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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
6
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The Gramiteville arts group invites turnout for a Saturday opera ball with dancing from 8 to 42. Refreshments will be available as part of a community holiday evening. Nearby notices announce sewing machine repairs, a bridle shop opening, and a horseshoeing service, all in local neighborhoods including Barre and Calais.
A local advertisement promotes 76 brand farming tools including Green Mountain Plows Corn Planters Harrows Rakes and Mowing Machines along with a full line of farm tools repair parts and plow points for most plow makes.
The article discusses labor shortages in the South and shifting attitudes toward immigration and training. It cites uneven skilled and unskilled labor, the impact of education and industrial welfare, and calls for expanded apprenticeship and immigration as solutions while noting regional differences in demand and wage expectations.
A cluttered column lists sales notices for millinery goods, baby carriage, oil stove, stone-cutters glasses, lenses, and a window ad for hot weather foods. Also ads seek rent, real estate opportunities, a Percheron stallion, a vacant four-room suite, and a Montgomery street sale. Public notices urge settle accounts with Fr Rogers Co and contact Paul Pierson. Local events include a Manchester lecture by Dr Emerson, a Grand Union Tea rep visit, and a Barre GCI meeting.
Burlington hosts carnival week from June 27 to July ith with a yacht race for 500 dollars. Other events include a big hose tournament and a Saturday Old Home Week reunion. Northern league baseball daily, a dog show, and ticket sales for Burlington and return trips to various Vermont towns. Also mentions constipation remedies and King's New Life Pills with prices quoted.
A fragmented notice describes labor organizations planning a southern united action. It mentions A J McRonlry of the Notonnt Cala Taber Committee and a June convention in Milwaukee with dates and building plans for union spaces. It notes patterns of labor machinery groups and city headquarters in North Aoondia and Cheetnnatt.
Mrs M H Canwin left for Obdenyo Til to see her son the Rev Gast H Corwin. Miss Hiveel and Myrtle Bixby returned from Mansdelph. Mrs Manuel Rowe of Laconia is visiting her brother Holton Annis, with her grandson from New Haven. Miss Sallie Emery, daughter of Col and Mrs O S Emery of Newport, spoke at St Johnsbury academy graduation. Miss Nora Taylor attended Spaulding high school graduation in Barre. Miss Faynut Eitel attended St Johnsbury commencement.
In a House discussion April 5 Hon Charles A Towne of New York argued that labor grievances align with general welfare. He warned against unrestrained capitalist consolidation, urging workers and conservatives to unite to safeguard justice and equality under the law and defend democratic progress.
Walter Drew of Grand Rapids as national erectors secretary visits Chicago to study open shop prospects in building trades. He notes open shop already exists in Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Pot and other centers and expects movement here though local workers show little concern. Drew is young and optimistic about the project.
A Barre reader claims Down's Kidney Pills relieved back pain and urinary weakness, describing a former case from George L. Cummings of 19 Branch Street Barre West. The statement asserts immediate relief after doses, endorses the pills, and lists retailers and agents in New York for purchase.
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