Fair Weather with Gentle Winds Predicted
Barre Daily Times notes a fair night and Tuesday with little temperature change and winds from fresh to moderate and variable for the interval, offering a concise local forecast.
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1921
Page
8
Barre Daily Times notes a fair night and Tuesday with little temperature change and winds from fresh to moderate and variable for the interval, offering a concise local forecast.
Phone 090 for livery auto. Neil Neilsen with double pneumonia remained about the same this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Q. McDonnell of Perry Street visited friends in Burlington Saturday.
A crowd is urged to attend the Spaulding alumni ball in Howland hall on Wednesday night. Plans showcase corsets and bridal wear, with advertising for local shops and a call for fees, plus notes on events and local notices including births and meetings.
West Topsham announces a social dance at the village hall on Friday June 10. Admission is 80 cents per couple inclusive of a war tax. The note thanks the Mothers' club and all who assisted with the gusshie bag and other support. Mr and Mrs Herbert G. War Moreton express gratitude for kindness shown during bereavement, dated June 6, 1921.
Graniteville Council No. 253 of Te Steun Baptiste America will hold a private dance Wednesday June 8 after notation of officers. Installation at 7 o clock sharp. Members urged to be on time. All members admitted with families. Members of Council Laval No. 218 Barre invited to attend.
A child in Sunday school asks if God is Hollywood, prompting a humorous exchange with a father who questions the notion, referencing the line Our Father which art in heaven. The transcript by Horton captures a light moment on religious instruction.
In spring a woman's thoughts turn to hats and home makeovers. The Boston Transcript notes humorously that many cooks stay in the country, suggesting they are buried there. The piece blends seasonal idle musings with witty urban lines from era readings.
The Randolph community reported the funeral of Mrs. C W Preston on Sunday at her home with burial in town. Survivors include her husband and one sister Mrs McIntosh and Miss L F E Peck of Burlington, a broker in town consulting with Mrs E H Mason to act locally. Electric fire alarm responded to an explosion in Dr H M Britton’s office as chemicals quickly contained the blaze. Harold Haggett and Henry Hateh suffered a serious car crash after Haggett lost control en route to Bethel. Haggett unconscious and brain concussion feared. Grange degree work, a musical program, and a card party at Mrs H B Paige’s featured community activities with remarks by Rev. Metzger and others. Several townspeople traveled to Plymouth and Groton with talks and possible college plans. A group planes to spend summer at Lake Mafele with Mr J Hall and family while Miss Annie May and others visited Middlebury and Bangor by automobile.
In a superior court trial with expert shoe testimony, a court attache delivered a slip posing a riddle: Why is the shank of a shoe like Christian character. The answer says it fortifies the water revisting the influence of the vamp. An amusing exchange follows amid recess.
The greatest block of stone ever quarried will be brought to Washington for a Theodore Roosevelt national memorial. Akeley will carve a 36 by 40 foot lion dome from a solid rock block, source not yet determined, in what may be the largest stone job since the Sphinx.
A London Opinion note reveals a novelist remarks that a wife is valuable but not to tidy his desk. The Boston Transcript cites a correspondent’s query about cutworms and a butchered method of transporting them to a vacant lot to confuse their path.
Advertisement from Oklahoma paper offers daily butter and buttermilk supply to customers. Signed by Mrs. C Littlekow of 20 Centre Avenue, transcript notes.
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