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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
4
A Barre Barre quarry debate and Montpelier business aims highlight the city hall project. Local firms win finishing work from the Wetmore Morse quarry, with plans to award other contracts to Montpelier concerns. The piece argues for safeguarding local interests to benefit the community.
Report on a New York chauffeur sentenced for killing a boy, criticizing chauffeur indifference to deaths on city streets and noting immunity that allowed such lethal negligence to persist.
A chauffeur received an indeterminate sentence of seven to twenty years for the street child slaughter incident during a test drive. The judge cited a growing public danger from automobile spend mania and reckless disregard for life, signaling a harsher view of reckless driving and motive in sentencing.
The piece argues that Vermont must adopt a unified trunk highway system rather than patchy local work. It cites increased appropriation for permanent roads and urges state leadership, coordinated planning, and standard construction to connect towns from St Albans to Richford, with emphasis on modern highway principles and economies.
A blurred note describes a dashing city figure planning an outing to go trout fishing despite a late season. The fragment hints at humorous observations and social charm surrounding the act.
Montpelier hosts reunion and charity plans as jurors convene for a Washington County court term. The mass gathering includes Pedro party grand jury room, Dover Park arrangements, and remarks by presiding officials. Also noted are local civic events, a city mall project update, and the funeral of Albert Darling detailing his Civil War service and surviving family.
Magazine review recounts Jimmy Slagle halting a Philadelphia rally in a 20 inning Chicago clash. Magee’s line drive into left center sparked the drama while Slagle, briefly startled by his own actions, leaped to snag a crucial catch and save the Cubs in a tense late stretch.
A garbled collage strings playful snippets from Chicago News and Baltimore American items about marital quirks and a puzzling case. Names drift, references seem tight, and a hinted horrific taste lingers as a veteran observer notes oddities in a troubled household.
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