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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
4
A garbled report discusses candidates and civic figures including Governor Binghes, Secretary Tait, and Congressman James, noting shifts in public regard. It references marriage hopes, trustee elections, and editorials from the NorRBeld Nee, with vague allusions to religious groups debating mobilization while documenting an unsettled political climate.
A local call to health urges workers in Barre to walk and engage in outdoor recreation. The piece promotes walking, running, football, and other games as vital for physical fitness and social vitality, arguing that open air activity fights disease and lifts community morale amid urban strain. The Times stresses using a portion of leisure time for outdoor activity and highlights granite industry workers as a key audience.
Residents flock to the Barre Golf club links for evening and Saturday play. Players enjoy the mile and quarter course, the terrain, and the growing interest in outdoor exercise as the best season arrives.
Pupil performers including Tia Batchelder presented a recital titled Scholars in Music Yesterday Aftersoes with pieces by Walt Disney and Margeree. The event reflected a lively community gathering with students from several families and local teachers participating.
A young woman visits a neighboring attorney to obtain a fictitious divorce but mistakes the goal. She asks for a libel for divorce and discovers her error, revealing she only wanted a "Nask Abe" for divorce rather than a real separation. The attorney reacts with surprise and turns to demand fees.
East Montpelier notes recount visits by Actnar Sartett and Mrs A G Whiteber to Barre and Montpelier, with local residents including John Bond driving to Plainfield and Willard family travel to Montpelier. Reports cover farm activities, horse accident, a home sale to Perry, doctor visits, and a sudden death related to a tree incident.
Fragmented OCR text describes a Vermont related alumni gathering and approvals. Mentions President Kest John B. Thomas and several named individuals, with unclear sequence and missing context. Readers should interpret as an incomplete notice of a scholastic or civic matter.
The June issue of McCure’s reproduces two Gilbert Stuart portraits of Dos de Japdemes y Nebet and notes their provenance in the Metropolitan Museum while a later line mentions Stoughton as a known surname in colonial records and hints at an unidentified sitter. The piece references historical figures and suggests a potential marriage in 1701 and a later sale settlement involving Sally Me Rean and Mrs Jerome Jenne, detailing estate distributions among descendants.
A local advertises Weber shoes at 1.98 from 7.50, plus oxford styles, patent leather, and assorted bargains. It promotes heavy flow garments, ladies wear, underdrawers, and men’s clothing with deep cuts, noting hats and Cape items marked down to a fraction of their former prices.
Readable fragments show Alex Corey and Co involved in a dep room at a depot linked to Jack Leach. The exact activities, dates, and locations are unclear in the OCR fragment, but entities include Alex Corey, Co, Jack Leach, and a depot setting.
Fragmentary text describes a local telephone service plan in Vermont with charges for service, installation, and central-office connections. It mentions farmers and country homes, central office linkage, and subscriber benefits, with references to charges and service features amid garbled wording.
An unclear fragment describes otters in a river chase near a Jackson locale, mentioning a mile distance and a cliff or ledge. The legibility is poor, but the passage hints at an aquatic animal encounter in a rural setting.
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