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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
6
Readers recall a local event as a large crowd gathers in Montpelier and Barre for ceremonies connected with a national life insurance firm. Names and specifics are fragmented but reference a general notice and local official involvement.
Short column lists miscellaneous ads and notices including jewelry buyers, furniture deals, coal sellers, rental listings, and local services. Items mention Burr the Jeweler, Le OL Averill, Mrs BR, and John Tierney. Some foreign language lines describe horse and veterinary topics and a night service.
Naples Maine man Leater M Nelson says the new remedy saved his life and calls it a reliable throat and lung remedy. It is advertised as a preventive of pneumonia and healer of weak lungs. Sold under guarantee at Cross Pharmacy and Rickert Wells drugstore, 50 cents to a dollar. Trial bottle free.
In a Burlington visit by Dr and Mrs A B Smith and other locals, numerous acquaintances called and mingled with relatives. Social round includes guests from Milford Alabama and Southa, with various residents returning from recent trips and auctions. A church lodge held a M M degree, and a Jamaica lecture at the town hall drew modest attendance amid competing events.
A vintage ad-style notice touts Hill's Pile 2 as a fast and sure remedy for piles. It claims rapid relief from severe irritation and urges readers to obtain the product from a local druggist, D. F. Davis, today.
A Barre resident testifies to relief from a years long backache and loin pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The letter notes prior kidney strain from daily labor and urges others to try the remedy, claiming no further pain since taking the pills.
F G Bailey, former president of Export Shipping Company of New York, has been arrested by the Honduran government. Officials seized a $125,000 cargo of napalis Bailey carried from New York on the steamer Goldsboro, reportedly unloading at Tela, Honduras. No extradition treaty exists yet, but one is in negotiation. extradition to New York for larceny trial is sought by Secretary of State.
Williamstown notes a shadow party Wednesday evening hosted by the 1.0.G. T. to benefit their ball team. Admission and refreshments will be served. The item also mentions insurance rates and a local agent promising durable, long lasting materials under a guarantee.
Mrs. Stuypemnt Fish aims to be New York's top woman bridge player while Lady Graham Montgomery earns recognition as a London decorator. Miss Minoche B. McHale in St. Louis succeeds her brother as assistant city weigher. 103 year old Catherine Brosetta of Colebrook moves actively at home. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt shows musical interests and refined dress sense. Isabel Hagner, Roosevelt secretary, stands out for stylish gloves and White House duties. Salary listed at 1400 dollars annually.
The note highlights Germany feeding 19 million cattle and forestry administration over 164 million acres. It mentions a new White Star liner to Belfast, mis dated lengths, a remark on the Congressional Record’s value, and 200 volumes sold in Philadelphia for two cents. It also cites demographics of St Petersburg, Belgians as champagne drinkers, and British Bordeaux imports.
The only daughter of Archduke Joseph and Archduchess Augusta studies at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Budapest. Spain's king signs as Yo el Rey, not on documents. Queen Maud of Norway praises enamel art and selects wedding gifts. Prince Broent August of Cumberland, linked to Hanover succession, may join the German army, a move seen as easing family settlement tensions.
Elsie Lesie and Jameson Les Finney will appear in a Clyde Fitch sketch. Henry Blostom and Victor Herbert will write a new opera for Fritz Leber. Ids Conquest stars in The Ruth under Shuberts with Frances Starr directing. Blanche King to headline next season in The Queen of Wall Street. Grace Merritt to play Mary Todor in New York production.
The total electrical energy supplied in London during the past year reached 233,174,379 kilowatt hours. A system using submerged fog metals forms a vapor cushion during steam production. A Montreal grain merchant sent an inquiry to London via wire telegraph and received a reply in under two hours.
Fragmented clipping cites threats about house flies and human destruction, playful yet alarming phrases. It mentions Connell Wints Naupareil and a supposed summer campaign aimed at eradicating flies. Phrases reference Birmingham Age Herald and Milwaukee Sentinel, with cryptic allusions to hemp and ancient preparations.
Chicago unions push an apprentice school at McKinley High with 150 carpenters and bricklayers three months a year. They combine basic public school subjects with drawing to prepare youths aged 16 to 21, aiming to broaden trades education and reduce gaps caused by incomplete schooling.
The article notes banana skins burned to ash mixed with water and palm oil make a cleanser in west Africa used by whites and locals. It mentions a superstition about covering mirrors during death to block goblins. A quoted exchange hints at social attitudes and observations from Philadelphia.
The article notes Indiana ministers average 588.89 dollars yearly while Oklahoma, the youngest state, has ninety three Catholic churches under seventy three priests. It mentions St Luke's in Toronto adopting the processional cross and reports Ontairo Quebec Baptists achieving a clean year end balance sheet. It also cites Rev. Dr. Emil G Hirsch proposing a Jewish institute in Chicago combining a church, school, and social center for Jews and gentiles.
Fly Catches Allen Storke of Pittsburg is said to be a Harvard Law student. Addie Joss lauds base running as crucial in a championship race. Bullivan of the White Sox praises George Davis as unmatched at blocking base runners. Imagined dressing room scene features a billiard table and newspapers. Sage Charlie Ebbetts gifts Freckies, claimed hereditary with freckles spreading across the body from sun and wind.
Authorities note that 85 to percent of men in civilized lands are right handed and have developed a low right shoulder. The observation is not new as ancient Greek sculptors also used poses to depict symmetry.
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