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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
8
The Barre Daily Times reports fair weather, a birth in Graniteville, a Concord visit, a Barre wedding trip return, and various local notices. Arrest and fines in city court, bond payments due, hotel arrivals, and local business notices accompany amateur train fare antics and strict Independence Day noise restrictions across Barre and New England.
Local items report Mrs. Edward Wells and Mrs. Josie Waldo at City hospital for treatment or recent operation. N KE Pierce and son visit Barre. Ralph Rogers showcases aluminum ware in Plainfield. probation officers discuss parolees. Community notices include a Maccabees meeting, out-of-town visits, and a funeral notice for John Quincy Flint with past ties to Barre and Montpelier.
Local notices list several residents leaving for Burlington to work or enlist, with others touring or visiting towns like Moretown Northfield and Boston. A citywide cigar and cigarette sale is canceled following a review of hospital stock and summer needs.
In Rutland on June 27 two and a half year old Shirley L Esperence fell twenty five feet from a second story window through wire screen while under the watch of Grace Potter of 195 State Street. She sustained a broken leg and facial scratches and was taken to Rutland Hospital by Dr C F Ball. A Green Mt council 736 R A meeting is set for June 2 at 7 pm in LoF ball with all members urged to attend.
Fragmentary rental notice discusses an arrangement involving Mrs James Abcara and a money transfer. Mentions a bonekeeper and a Wednesday event. details are unclear due to damaged text. Target entities include Mrs James Abcara, Yemen Govten, and Co references with uncertain connections.
Splendid assortments of new and correct summer wear include wash dresses white dresses wash skirts middies waists silk gloves neckwear silk hosiery muslin and silk undergarments corsets. Stunning spring suits at half price final sale no exchanges or refunds.
Washington June 27. War department says regular army still over 50 000 short of target with week half gone. New England totals show Vermont at bottom with 79 enlistees against 710 quota. Massachusetts 76 percent, Connecticut 45, Rhode Island 48, Maine 37, New Hampshire 30. Several towns report civic, social, and school updates including Pythian Sisters, Red Cross, and local marriages and visits.
Ten year old William Mayville, son of Mrs Olive Mayville, is in critical condition at St Albans Hospital after running from a barn toward an approaching auto driven by Henry Allen. He slipped and struck the rear fender, fracturing his skull. Driver not charged. car owned by Leo P. Allen.
A Barre Vermont notice served locally bans children under 16 from all public indoor and outdoor gatherings including schools churches theatres picnics ball games and similar events. It also prohibits serving children under 16 at ice cream counters soda fountains and dining areas except in hotels. The order remains in force until rescinded by a state or local health official signatory.
C N Fay of Boston owner of Sheldon slate quarry in Fair Haven suffered a serious brain concussion after a Ford vehicle driven by William Kellow of Poultney left the road between Granville and Whitehall and overturned. Two passengers, William Mahar of Fair Haven and Kellow’s companion, were injured. Mahar sustaining broken collarbone and shoulder with possible internal injuries.
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