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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
5
A customer visits the store seeking a moderate yet substantial bed. We feature Simmons enameled steel beds with four coats of enamel and hollow tempered tubing, noting lighter weight, floor protection, and frictionless casters. The buyer selects the first bed after comparing many options and promising value.
Local items note graduation bargains at stores, social calls and travel, theater and music mentions, and club meetings. Notables include Miss Sue Nichols visiting Burlington, Lew is Waller’s fame with King Edward VII, and Barre Italian colony members sailing to homeland. Fortnightly community events include football practice, a straw ride to Berlin pond, a Charles Lose funeral, and a Yellowstone Park talk by Rev. Edgar Crossland for the First Presbyterian men’s club.
Parents and friends of Spaulding high school students who were crowded out of the Wednesday dance at the high school building will have another chance to dance at Howland hall that same evening and hour.
An economy event offers a sale on a lot of silk dresses in varied styles for cool summer days and early fall wear. Special prices apply to odd suits from stock and season's best styles, presenting stylish, serviceable options for street and party use at favorable values.
An urging note compares underwear quality to printing ink and urges buyers to learn more about Underwear before spending. It emphasizes that the party paying influences choice and warns about poor quality products.
A sale of silk dresses offers many styles in chiffon, taffeta, and messaline. Prices range from 9.00 to 22.40 with dresses featuring draped skirts and crepe sleeves in colors blue green rose gray and black. Names and exact models are not fully clear due to OCR.
Mina Bello Nelson returns to the city after visiting Oriende in Northaeta. Tickets for Spamning commencement concert and bull Wednesday evening June 7 are available from John Carroll, Max Fisher or Crown's Drug Store. Mrs Jerry Hutchinson travels to Plymouth Mass for granddaughter Mabel Hutchinson's high school graduation. Auction sale tomorrow at 2 p.m. for the Daniel Emery home at 90 Washington St Barre City with W E Worthley as administrator and C F Smith as auctioneer. See ad page 7.
Abbott's wash goods range and graduation gifts at Fitts' feature in town commerce. Miss Mary Molver of Boston visits with friends while Mary Bosworth travels to Williamstown. Hugh Hemis, fresh from Bliss Electrical School in Tacoma Park, tours Barre before heading to Baltimore for electrical work. A child near High Hothorn Street was run over by a Kingston team. despite a quick horse response, the wagon wheel grazed the boy's thigh and a doctor found no broken bones.
The city meeting awaits action on a large list of accounts including D. Phelps Co. supplies and water, N. Parker repairs, Smith, Whitcomb & Cook Co. printing, Tilden Shop Co. supplies, Vermont Tel Co, Reynolds & Son, C. W. Averill & Co. engineering and water, FH La i Co supplies, National Meter Co., Neptune Meter Co., Rencheather Meters, Anni Robertson services, Walworth Mig. Co supplies, Pro pies Heating Power Lighting Co, K. D. Carpenter hay, F G Russell poor account, D Sibley garbage contract, W L Stewart M D salary health officer, and payrolls for street and fire departments. vote to pay Officer J S Mure by ail wages despite illness. police warrant discussed.
Special sale of silk dresses at Abbott's and a sale on gas and oil stoves with wicks advertised. The Littlery Goods Store on Cottage Street will close from Thursday 7 pm to Friday 9 pm. J J Daabmer reports real estate sale of a Bi Street property to Frank Pare. Mr Pare plans moves to his new home soon.
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