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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
6
A June 23 Barre Daily Times column outlines age limits for men and women regarding annuities offered by the National Life Company. The piece references a 28th year term and mentions specific dates and insurers in a clipped, OCR-like format.
A fragmentary page itemizes jewelers Burr and Richards on Spaulding Street, spoof ads, a fish dressing tip, and a state convention notice for Averill Hall Barre on Tuesday June 3. It includes miscellaneous testimonials and remedies such as Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Thomas Electric Oil. The jumble mentions phone numbers and local names like Jones Harris and Nancy Hanson.
Miss Florence Noble traveled to Burlington Saturday returning with Ler wister. Mrs. Kye left for Middlebury. A Burlington excursion drew about 50 tickets. Rev. William Spencer will read at the Methodist church with Harold Hendley on pipe organ. Dartmouth graduates Fred Capsland and Robert Cheedel return this week. Mrs. Arthin Lang arrives from Mount Vernon to stay with family through summer. W BR C district meeting June 20 drew guests from Daysville and Brookfield. dinners and a corps departure followed. Dr H G Beekman continues slow recovery from illness.
Lower Cabot notes Washi Grange 268 will hold a children day program at their hall on Wednesday evening Supe 24 inviting all members and inviting children to participate. The page lists local visits, vacation plans, and church activities, including notes on members Blodgett family Julia Blodgett teaching in Phatafela, Misses Putnam Haines, Tia Noyes visitations, and various local happenings and health anecdote referencing Jurklen's Arnica Salve.
A circulating report in Washington says William Loeb Jr secretary to the president may be asked to take the Republican national committee chair. Verification proved difficult due to absence of officials. Frank Hitchcock’s statement that his name should not be considered surprised many in Washington.
A vivid account of swordfish combat drawing likening its fearless nature to a buffalo or rhinoceros. The piece notes repeated clashes between swordfish and skilled adversaries, highlighting fierce displays of speed, power, and near unbelievable aggression.
The note discusses children and fat, advising against pressuring a child to eat fatty foods. It claims many children instinctively dislike such foods due to natural inability to digest them, suggesting the distaste is mental. The text also appears garbled with unclear phrases and missing context.
Community items from Northfield include a Catholic observance and Children’s Day at the Congregational church. Names mentioned include Major Henry W. Hovey and Mrs Hovey, various residents visiting in town, and about fifty locals who joined a Lake Champlain excursion yesterday.
The Banner asserts it has kept readers accurately informed during the national and state campaigns conclud ing yesterday at Clio. It concedes minor detail errors like other papers but claims to present facts fully and without prejudice, aiming to serve readers over partisan advocacy.
Biemarck the Iron Chancellor reportedly boasted of eating prowess at a banquet. He allegedly began with twenty one oysters and, finding them excellent, increased to fifty six, then to a hundred, while friends watched. He was twenty one and had just returned from England.
A humorous snippet notes one third of fools think they can beat the lawyer at pounding the law while one half think they can beat the doctor in healing the sick two thirds think they can outdo the minister in preaching the gospel and all claim they can beat the editor in running the newspaper. It also mentions upper class people wearing leather jackets and chimneypot hats with no shame.
Mrs Stevenson recalls a remark about a book by Steven son she refuses to read. The discussion centers on language of a bygone era and the author's aim to have characters speak as in that period, which she doubts. Mr Stevenson joked about dedicating the book to her.
A damaged OCR line shows a terse marital dispute with a husband talking of mood and a mother’s intervention. The readable parts imply tension between a wife and her bridegroom with urgent, discordant remarks. No clear names, places, or dates are recoverable.
A condensed history of the Blarney Stone, its location at Blarney Castle near Cork, and the legends about its kissing granting eloquence. Traces the stone’s origins through Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Irish tales and cites writers and figures who mentioned the stone in literature and conversation.
The excerpt notes the Irish claim of kissing the blarney stone and defines blarney as flattery and empty talk, citing the New York Tribune. It also recounts a Golf Outrage where the Earl of Wemyss on a Fife course nudges a near-hole ball with his boot, provoking the old caddie to exclaim that golf is gone.
An American living near the Arc de Triomphe learns the cost of a Paris porch law when a servant’s carpet shakedown leads to a 12 franc charge. A magistrate insists on payment and the man rues the system, comparing it to American rules in New York and London.
A collage of humorous quotes and snippets from various papers, weaving jokes about love microbes cooks and cabinets of words. It blends quips about romance, clever puns, and wry commentary from Chicago Cleveland Philadelphia and Baltimore publications.
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