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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1911
Page
4
The Barre Daily Times records edition data for June 20 1911 with publishing details including publisher Frank E Langley and subscription rates. The summary notes the daily circulation figure for the prior week ending May batty though the exact amount is unclear from the readable text.
A jumble of Vermont notes covers public life, rail souvenir praise, walking for health, and Swanton school pay. It mentions a Barre Times link campaign, a Grand Trunk souvenir, a Kansas couple’s long walk, and a Swanton teachers salary dispute with calls for a graded pay scale amid statewide comparisons.
Obituary notice from Middlebury Register recalling H T Cutts as a leading figure in Addison county. The long time public servant served Town offices, Vermont House in 1822, and Senate in 1910-11, chaired agriculture, a key committee, and was a successful farmer devoted to family and community development.
A discussion on the value and protection of trees in towns and cities, arguing that old landmarks like elms and oaks enrich urban life and should be preserved within future improvement schemes rather than erased for new street plans. The piece cites Lynn’s protest against felling an elm and references a London conference urging landmark inclusion in design. It ends by reiterating the topic of pay for school teachers in Vermont.
A collage of humorous quips and short anecdotes from various periodicals and cartoons. Bits lampoon haircuts barber mischief jokes about marriage politics and literary remarking on Dickens and Little Nell. A playful peek at late 19th or early 20th century humor pieces.
A tale of Frank Bushnell who, starting as a baggage clerk earning $30 a month, rises through grit and nerve. After a pivotal transfer to Hawkeye and a deadly incident, he becomes chief watchman at a bank with an $8,000 annual salary, learning value lies in restraint and steady nerve.
A fragmented courtroom excerpt shows a solicitor questioning a prisoner about truthfulness. Witness No. 4 is referenced as misquoted in unclear terms, with ambiguous phrases about a “binomia’ star” and a metaphorical temple of life. The legibility is poor and key details are obscured.
The June The American Magazine argues the church is mainly a social class enclave and bowing to wealth. Bishop Williams of Michigan criticizes its willingness to accept tainted money and grant charity based on status, while applying stricter moral standards to the poor, undermining democracy and modern reform.
A Jate Woman's Home Companion piece critiques women secret societies in colleges. The Greek defends sororities while noting faculty attempts to organize women without favoritism. It argues sororities offer pleasure with limited harm but call for reform toward true female solidarity and equality.
Society and Evolution discuss how urban slums breed hardship and claim life insurance as part of the solution. National Life Ins. Co. of Vermont, agent 8 Ballard in Montpelier, promotes insurance as a social remedy.
Special sale items include muslin night robes corset covers and skirts with prices from 5c to 3.98. Petticoats wash skirts and linen color dust coats also discounted. White muslin waists silk waists and white dresses for girls 6 to 14 years offered at 10 to 33 percent off.
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