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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
6
A Barre Vermont advertisement notes the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, with a local Barre agent, promoting solicited policies and suggesting some people dislike solicitation but still may consider insurance through correspondence. The notice emphasizes the 50th year of the company and lists Montpelier as the head office and Barre as a local contact.
A patchwork of small notices and ads appears, including cash for watches and jewelry at Burr the Jeweler, household item deals, two rent listings in Rutland area, and various local notices. Also includes unrelated foreign text fragments about a veterinary infirmary and medical services with scattered Italian lines and contact details.
J Segel and Co of Barre revised the Lynde estate clothing stock and will run a sale in Williamstown for about two weeks to close out the line as the J K Lynde firm discontinues that branch of its business.
EAST BARRE announces a performance by the Mark Gros company at the Barre opera house on Saturday night the sixth with the program from the hill extending to the showtime.
In Graniteville on Saturday night July 6 the train from the hill will be held until the Barre Opera House performance by the Marks Hiroe company.
Randolph notes many residents in motion with trips to Barre Marlboro and Boston. Dr F C Angell travels to Montreal for McGill surgery course while Mrs Grant visits from Royalton. Nor wich cadets plan a weekend camp and local packing firms expand acres of shoot corn.
The message extends gratitude to friends who offered sympathy with flowers and food during the passing of a loved one. Signed by AB T. Corterun, Mea Helen Towveland, and Dee Moines, dated June 5. The note acknowledges support from relatives and community.
A Vermont editorial calls for civic reforms including cleaner streets parks and libraries, moral standards and public services. It credits Rep Hankine for a $50,000 horse breeding appropriation while noting Mrs Foster had no role beyond committee chairmanship.
Norwalk Ohio June 5 congressman F Lanning formerly vice president and director of the defunct Ohio Trust company indicted on seven counts alleging obtaining money by false pretences and misappropriation of funds. James P Gibbet and secretary treasurer F W Christian also charged with related offences totaling over 50864 in alleged misuses.
New York attorney claims Charles W Ruslow and Harmond deny any huge Guggenheim connected pay. Hammond press campaign asserts strong backing in the West and ongoing effort to secure the vice presidential slot. Contract details disputed with claims salary far below public figures and no current retainer from Guggenheims or related firms.
Philadelphia report details State Senator James P. McNichol head of the Republican organization being held for court after a preliminary hearing before Judge Gorman. Kaufmann and Secretary Gilhoney testified. McNichol denied the charge and no bail was set.
St Jonny of Missouri Point in Missouri launches a raft carrying twelve pigs three cows two horses and several lily to flee rising floodwaters. The raft built weeks ago with railing for the cattle was set for landfall but remains afloat after starting Tuesday afternoon. Food for people and animals is packed for days, as the raft drifts along the Mississippi River.
A Brooklyn man named Steve Jettis died near a saloon at 114 Wang Street after an eventful confrontation. He had worked as a bartender and collapsed on the sidewalk, later dying at St Gregory's Hospital where doctors said recovery was unlikely.
Chicago officials ban teachers older than fifty from public schools effective immediately. The ruling passed 19 to 41 amid confirmation from the superintendent’s office that the age limit marks a threshold for vitality among incoming staff.
Oxford June 5 After protracted negotiations it is decided there will be no joint athletic meeting between UK and US college teams. The track and field events scheduled to follow the Olympic Games in London have been dropped for this year.
Noted fighter and columnist George Siler collapsed near State and Madison, dying soon after. A famed newspaper writer on political topics, Siler had long been associated with the ring and public life, with reports praising a tonic claim from a New York advertiser.
Contributions pour in from all quarters to aid hungry children in Gotham as relief committees prepare temporary kitchens and cooperation from restaurant proprietors. Funds come mostly in small sums and will fund immediate meals for needy youngsters in Lower East Side neighborhoods through vacant stores converted into kitchens and lunchtime provisions.
Fredericton reports indicate eight lumber drivers employed by W. J. Noble drowned when their boat broke in two at the Black river rapid near St Basil. Edmundston and Mamunditon inquiries by phone could not confirm the loss.
St Louis reports a 1854 document showing Ulysses S Grant applied for the county engineer job in 1840 but was refused due to a missing roster entry. The post was ill paid then, and Grant did not obtain the position.
Simple to take and develop photography gear offered for vacations. Prices range from $1.00 for a serviceable Brownie to $18.60 for a large camera with a full outfit to take develop and mount photos. A pretty booklet is free with purchase.
A fragmentary OCR line references Grant and a professor of engineering at Washington University. It mentions M. Frost explaining involvement with Grant at West Point and eight years of army service with him.
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