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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
7
In a rambling London gossip snippet, the piece mockingly notes a fashionable trend seen on a May morning. It imagines the sergeant and others reacting to a new craze, describing women of fashion with sharp wit and suggesting a light social commentary on trends and status.
The married man, living without receipts, continually faces cost burdens, unable to prove payments and avoid repeated charges. The London Sketch portrays the bachelor as unwary and precarious, prey to petty extortion and slippery commerce.
The Vermont tax department and the Central Vermont Railway face a legal battle over how the railroad’s open earnings should be taxed. They contest the statutory basis for tax calculations, with the matter now in court as both sides argue the law’s correct interpretation and the company’s obligation to pay at varying rates based on gross earnings.
Flat work price per dot and one plain spread in twelve pieces. Half large and half small items including tablecloths napkins tray covers bed spreads sheets pillowcases and towels. Family washing price per pound with ironed and starched items. Wet washing for ordinary basket white clothes. Cash on delivery.
Odie Ey nies E i. i pee see a ae the Bie, segralie Ginter announces opening in new quarters with a complete line of grocer ies. Also Overalls a Jacket new line mn. Come in and see us, will try and use you right.
We have moved our clothing and furnishing store from Prospect Street to De Square and will open Monday with a new first class stock. Goods bought in Boston and New York include hats, suits, shoes, underwear, ties, shirts, and other furnishings at the lowest prices. Visit to see low prices and new summer outfits from Alex Corey & Co. Opp. Jeck's Launch Boom, Depot tq.
The report covers a Vermont grand list with minor real estate shifts, a White River Junction fire at St Knickerbocker farm with $3000 insured loss, a Vermont Rural Free Delivery route established from the Junction Post Office, and May commitments to the house of correction. It also notes jail registrations in Rutland County and sentences for larceny and false pretenses tied to a post office break in Vergennes.
Fragmentary notice references doctoring for chronic illness with Dr King s New Life Pills and mentions sellers Red Crowe Pharmacy and Rickert Wells drug store. It notes a general call to settle debts to the J K Lynde estate of Willamstown due to commissioners meeting and business concerns.
Two horses belonging to F. Br. Gein ger of East Clarendon on the main road to Shrewsbury have been missing for ten days. The owner notified State's Attorney R. A. Lawrence in Rutland. A search at Greinger's home on Slay night found nothing. One horse is a light bay harness horse with white markings. the other a bay gelding with a white foreface. Both were used for driving singly.
Professor George Poe of South Norfolk Virginia has devised a simple lung pump to reintroduce air into lifeless lungs. An experiment in Brooklyn used a dog as subject, applying the device to mimic chest action and delivering pure oxygen to revive it. The animal recovered enough to crawl away after several minutes of assisted respiration.
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