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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
6
Fragmentary trade blurb advertises Premo Camera and film packs with price cuts and catalog offers. Mentions Kodak content for amateurs and free catalogs. Names retailer or store unclear due to garbled OCR.
Sweltering homemakers are urged to buy wholesome bakery goods at low prices. Plain raised doughnuts cost 1 cent each dozen. sweet doughnuts 10 cents per dozen. brown bread 12 cents. graham bread 10 cents. baked beans 12 cents per quart. Fresh every day at a local gracer, with a Saturday morning loaf sale noted.
Old fashioned ginger snaps and new summer treats with orange flavor are advertised. Saturday hours invite customers to buy fine baked goods including beans and brown bread, with caked cookies pies and doughnuts promised to please shoppers.
Travelers' Railway Guide for Barre area lists Central Vermont and Montpelier Wells River lines. Timetables show morning departures and connections to Montreal. Electric Street Railway details routes toward Montpelier and Barre with fares and service notes.
A fragmented notice from National Life Tauure de Company of Montpelier Vermont argues aging burdens exceed those of children and calls for financial support through endowments and survivorship annuities. It names agent Ves N. B. Dallard and mentions policies geared to the 60th year and broader life insurance aims.
Public notice notes Ewen and Gow at 450-11 offering cash for watches diamonds and other jewelry including likely silver items. Bure
Envious of attractive women, the ad claims health and beauty come from strong nerves and clean skin. It touts Electric Bitters as a cure for constipation and kidney toxins, promising clear skin and vitality. The Rad Cross Pharmacy pinpoints these tonics as the key to lasting charm and well being.
A fragmented, poetic notice speaks of fear and courage in defending the nation. It imagines threats pressing on government and society, invoking storms, lightning, and distant dangers. The piece closes with a call to steadfastness when a small insect, a mosquito, disrupts Washington Star reporting.
New stock from New York offers boys knee pants at 19 cents a pair and children’s coats and suits at reduced prices. Ladies and men’s suits include $1.50 and $1.75 children’s outfits, clay worsted suits at 3.50, and summer men’s suits dropped from 16 to 9.50. Extra bargains urge immediate visits to view the sale.
Local residents travel to Montpelier for commencement exercises at Montpelier Seminary. Families visit relatives in New York and Boston, with several members returning home for summer vacations. Health concerns are noted as Nathan J. Hill recovers from grip while others plan trips to Lowell and Worrest.
Albert Daniel of Danville visited Groton on Thursday. Miss Anna Bautman returned to Randolph with her parents Mr and Mrs A W Eustman after visiting Topshim. Miss Madge Small left for Morrisville after a stay with Rev P A Smith. Superintendent and Mrs John Olman attended Groton high school commencement Thursday. Groton base team lost to East Ryegate 10 to 6 in a town league game. M D Coffrin retires after eight years in the hair business selling stock to Alfred and Raymond Scott. A musical and literary entertainment is planned at the Baptist church Thursday evening June 20 with Prior of Richmond performing. Ice cream and cake served. admission 10 cents for the entertainment, 10 cents.
An old style ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve tired aching feet and corns. It promises quick comfort in shoes, notes no substitutes, and invites readers to request a free sample from local shoe stores, emphasizing widespread availability.
Officials in Barre call for bids to construct a two story wooden building on a row in Havin Town to be used as a github. Specifications obtainable from A W Allen. Right to reject all bids reserved by the town commissioners. Directors J B Wirepatrick B F Divine A W Alten announce call for bids.
Mrs Annie Gibb of 91 Brooklyn Street Barre testifies that Dr Down’s Midnight Pills cure kidney trouble. She reports relief from back pain headaches and dizziness after using the product and urges others to buy from EA Drowns drug store. The ad notes the price and that wholesale agents exist in New York and warns to remember the name Donne and not to take others.
In a June ceremony at the church arch, Annie Laine of Wokelew and Henry J. McAllister, longtime residents, were married by Rev. W. T. Spariwwk. The event featured green and white decor, bridesmaid Ulwin Immith and Olive, with a wedding feast before a countryside drive to Whittier Hill. The couplewill reside in town with best wishes from the community.
An extended critique of American playwrights and critics stresses the financial and social dynamics of theater. It notes vast investments in stage production, high costs of plays, and the uneasy balance between artistic merit and monetary concerns. The piece cites editors, managers, and actors confronting public reception and the risk of misjudged works.
Article from Tit-Bite details canine thefts and the international market for dogs. It notes methods used by thieves in London and Paris to steal pets, including scent tracking, baiting with food, and manipulating dogs through name recognition. Various schemes are described, such as milk-carton thefts and disguising dogs with caustic treatments to evade detection.
Notice to Harre taxpayers lists a rate of 40 70 per dollar, with town tax 60 cents highway tax 40 cents and abolition tax 70 cents. Ninety days from June 10 1900 is the final day to pay to treasurer W I Miles at Mero, September 17, 1900.
D F Davis The Druggist at 262 North Main St Barre Vermont promotes a pure white antiseptic Castile Soap made from alive oil and pure potash. He contrasts it with cheaper soaps said to be made from slaughterhouse refuse and washing sods and notes the Monarch Brand Castile Soap sold in 6 and 106 cakes.
Barree-Wood Buckeye Adriance and Osborne offer the largest line of haying tools including mowing machines one horse mowers tedders dump rakes side delivery rakes horse forks sections guards rivets and more. Second-hand wagon hay rack gas engine bargains and four row spraying outfits for potatoes advertised with low prices.
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