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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1911
Page
4
Barre Daily Times notes weekday publication details and subscription rates with post office filing as second class matter. It lists publisher Frank E. Langley and indicates weekly circulation figures for the week ending last Saturday.
A 1911 Barre Vermont column laments rainless days, spurs rivalries in academia, and notes shifts in church salaries and polygamy claims. It extols Lake Mansfield Club scenery, warns of tourism value, and argues for longer schooling funded by taxpayers to finish high school.
Barre public schools show rising upper grade attendance as ninth graders move up to high school. Nearly a hundred students will enter next year, making the largest high school enrollment in recent memory, while last night’s graduation featured a notably small class due to a shortened commercial term. The city’s steady growth is cited as the likely cause of the entering number.
The Barre Times argues public playgrounds for boys and girls are essential this summer and year round. It credits laws expanding playground access and warns that schools alone cannot meet recreation needs. The piece echoes St Albans Messenger on youth civic formation and the idea that citizens are made by being “caught young.”
A collage of humorous quotes and lines from various papers poking fun at daily life and stage craft. Snippets touch on fear of missing something, dental pains, dressing rooms, changing costumes, and a weather forecast gag.
Exterminate financial worry by purchasing a lifelong livable income paid in fixed annual amounts for life. Annuity terms quoted on request from Sational Life Inc Co of Vt Mutual and Ballard general agent in Montpelier Barre, inviting a new granite manufacturing plant placement nearby.
W B corset at Fite and buy oxfords and pumps at Fitts. Hosiery at Abbot's. Measer carpenter and slate setter at 125 Orange st. Piotclans workmen furnished by day or hour. Perry's advertises a rare chance at real estate and estate-related items. C F Smith auctioneer of twenty years' experience offers public sale services with satisfaction guaranteed. Barre Vermont agency contact 272-1.
Job advertisement urges young women to seek higher earnings and savings, promising more than sustenance. Notes a quarry street land sale this week and announces the Parry Automobile Co will operate a weekday auto truck route from Barre to Wells River via Montpelier, with contact details for orders.
The Montvert Manufacture company of Poultinoy formed with $8,000 capital to produce toys and various articles. Fred Pates arraigned in city court for alleged larceny of a watch from Mrs. Paterson, waived examination, bound over to county court, bail set at 250 unpayed. Montpelier O B 6 chapter hosted by Rob Morris chapter with banquets and initiations. Frank Richards dies in hospital after train accident. relatives notified in Berwick Me. Kent England claimed as home by Richards. F J Brownscombe retires as superintendent. hosts dinner for school team members and a farewell reception at the Pavilion.
The report notes all village churches will hold services Sunday at 10 49 AM and a union service at the Methodist church in the evening at 7 20 PM. Miss Jeffords arrived from Washington DC last evening.
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