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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
7
An advertisement lists wringers ironing machines carpets rugs beds and spreads. It notes cash or installments and mentions delivery and related household items available for purchase by gentlemen buyers.
A gasoline engine in good condition. Also polishing machines and all sorts of polishing tools. A derrick a power capstan and a hoisting machine. These articles will be sold at very reasonable price separately or at one lot.
Advertising notice urges timely glazing of windows doors and showcases in spring. Mentions frame moldings and prompt picture enlarging including enlargements on pillow tops. Keeps tone of a local shop promotion with emphasis on quality service and satisfaction.
A fragmented Vermont page reports rural population shifts, church notices, and local obituaries. It lists John Philip Sousa’s involvement in a state shooting tournament at Rutland on June 17, notes RutlandCounty deaths Jeremiah Thornton and Charles Sull, and records 1908 grand list figures with real and personal estate values and poll taxes.
London reports Mary Agnes Rule formerly tied to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt took her own life on May 16 at her Grosvenor Street home in Mayfair. An inquest was held three days later but details were not released, with claims she suffered melancholia and had previously divorced from her New York Dayhand. The Vanderbilt party had arrived in London last autumn and she moved into the furnished Grovenor Street residence.
Reports from New York indicate diplomatic representatives of Vene zuela observed a plan to restore Cipriano Castro by selling part of a consignment of 40,000 rifles in Chicago. Federal officer Charles Everstein said he will investigate. The story notes criticism of selling out of date army rifles in open markets and potential criminal use.
Wires report extensive destruction in Ottawa and Quebec as fires burn through multiple sites. At Gingras cash and door history in Quebec forty houses destroyed. Keswick district timber losses exceed 100 thousand. Harlin Ontario button works burned and a church roof damaged. Total losses approach nearly a million dollars.
An advertisement urges readers to mail a card to Carroll B. Wagh of Hyde Park to receive a home mixing solution for fertilizers tailored to various crops and soils. The copy claims the system can save money compared to store purchases and emphasizes simple steps to obtain the product.
Numerous Vermont farms are offered by the F. S. Cate Real Estate Agency in Barre. Listings include 180 acres near Pisinfield post office with buildings, 176 acres in West Corilags, 140 acres near church and mill with dairy facilities, and a 1,000 dollar farm with tools. Prices range from about 1,000 to 3,000 dollars, plus a village cottage and a well equipped house in Websterville.
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