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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
3
A humorous dating guide tale where Mabel Blakeman seeks romance with Tom Weakley. A mentor counsels staged closeness and strategic signals to spark his interest, then advises a cold break and later deliberate separation. Weakley ultimately capitulates as Mabel plans to go abroad.
Fragmentary Yale Record verse touches on girls with flaws, a party, and loss. The speaker recalls a girl named trarty who died, glossed by a grim, rhymed lament.
A vintage advertisement touts Doans Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney issues. It features Mrs Gee F Clark of 124 North Main Street Barre who reports relief from ailments like lassitude and backache after using the product. Prices listed at 50 cents and references Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y as makers.
An advocacy piece extols the 1917 Liberty loan bonds, highlighting tax exemption, potential exchange for higher-rate issues, and global market stability. It cites the New York Times on universal value, notes ties to money and gold markets, and frames the bonds as a national utility benefiting even small holders.
In Pittsburgh on June 9 Miss Helen described a state survey of the Mothers Pension program in Tennessee, noting rural areas suffer from weak oversight and poor administration. She warned that reduced family support and burdens on households threaten child welfare and called for stronger, timely implementation.
The Journal des Debate cites Dr Aristides Aguero Cuban minister in Berlin detailing Berlin's food scarcity in 1917. He notes ration limits of meat bread potatoes and fat, prosecutions for surplus bread, shortages of eggs milk and vegetables, and drastic drops in cattle and milk production. He warns German morale weakens but citizens show disciplined endurance amid labor shortages and crop risks.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a counter, a butcher named Ernie, and a disputed payment. It references weighing, demands, and a partial exchange of words about the price, with unclear surrounding context and names. The text remains intelligible enough to indicate a payment dispute linked to a weighing.
A Montreal patient, Arthur Laplante of St Rose Street, speaks of long illness and frequent headaches. After two years of sickness, three to twelve boxes of Frustatives purportedly cured his back pain, kidney issues, constipation, and heart symptoms, with a claim of renewed health and energy.
Unsweetened fruit juices like currants apples grapes and berries can be sterilized and canned for jelly making. The method describes extracting juice from ripe fruit, bottling while hot, sealing with corks, and using paraffin to assure sterility. This enables year round jelly making with a variety of fruit blends and later combining with other fruits.
Practical advice on whitening laundry and softening textiles, preserving fabrics, and extending cleaning routines. The article emphasizes planning spring housekeeping, outlining steps from attic to cellar, and adopting a disciplined schedule to achieve a cleaner, orderly home with hospital-like cleanliness standards.
A discussion at a 4H circle shows women debating dress and appearance. One member refuses a new fashion vow while others insist on changing trends. The dialogue reveals tension between personal style and social expectations in a small town setting.
A Beverly Massachusetts reader praises Peruna claiming four bottles eased head and throat catarrh and fevers with catarrh. The testimonial notes disbelief in any greater remedy and mentions Peruna tablets as an alternative. The booklet on keeping well is offered free to all.
Washington June 9 The war department censor declined to publish details on General Pershing staff or plans But it is understood Pershing will stay weeks in England consulting with British officials before heading to France Officers and civilians totaling about 198 are in the party American forces in France have arranged training sites with French and British authorities for the Pershing division Training behind the lines will precede trench warfare service American aviators will train in French machines National Guard units may number around 100000 in France The English and French conferences in Washington shaped plans for combining with Allied forces and the British view favors training recruits for nine months to a year before full combat with regulars entering the scrimmage about 11 weeks after landfall
Washington June 9 Numerous important questions of taxation remained for final determination when the Senate finance committee resumed its work revising the tax revenue bill. Chairman Simmons stood by his belief the measure would be finished today with final action before the Senate. The income and profits taxes, the newspaper and magazine levy, and repealing allowances on exports by sugar refineries were among items still pending. Prohibition amendments were offered to raise retail internal revenue to 87 000 a year, limit divvied bond use for munition and hospital needs, and tax spirits in bond with added annual rates. An amendment would end the tax on grain and cereals used in distilling and raise taxes on beer and malt liquors, including a higher rate on low alcohol content products.
A fragmented war era passage notes England and its allies growling food supplies and wasteful habits early in the war. It contrasts English diet with German prisoner meals and mentions diversion of resources to Italy Belgium and France to support Allied efforts.
An old ad touts First and Original Germ-Re foreen Herpi cide for scalp itch with trial sizes and priced bottles. It claims authenticity against inexpensive imitators and urges purchasers to demand the genuine product from Detroit sellers.
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