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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
4
A fragmented editorial piece rails against reckless driving and public misconduct around Vermont and Cabot, urging accountability for drivers and legislators. It notes arrests for overfeeding and protests against road abuse while condemning excessive hotel bills and urging reform before the 1906 legislative session.
An experimental collage of snippets from newspaper verse and quips. It weaves jokes about fashionable women and cultured musicians with brief twin anecdotes from various papers. The piece moves through playful cockeyed portraits of lovers and social scenes, ending on a wry note about unearned freedom and ambition.
The text mocks legislators and the capital Montpelier, describing schemes, fees, and taboos tied to a May arrival. It notes shops and hotels surviving shocks, with references to disdained claims, indulgent spending, and a stubborn capital remaining in Montpelier amid shifting power.
Hale Ke Darling and Wilder J. Dearhorn received optical care and visits spanned Barre and Brattleboro. Notables like Hon. John Lt. Baron and many townsfolk traveled to nearby towns for work, auctions, or visits while frost and recent nights plagued gardens and corn in parts of the town.
Northfield brief items note Kempton and Taminess visiting Montpelier on Thursday, Randolph’s Bryan a hospital visitor, St Mary’s ladies to host supper, Mrs. Nettie Howe visiting Randolph relatives, Juckson of Montpelier on Norwich University business, Heber Cady touring Northfield Savings Bank, W E Cooley in Waterbury on business, Mrs Andren Inraham from New York arriving to visit her father, Mrs Goldwin Starrett and daughter heading to Pennsylvania, Florence Kendall returning to Graniteville to resume Theta Chi duties, village youths planning an armory dance, university baseball game with Fort Ethan Allen canceled and being rearranged, Samart Winech injuring his forearm in a Water Street blacksmith shop accident.
The morning session of the Vermont Congregational Convention opened with an encouraging report from the evangelistic and ward motion committees. The Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, led by Rev Merrill, reported largely increased receipts and new churches. Treasurer I T Ritchie of St Johnsbury announced total revenue of 15005.60. outlay 7455.54, including a 1000 gift to the national society. Home mission total reached 10875.00, with the national society receiving 7067.46 from the state, noting more student labor and stronger women’s work and Mary folds improvements.
A string of social mentions includes Miss Margeret Astor Chanier paying a high rent on West Seventy-fourth Street in New York, Mrs Bellamy Storer linked to Rookweed pottery, Ridder of Grams Valley driving Nevada County railroad dividends, Frau Eggert-Smidt planning U S lectures on temperance, Hetty Green cited for vast wealth, and Mrs Joseph Chamberlain noted as influential yet shy in politics. Margaret Hitchcock, daughter of the Interior secretary, may rise as an oratorio soloist and frequents worship at the Church of the Incarnation.
A jumble of curious notes reports Japan drinking 3 300 000 gallons of beer last year and the United States consuming 1 620 000 000 tons of toffee annually. It mentions Bwirteland’s freight trade exceeding 3400 000 000 yearly, an artesian well at On fend powering a medicine like Vielly waters, Fort Leavenworth to host the world’s finest army building costing 45 000 funded by an anonymous donor, a laborer finding a valuable ring at Wianborough Ragland, and an inscription suggesting a link to a king of the Mercians who married Ethelwitha in 83%.
A fashion note outlines revived printed silks and warble damp velvet tones for next summer. It highlights street wear with short jackets boleros and ornate gowns using fine mull foundation and pink tones.
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