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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
5
Local notices from Barre and surrounding towns include shifts in employment and duty stations for clerks and nurses, engagements for graduation addresses, and real estate transactions. Names such as Atty John W Gordon, Miss Marion Gove, and Ralph H Denman appear alongside post and telegraph staff changes and numerous area sales and transfers.
The piece argues that durable merchandise costs less in the long run and that high quality lasts longer and saves money. It notes that cheap goods have risen in price while high-grade items retain wear qualities, and that the seller aims to maintain quality while lowering prices. It mentions facing new problems and selling quantities below current cost.
A local ad promotes house dresses offered in early fall stock. The display features Good Service brand dresses in light stripes and checked ginghams, priced only slightly above material costs. The copy emphasizes quality, low price, and immediate availability.
A note describes a prior purchase of a 17 by 35 inch case of paper towels kept in cars for picnics. The towels are disposable and touted as saving washing. The author urges stocking a dozen in each car and mentions the price was very low, with no further stock available at that price.
Bargain Basement offers Turkish towels 18x81 inches at 20 cents each and 21x44 inch heavy Turkish towels at 39 cents. Toilet paper priced 2 for 25 cents and 3 for 25 cents, with odd lots of knit and muslin underwear advertised. Visit weekly for new bargains.
A new line of Voile Slip-On Waists and Voile Slip-On Middie has arrived. The waists are made from fine Voile in a neat tailored style with colors including Tan Blue Green Pink and Rose. Also featured are White Voile Smocks with matching color finishes and $2.00 Wash Jap Silk Waists in all colors Black and White.
Cotton skirts rise in popularity as wool prices climb. White Piques and Bedford Cards sell well. fabrics shrink before tailoring. Notable values include wash skirts priced at 2.00 2.50 3.00 and 3.75 with pre shrunk options like Printzess and Wooltex offering standout styles.
Mr George Jacobs and family leave Peaks Island for Barre living, Miss Anna McDonald travels to Sherbrooke, and John Morrison and Stanley Tassie visit home from New York and G. M. Martins. Ruth Robinson graduates from Wellesley with Esther Langley. Robisons and Mrs Kent attend exercises. A. F. of Le organizer Alexander Ironside denounces Tauber-Ryten factory management over wage and safety concerns, citing low pay and old machinery amid a strike and calls for better conditions.
Female German alien enemies in Barre must present themselves at police headquarters in city hall between June 17 and June 26 2018 from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. to register under authority of the president. Chief of Police S Sinclair, Chief Registrar. Good note for hire. Prices reasonable Tall 160. Cutler's livery.
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