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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
6
Fragmented listings show cash for watches and jewelry, a rail of local services, coal ads, and rental notices. Includes phone numbers, addresses on South Main, and various commercial items alongside multilingual notes and medical college references.
In Graniteville the Indies of the W C F will host an ice cream social and dance next Monday evening at Miles hall. Riley’s Orchestra will provide music and the event supports W C F interests with admission 50 cents a couple.
A local racing meet titled Talonon 25 aims to showcase fast runs on a compact track with eager participants and sponsors from the regional sports community. Organizers expect strong turnout and competitive heats across several divisions.
A Barre Vermont man reports long relief from dull back ache and kidney weakness after using Doans Kidney Pills. He says attacks are promptly checked, recommends the remedy to many, and notes the product from Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as the official U.S. distributor.
East Montpelier items list residents and visitors including Elmer Goodale in Barra and A G Whitcher in Montpelier on business. Mrs John Long suffers rheumatism, Mr Willeld ill with heart trouble, and Dr Stickney attends. Evangelical church attendance rises for Rev G H Taylor with upcoming sermons.
East Barre notes Charles Abbott relocates to Plainfield this week. David Salter at UW Partridge’s is very low. Dr Will Minard visits his father with daughter. Miss Grace Nye rests after hospital operation and Lizzie Wa returns home to go to Marshfield. Silver Leaf Circle memorial service planned in Forresters hall Sunday June 14 at 3:15 with Rev. Mr. Tneh speaking. Public invited.
Banking by mail has long been a bank specialty. It is described as easy and perfectly safe. Money may be sent at the Bank's risk by postal money order express money order or check. For details contact C. S. Page president or F Morse & Jackson Morse Block M Culver treasurer telephone 237 21.
A jumble of hometown notices from CaBoT to Myton, with names including Mrs Willan Welch, Mr and Mrs A J Carpente, and N H Ricker visiting Woodville. Reports mention a Masonite meeting, a sudden illness, a Montpelier trip for market, and a high school graduation will occur Friday evening at the Methodist church. The mid-summer Baptist meeting in Montpelier, and a student led hunt at the high school event, are noted along with a charity ice cream sale that netted about thirteen dollars.
Chelsea residents and visitors share news of gatherings, guests, and engagements. Families announce visits, entertaining guests, and a village wedding as local social life fills the week with friendly calls, trips, and plans for church events.
Lester McNelson of Naples endorses a medicine called New Discovery for coughs, colds, throat and lung relief, with a trial bottle offered. The column also lists varied local notes from town residents, indictments, recoveries, travel, and construction updates across the community.
The Barre Cleaning and Dyeing Shop invites hat owners to bring straw and Panama hats for cleaning and restoration to top condition. They offer dyeing and repair services and promise customer satisfaction after a trial.
The article describes the enormous ocean liner surpassing records at 28 knots on its maiden voyage. Built by Swan, Liumter & Co and Edwin J. Hadley, the Majestic is expected to carry over 100,000 cheering passengers on its first trip. A camera on the reading tug captures the ship’s grand launch as it steams away, with opera house events slated for next Wednesday evening.
New York reports Abram Gotofsky’s wife Mrs Gotofaky gave birth to four boys at their farm near Troy Hill. The doctor notes all four weigh sixteen pounds four ounces combined and say they are perfectly formed and doing well. The Gotofaky family has seventeen children since 1692, with fourteen still living.
Thomas P. F. Ryan, interviewed in the Saturday Evening Post, announces plans to retire from business and move to his old Virginia farm. He seeks peace and distance from politics, refusing any political office and noting he will withdraw from active interests to live quietly. The timing remains unspecified.
A woman about 80 years old, a former teacher for six years in the city, reportedly suffered from melancholia for about a year. After dressing in her bearing house she shot herself in the breast and died. She had recently resided from West Fave with her father, mother, and brother.
A nostalgic sketch traces royal family members and relatives as vocalists and performers. Princesses Victoria and Victoria, Queen Victoria’s descendants, Windsor connections, and Prince Fribwart’s early musical career spotlight royal interest in folk songs and stage entertainment. The piece notes Empress of Russia Princess Alice as a premier vocalist, and mentions public charity singing and a proposed new play amid metropolitan theater chatter.
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