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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1910
Page
5
Displayed in newness and attractiveness the summer rug and carpet sale highlights matting sizes from 3x6 at 75c to 9x12 at 5.00, Grex porch rugs 6x9 at 4.50 and 8x10 at 7.00, Crex porch runners 24 to 36 inches and 1 yard wide at 40c to 50c, and tapestry rugs 9x12 at 14.50 with new linoleums and oilcloths showing tile effects and prices shifting.
A crowded Barre scene with local notices covers theater goings, concerts, and social happenings. Mentions at Vaughan's and Perry's, church meetings, weddings, and city hotel arrivals. Reports on a concert, a plumbing and rail project, and local trades, with several neighbors visiting relatives and sports updates.
A garbled list of local notices covers church rehearsals at the Congregational Church, a Littleton New Hampshire visit, and various social events. It mentions a civic play area project, a Catholic benevolent society dance, an orchestra gathering, and a banquet at a church vestry. Also referenced are a retail clerks meeting, a mixed tennis/tournament group, and a fire incident involving PT Prouty. The text references several names and places including Barry, Montpelier, Newport, and Admiral Clark, with dates around June.
A damaged OCR fragment provides unclear words and names. The readable parts mention places and people in a stray sequence without a coherent event or dates. No definite action or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
A. P. Abbott & Co and A. F. Abbott & Co advertise a half price sale on ladies hose supporters. They state the items are fresh from manufacturers and not old stock and claim they are not losing on the deal, inviting customers to buy at reduced prices.
The advertisement lists several hosiery items in black white and other colors. Prices shown include 12 L-2e per pair, 2ie per jpulz, 12 1-2c per pair, and 28¢ for a pad supported lot, highlighting elastic quality and fasteners.
A local shop announces a weekend sale featuring new parasols and a fresh stock of kid gloves along with alk gloves. The sale begins Monday morning and runs through the week, with Saturday highlighted as the key shopping day.
A garment department promotes fresh stock with new Silk Patticoats at 83.80 each and an assortment of latest styles. They claim strong values, urging customers to see better deals than city retailers and touts of reduced prices on special lots including 25c per pair items.
A jumble of catalog lines cites twenty seven inch embroidered flouncings at 75 cents per yard with double-edged insertions. The Daylight Store and Abbott's boast various textiles and prices. A public dinner hosted by The Laing Catholic Benevolent Society is announced for Tuesday evening at 8. Riley's Orchestra will provide music and all are invited.
Messy local notes report visits and gatherings in Waterbury Middlesex Fayston and Barre. Names such as Palmer Brice Sawyer Somerville Herne Shentell and Knapp appear amid brief mentions of illness travel and family ties in the region. A notice references the death of Gene Watson and related condolences in Wilder and nearby areas.
Beginning Monday the market will offer reduced pork prices including good lean roasts at 18c per pound and best sirloin roasts at 18c, pork steak 16c, spare ribs 10c, pure lard 6c per pound, large cans 15c per pound. A new refrigerator system will soon display cut meat under glass to meet sanitary laws and improve cleanliness.
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