph M Morris Brattleboro and Predes Babbitt Bellows Kalle. Absent Onelentta was mourned and Lydra Belkiap and Warren Tennes were wished well. Mine Addie Hastings, en route to Randolph sanatorium for treatment, had returned home. George Harrington purchased the Skinner block of Edith Cleg baton. Mrs JW Miller of Bethel with King’s Herald girls from the M I church was in town Saturday and enjoyed the event.
Mrs B A Mlint and Mrs BE Wheeler were in Randolph Thursday. Miss Ruth Slade stays at Frank Dinga for a few weeks. The Standard Bearer notes Lake John event. A quirky item hints at a question about truth.
A Sanford Maine mother aided her child Gertrude Lamare from severe symptoms by using Dr True Pills as advertised. The letter to Dr True prompts praise for the remedy and its long-standing reputation since 1851, noting relief from a range of digestive and systemic distress.
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