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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
8
People in Barre and nearby towns rush to a large sale with endless specials and regular stock offered at 15 to 30 percent under actual value. The store expects the last two days to be the biggest of the sale, urging visits before Saturday night.
Mrs. D. Will of Laurel Street discharged from City Hospital after an appendicitis operation and went home yesterday. Local note includes a coat advertisement urging readers to shop Vaughan's.
Emery B. Fellows was taken to City hospital yesterday for treatment. Mrs. Ellen Honanni is at City hospital recovering from a minor operation.
Mary Martin of Marshfield and Charlee Jewell of Wershire were among the spenders and business visitors in the city yesterday. Miss Maria Scitzer plans a summer in Allentown while Mr and Mrs Cave prepare their Berlin pond cottage for the season. Several locals and guests, including Frances Byron and Anna Fortney, were noted at downtown addresses and social visits.
Chancellor Butler in Washington county court appoints Frank M. Tracy receiver to operate the Farr farm in the Capital Savings Bank and Trust Co. vs Frank L. and Della Farr case. The bank held notes on the property once sold to Farms, with occupancy not to be disrupted. Separate filings report Walker and Pratt Manufacturing Co. v C D Wheelock of Montpelier seeking 610 in damages, while Guy C Holliday v American Quarries Co. concerns bankruptcy assets and a million-dollar property. master Judge Fred M. Finder notes valuation around 815,000 with proceeds to be allocated, though evidence proving judgments true remains inconclusive.
Local items list residents and visitors in St. Albans for Goddard seminary exercises. Shoppers, students, and guests from Chelsea Chelsea and Washington Street appear. A pre-inventory sale at The Little Dry Goods Store and an auction slated for L. A. Farrington are noted along with church flower exhibition plans.
A collection of small town items reports shoe sales at Shea's at four cents per pair, Paschal of St Albans in town, Fred Eaton of Sioux City visiting, Mrs. H. Cutler on Jefferson Street, and social events. Also noted are theater listings with Bob Leonard and Ella Hall, Miss Hubbard and Mamie Hubbard at the seminary commencement, Capt. F. A. Austin’s promotion, Gaiety Club meeting at the park rescheduling a dance, and local business visitors including Carl Woadcock of Plainfield.
At a special town meeting in Duxbury Mrs Mertie Huntley Palmer was unanimously elected town clerk and treasurer. Palmer trained in the office under her late father Judge Huntley and has served as his legal assistant for nine years. Also elected were B R Demeritt trustee of public might and Arthur H Graves appointed health officer by the state board, filling vacancies caused by the death of E W Huntley. The Hayden House hosted the Indien picnic with a large crowd and a generous spread including butternut treats and homemade confections.
Special communication notes a local work order issue dated and logged amid scattered, unclear text. Names and precise details are unreadable, but the fragment suggests municipal or organizational planning activity with reference to timing and possibly a project or committee.
John F. Dobbs was elected manager of Montpelier’s baseball team for a summer state league or independent play. Officers named include Ned A. Hatria and C DeF Bancroft Jr. A league meeting with teams from Barre, Burlington, Middlebury, Rutland, Montpelier, Plattsburg and St Johnsbury was planned for Friday night. Tickets for four games were printed with hopes to raise about 81,000 for season start. Also noted are bankruptcy creditor meetings for Alfred Bilodeau and Joseph Hero, and local residents making visits. Two cases of men’s dress shoes offered at 2.19 per pair by Shea's Shoe Store.
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