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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1918
Page
7
A statewide roundup traces notable events across regions, detailing policy moves, community responses, and upcoming deadlines. Officials from multiple departments coordinate on education, health, and public safety efforts while local groups prepare to engage in forums and hearings.
Alanson G Wright and others appear in a string of short notices including injuries licenses suspensions and military service updates. Rev Robbine Wolcott Barstow resigns pastorate to enter the army. Mrs D A Benson celebrates sixtieth wedding anniversary. Licenses revoked for Arthur Cushings auto. White River Junction girls graduate in handmade gowns. Deaths include B Anderson and Charles M Winklow. Army and hospital notes list transfers arrests and local civic activity.
An advertisement for life insurance highlights the 10th year National Life Insurance Company of Vermont Mutual. It cites agent Ballard in the Rialto Building, Montpelier, Vermont, urging readers to choose a 5 star plan as a reliable guide and steer for life coverage.
Classified fragment notes a cottage house for sale or rent in Vermont and references to Canada land parcels offered for sale or lease. Mentions included are a loan superintendent address and a Canadian Pacific land branch, with scattered legal and real estate hints in a damaged 19th or early 20th century newspaper item.
Advertisement details a 120 acre farm with 40 acres of machine mowed land plus woodland and stock including 12 cows, 2 horses, and farm implements. Located one mile from school and village, near Barew, with right price and owner detail. Also describes an electric chair novelty device by C F Coupant for lodge room use with a spark coil and concealed wiring.
Two commercial travelers boast about fireproof safes and their tests while a village scene unfolds. They describe a dramatic weeklong burn of a safe with a dog inside, then discuss farms and estates on a road to Chelsem and Cabot, ending with a sharp punch line about a rival’s dog being killed.
A humorous remark frames a June wedding as preferable to October between a bride and groom. The bride jokes about family gatherings and a month long honeymoon, then mentions an upcoming event at 10 o'clock in the forenoon detailing a property assignment per a list of assets.
The Dwinell Farm offers about 21 acres of tilled land in high condition, capable of tractor work, with hay yield around 9 tons this season. It features 40 wintered stock, 1100 sugar orchard crops, near level pastures, a timbered area from one to one and a half million feet, a modern 12 room house with plumbing, a large barn with silo, and a hensery for 100. Includes excellent timber and water. For details contact J. J. Dashner Real Estate Agent, Montpelier, Vermont.
Eucalyptus grow under adverse conditions if frost is prevented. Young trees cannot tolerate frost, limiting growth to favorable California and Southwest areas. They thrive on poor soil with minimal care, with large railroad plantation plantings near San Diego fed by ocean fog moisture absorbed by leaves.
The text notes arbitrary pronunciation rules for English proper names, citing Cowper versus Cooper, Cockburn as Co burn, Cholmondeley as Chariiy, and others. It discusses mispronunciations of Hawarden castle as Harden and St Leger as Silijer, illustrating how names diverge from expected spellings.
A fragment notes soldiers in cantonments suffer blisters and sore feet. It mentions a Comfort Kit with Allen's Foot-Kase powder to refresh tired feet and heal blisters, as advised by a manual urging daily use of Foot-Kase antiseptic powder.
An old advertisement extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for stomach liver kidney and bladder issues. It urges immediate attention to kidneys and bladder and warns against skipping medical advice, touting two centuries of use and a money back guarantee against imitators.
A large county herd led by Mr. Dwinell includes twenty eight milch cows, 11 yearlings and 2-year-olds with calves, plus a registered bull. Farm tools and machinery listed include harvesters, reapers, plows, incubators, engines, wagons, and numerous implements, most in as new condition. Sale by H. B. Partridge of Plainfield. D. A. Perry, Barre Auctioneer. Lunch served. sale is final with timber bid reserved.
Toledo Ohio Lucas County official record shows Frank J Cheney takes oath regarding Catarrh Medicine Epaco from Iowan Seamees Epaco Toledo for petitions.
Classified ad offers multiple properties for sale including a Brook Street home with barn, shade and fruit trees priced around 2000. Other listings include Seventeen-Acre Place with barn near city, and a fine residence with modern features on Barre street. Cash price details given.
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