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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
5
Peter F Paesera visited the city yesterday en route to Williamstown after attending a friend's wedding in Manchester. The Swedish Baptist mission will hold a social tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Useful gifts appreciated. Ice cream will be served. No admission free.
Fret your seats for The Birth of a Nation at Park Theatre Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Office hours from 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Green Mountains varsity town of U V M seen at Granite City trotting park Saturday, Spear or Palmer will pitch.
Barre and surrounding area activity includes chocolate and hardware ads, musical events, and social visits. Notables include John Beart in Brookfield, Charles Crone of Cabot visiting, and Sarah Townshend on campus. Local trucks, eggs for sale, and moving services advertised along with theatre and commencement notices.
This opportunity highlights Barre's Fare-Refunding Sale driven by strong out-of-town business. The retailer credits wide public support and offers one more day to shop and secure value-filled bargains offered during the event.
A Vermont Barre sale touts very low prices on dry goods with large local and out of town stock. The seller claims broad value, frequent specials, and that prices will rise elsewhere, inviting customers to use free parcel post for quick shopping.
Some of the greatest values in our store are in the Bargain Movement with many lots. Children’s black hosiery all sizes two per pair. ladies’ white hose one per pair. black and lisle hose at specific low prices. Ginghams, percales, towels, and cotton cloth offered at reduced rates, with prices per yard and per item noted.
An advertisement touts a new light colored wash silk waist priced at $2.00. It highlights affordable, fashionable undergarment options aimed at women shoppers. The line emphasizes value and style for the season.
A Burlington area notice lists a Silk hose bargain at A5em with three pairs for $1.00 at Vaughan's as Miss Helen Averill vacations in North Street. Norwich University recruits Ernest Thompson Guy George Bert Merner John McHugo James Gibson and Joseph Williams enlistment and report to Central Vermont station. A fire at the turning table pit in the freight yard prompted an auto fire truck response and a blaze under the deck was extinguished with chemical solution as the department tracks a record low in fires for the first half of the year.
Exetor Allen M. Fletcher of Cavendish stays at Hotel Barre for several days. Jel Barn of Boston, linked with Western Union Telegraph service, visited the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs Raymond Fuller, visiting Mrs Fuller’s parents Mr and Mrs Leander Howard, returned to Troy New York where he previously worked in newspaper production in Vermont.
Members of the Barre Board of Trade and their wives plan a motor trip to Marshfield on Thursday evening June 29 for a social and informational tour. Supper costs 40 cents. auto transport is available for those without cars. advance notices requested for transportation and supper orders.
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